Purpose statement, interrupted

Now that all of that first post mess is behind us it's time for some actual content.

The original intended purpose of this blog was to chronicle the growth of our son Canon, but knowing my long winded nature it will surely expand to cover other areas. As 2008 and in turn my 2 month maternity leave come to a close I'm confronted once again with how quickly time insists on passing me by. I suppose I'm hoping that by documenting our little moments and his everyday developments I'll at least have a concrete way to review the time that has passed on these all too common days when I become overwhelmed by how quickly he is growing.


To Canon:

As I type this you are laying on your tummy on the sofa. I'm currently debating whether I should try to pop your orange pacifier back in your mouth(it's currently nuzzled safely in your elbow) but risk waking you up in the process, or whether I should just let you be and risk you waking up extremely pissed off when you realize that it's not in your mouth. Decisions decisions.

I cannot believe that you are already two months old. How did your newborn days whiz by so quickly?.....

The internet somehow got disconnected and I totally forgot where I was going with this post......in lieu of actual content I've decided to include one of my favorite pics from your early days.....

Ready....Set.....Go!

Ahh the first post...the pressure....all the expectations....where do I start. In every journal I've ever had I've always left the first few pages blank to avoid the first post jitters. Something about the permanence of it that instantly inspires writer's block. It's almost as if the tone of every future post is concretely set by the first, which in my opinion is entirely too much pressure!! What if the first post is outrageously hilarious? It would only be natural that the expectations would then be set that every post there after would also be equally funny. Not being one to disappoint I usually solve this first post predicament by the blank page solution(my logic being that I can always go back and add a first post once the tone has been established......although I suppose it wouldn't technically even be the first post since it would be written well after other posts but you get the point) however since this medium does not permit the use of the blank page solution it seems that the only appropriate course of action is to ramble aimlessly about the first post itself, in turn completely negating any need for actual content and totally avoiding setting any sort of tone which might possibly be deviated from in future posts. Pure genius!!