the artwork in your room

Dear Chicken Nugget,

Today you are 19 days old and you're getting bigger and changing every day.  Using a home scale and a very unscientific method we recently weighed you in at a little over 7lbs.  Your hair is still there (woohoo!) and you're having more awake time each day.

You are making more eye contact though it's hard to tell what you can or cannot see with your infant eyes.  And so, that's why I'm writing this letter, to tell you about the artwork in your room:

This is called "Orange."  We bought it on East 8th Street in Manhattan at 2am one day this summer.  The elderly gentleman manning the table told us about how he has robots at home that make these prints for him.  All he does is put ideas into the machine and the robots spit these pieces of art out.  We bought it and walked away quickly.

Your mom made this painting using pastels.  She calls it "Curious Giraffe."  She used a painting she found on the internet and made it her own.  Your mom is artistically talented.  Unlike your dad...

 

This is one I made for you called "Orejon," inspired by the movie Dumbo.  As you can see, it is less skilled than your mother's painting, a little more cartoony, but made with equal amounts of love.

Your Aunt Sara made this.  She gave it to your mom a while back but we love the message and like to think that God planted you here.

And finally, one of my favorites that we bought at a store that for political reasons we're no longer aiming to shop at...

... you happened.

I hope that someday you'll enjoy these pieces on your own.  But if for some reason, like a move across the country, these pieces of artwork are lost, I want you to know that you enjoyed them in the early chapters of your life.  At least we did.

Eternally yours,

Tu papa