When I started this blog, I had in mind a place where family and friends could go to see how Kellen is growing and changing. Much of Matt's family does not live in the area and it's hard to get together with all of the friends who want to see him, so we thought that this could be a fun way to share all of the exciting developments. My intent was that a huge part of this sharing would be in the form of videos - more specifically, video montages (can I get a MONTAGE!!!). So beginning with our stay in the hospital I have taken short video clips of Kellen and his interactions with family members, and have made them into two videos. I plan to make just one for each month as he grows, but a few things made it so that there was not one video, but the two you see here. First, we got a new camera the day before Thanksgiving, and I could not find a way to add the new, HD footage in with the video from the old camera. Second, it's my first month with this ridiculously adorable baby, and I had a hard time cutting out footage. Can you blame me?
And so I present the first video montage attempts! Before you begin, there are a few things that I would like to admit I am a bit self conscious about:
1. The shaky camera work. I am by no means a videographer, and I hope you don't get motion sick watching these! After all, I too sat through The Blair Witch Project and know that shaking camera = feeling like you're going to puke the whole ride home from the theater.
2. The music. I really struggled with this part - picking a soundtrack that conveys what I want without making it into a dopey, wanna-be tear jerker turned out to be harder than I thought. Also, our music collection is somewhat lacking as our iPod is filled with our CD collections from jr. high and high school (Mariah Carey's Music Box, anyone?). I do think I need to give credit to David Gray and Donovan Frankenreiter for the use of their songs though. Not that they'd care.
3. This is going to sound silly - the overwhelming amount of Kellen shots. I know these are videos made to show off my son, but only after putting them together did I realize there wasn't much to show what else was happening during these days, and that some of the shots are just plain loooooonnnnggg.. Also, I am sorry to the grandparents who didn't make it into the videos. I did get video of all of you, but it was just too dark to use. I promise that you will be in future videos, because you are all important in Kellen's life.
4. This is actually not something I am self conscious about, but I would like to apologize to future Kellen. Dear Future Kellen, I am sorry for showing your dingy off to the world in the first video. And for giving you that awful bath - it was the first time we'd done it, and didn't realize how impossibly cold you must have been. Oops. Being cold builds character though, right? And yes, I do plan to show this to your first girlfriend. No woman will ever be good enough for you. Love, Mom
Hope you all enjoy. I would love any and all constructive criticism, but please don't be a jerk about it.
Oh yeah, and the music just cuts off at the end of the second one. Uh....
Video #1: 10/30/11 - 11/23/11
Video #2: 11/24/11 - 11/30/11, Kellen's first Thanksgiving
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