So this guy, a divorced dad with a beautiful daughter and a Russian KGB hamster named Hammy, nominated me to take part in the Five Photos, Five Stories Challenge and I have accepted. Okay, he’s actually my good blogger friend, Gary Mathews, and he’s full of witty sarcasm and lots of love for his precious girl. Check out his blog if you get the chance, he always has a great story to share about his day.

The Five Photos, Five Stories Challenge require you to post a photo each day for five consecutive days and attach a story to the photo (It can be fiction or non-fiction, a poem or simply a short paragraph) and then nominate another blogger to carry on this challenge. Accepting the challenge is entirely up to the person nominated, it is not a command. I have no clue on the origin of this thing, but hopefully you’ll enjoy what I have to share.

This picture was taken 11 days after Avery came home. The nerves of a new parent were still erratic, but our intense love was unwavering. To this day, Kelley loves holding Avery close to her heart like in this photo, but she’s obviously much less accepting now.

Avery has long since outgrown that towel, but there was nothing like staring out our little “leopard cub” all wrapped up after bath time. I find myself getting lost in a gaze when staring at this photo since it has the two girls I adore most in my life (of course it would be even better if my mom was in there too!), and will always cherish looking back to the first days of parenthood.

Being Sunday, I am making this my #MySundayPhoto post as well, so hopefully Darren, the kind host from One Dad 3 Girls who, is obviously a father to 3 girls, doesn’t mind. If you haven’t checked out his blog, you’re missing out on some excellent photography. Not just kids, but beautiful landscapes and architecture as well. For this reason, I’m nominating Darren for this 5 photos, 5 stories challenge as it seems right up his alley and something he already does. Should he choose to accept, be on the lookout for 5 stunning photos with an accompanying story!