A Gift

A layout celebrating one of the changes one encounter as one enters parenthood. I love how this simple uttering from Jesper just sums up the change from being just a guy to becoming a dad.
We haven't had any kids yet and for us, the changes you face when you become a parent is hard to understand - but somehow this kind of sums it up. That and of course the joy and love you just see radiating from Jesper and Gitte when they look at Freja.

Materials:

• Cardstock: Club Scrap Earth & Herbs, Steppin' Out and To you with love
• Font: Starbabe HMK
• Ribbon: Panduro Hobby
• Stables: From stash
• Flowers: Got Flowers? and from stash

Journaling:

• English version:
  A lot of things changes when you get a child. We visited Jesper, Gitte and Freja Tuesday the 3rd of July and besides of course that one's home changes and has baby stuff everywhere (in contrast to ours which has dog toys (and dog fur!) everywhere, that you don't go anywyere without the baby alarm etc., the difference was made clear by a remark from Jesper.
  He was dressing Freja in her pajamas after she has had her evening bath - and the little girl farted big time, seriuosly a big one. And Jesper looks down and says: Let's see if it came with a little gift...!
  I mean - seriously! For the rest of us it was a question whether she had to go back in the tub or not - and we would definitely not express it like that!!! But Jesper has become a dad, and that changes you... Amazing!
  And amazing how such a small thing can show how a person has changed and evolved to another stage in life.
  Seriuosly - he did say that he wanted to see if it came with a gift! A gift!
• Danish version:
  Mange ting ændrer sig, når man får et barn. Vi besøgte Jesper, Gitte og Freja tirsdag 3. juli og udover naturligvis at ens hjem ændrer sig og har baby-ting overalt (i modsætning til vores, der har hunde-legetøj (og hår!) liggende overalt), at man ikke går nogen steder uden sin baby-alarm osv., blev forskellen tydeliggjort af en bemærkning fra Jesper.
  Han var i gang med at give Freja nat-tøj på, efter hun havde været i bad – og den lille pige slog en ordentlig prut, virkelig en seriøs en. Og Jesper kigger ned og siger: Skal vi se om der kom en lille gave med…!
  Jeg mener – helt seriøst! For os andre var det et spørgsmål om hun skulle tilbage i bad eller ej – og vi ville helt sikkert ikke udtrykke det på den måde!!! Men Jesper er blevet en far, og det ændrer en… Helt fantastisk!
  Utroligt hvordan der nogle gange bare skal en lille ting til for at vise, at en person har ændret sig og bevæget sig til videre til en anden fase i livet.
  Seriøst – han sagde virkelig, at han skulle se om der var kommet en gave med! En gave!!!