Documenting the new things that Hazel does takes all the luck and patience of a wildlife photographer. You have to watch for hours and then have a camera at the ready to see a smile or a new expression and even then, it doesn’t always turn out right, in focus or worth watching. We got ourselves a new pocket video camera that we will try to keep charged and nearby to capture those adorable moments in as much definition as possible.
Despite not doing many terribly new or groundbreaking things, we are learning more a more about her. For example, we learned that she is 11 lbs 11 oz when the nurses at the pediatrician’s office happened to put her on the scale. They also let us in on the previously unknown fact that Hazel’s percentiles are 25th in head circumference, 75th in length, and 50th in weight. Fascinating.
All of this is meaningless if you can’t appreciate a little smiling and looking around. Here is a video, so you can.
High Def Hazel 4-9-10 from Brad Topliff on Vimeo.
hazel plashek
April 18, 2010 at 9:48 am
its funny because my name is hazel too and you look so cute.i was born on may 19 2000 and my cousin grace was born on march 3 2000 we found your website by chance and we are happy to hear that there is more than one hazel and grace in the world. good luck you two i hope you have as much fun together as we do.
brad
April 21, 2010 at 7:32 pm
Hi Hazel-
Thanks for your note! Obviously, your family obviously has great taste in names. I hope our Grace and Hazel are as close growing up as you two seem to be. Of course, you are close enough to almost be twins, while ours will have to settle for just being sisters.
We haven’t met many Graces in the world and even fewer Hazels so we hope you will check back on their progress. Surely the “Grace and Hazel” club will be very exclusive in its membership, so knowing the other members is sure to be fun.
Where do you and Grace live?