Baby in the Weeds: One Year Later

About one year ago, Rai, your Mom and I took you down to Golden Gate Park for your very first time. You were only a week old. Spring had arrived and the Park was in bloom -- the perfect backdrop for our first 'newborn in nature' set of photos. We took dozens of photos of you with the flowers and trees. Even a patch of that lowly weed, the dandelion, looked marvelous with you lying in it.
To celebrate the first anniversary of your first visit to Golden Gate Park, we took you down to that very same patch of dandelions. Sure enough, just like last year, they were in full bloom. Laying you down this time was not an option (unless we wanted photos of you crying in the grass). So, sitting up, we tried to recreate the images from one year ago.
The dandelions, grass and trees may look the same but, I have to say, Rai, you've changed. You've grown just a little and your face has matured a bit too. We can collect a lesson from this experience Rai: everything changes, everything but the dandelion. Let's try again next year!