The sudden desire to record the baby’s every move is a documented phenomenon of new parenthood. Most first-time parents rush out and buy a brand new camera or video camera. However, Heidi and I have suffered from the insatiable desire to photograph anything and everything for several years now. So what do we do? Go out and buy new cameras?
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Monthly Archive for April, 2006
It dawned on me today that we hadn’t exactly told everyone what we will be naming our baby boy. First, a brief history lesson…
My grandfather is Roger William Haun and he goes by the nickname “Bill.” When I was born, my father named me after my grandfather – Roger William Haun II but they decided to call me “William.” It has always been a bit of a hassle being called by my middle name. Every school year on the first day of class the teacher would call out “Roger” several times before I realized she was calling me. ID checks on my credit card and driver’s license always confuse cashiers and government workers. Legal documents also lead to confusion as people ask why I sign “Roger” instead of “William.” You would think that I would save my own son the hassle of a odd name…
Not so! We will be naming our boy Roger William Haun III but we will be calling him “Trey.” The name Trey in Latin means the number 3 and in English it means “Third Born” or just “Third.” As an added bonus, we recently found out that the name also means “creatively brilliant” – you can’t go wrong there!
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We were on the plane returning from our week long vacation in Colorado Springs when I got to feel Trey for the first time. Heidi has been feeling him kick every once in a while inside of her, but this time he was kicking hard enough that I got to feel it.
It was just a little tap that I felt but was yet another example of how amazing the life that is kicking inside of her is. In 6 years that boy will be kicking a soccer ball, in 10 years he’ll be kicking his sibling(s), and in 18 years I’ll be kicking him out of my house and off to college. Seems like ages from now, but I know any parent will testify that the time will fly. No matter how fast it flies – I’m planning on enjoying every frame of it. That’s a lot a 30 frames per second.
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