Someone sent me this video and I thought it was one of the most lovely things I’d ever seen.
These parents filmed their son, Indigo, once a day, everyday, for his first year then compiled this video called “A Second a Day from Birth”.
Perhaps it’s my 20/20 hindsight, but I found this video captured the first year with a baby so beautifully. It has ups and downs. Funny moments. Dull moments. Chaotic moments.
It made me all teary and made me feel like I wanted another one…..and so grateful that I was done with that stage.
MY LATEST VIDEOS
There are two parts in this that I think are hysterical: one when he sees a puppet for the first time, and another when he nearly jumps out of his skin when someone honks a horn. Just awesome.
And if it’s driving you nuts, the song is from the Little Miss Sunshine soundtrack.
I have done this with my first 2, and plan on doing the same with my next baby. It is a truly amazing way to capture that first year 🙂
if they have a second kid, will he/she also get a second a day?
I also made one: http://youtu.be/5D_PUV-emAw
I love it so much! I’m working on my own second every day video, but I didn’t get started until my son was 5 months old. He’s 11.5 months now and I haven’t missed a day yet. This video is the first 5 months of my project but I plan to go for a full year. After that year is up though, I don’t know if I can stop. I’ll probably be the creepy mom who takes a video every day of her 30 year old son.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-QSlYCOPS0&feature=share&list=UUsBPA3ktkF9Jjg72DcLH0-Q
Very cool!!!
This literally made me cry. My husband and I have our first little one on the way and can’t wait to document him like this. What a beautiful video.
Very beautiful. Time flies by too fast sometimes and you forget that even the little mundane moments mean so much.
That is such a cute idea! If I tried doing this I would probably forget for like a month and there would be this gap in it.
Such a beautiful video! LOVE!
Amazing video, thanks for sharing.
I am impressed that they edited it down to only 6 minutes.
Well, I guess that is why they call it a second a day.
Amazing, thanks for sharing! I’m two weeks away from my due date, hormonal as hell and crying my eyes out after seeing this!
I felt exactly the same way. Like it made me want another one for a split second and then the wave of relief that stage is over. It’s such a hard and beautiful year, the first one.
Adorable 🙂 If anyone wants to look for the song by title, it’s called "How it Ends" by DeVotchKa.