Day 23: Gar Gar

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Day 23: Gar Gar

Just a plain family portrait

Caira and Garrett together

This will be what you will find gracing my wall upon my return to Ireland.

Return to Ireland? Yeah.

After two years of marriage, two years of laughs, tears, hugs and fears Mariah and I have decided that our relationship just cannot go on as it is. To use that favourite term of celebrities, we have ‘irreconcilable differences.’ Our relationship has devolved to the point that there is no middle ground. There is silence or there is arguments. Nothing in-between us that is positive, not even the kids. And it’s sad to me. I’ve watched our marriage slowly erode away, one gesture or harsh word at a time. But it’s done, it is over.

Practically, I am returning to Ireland early on Wednesday morning coming. With immediate effect, (New) World Photography is no longer accepting bookings. Inquires will be politely referred back to this post. For those who wish to remain in contact with me personally, bhalash@gmail.com is my primary personal email address, and I am still active on Facebook. My Google Voice contact number, 702-473-0907 will remain active, but it will no longer connect to a live phone. You can leave a voicemail or SMS, which I will reply to, or if you feel up to dialing internationally, I can be reached at home in Ireland on 0 11 353 91 569128. This blog will remain active too.

Otherwise, thank you and good night.

The brats

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garrett and his mum
caira being...haughty

Something young, something, silver, something retro

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Does it work? Opinions on the back of a postcard to me:

Cuter than his parents

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For sure. Here’s Garrett fast asleep on the bed.

garrett asleep on our bed

The children of the corn

I’m raising the children of the corn: Blue-eyes, blond-haired monsters who have this wicked power to melt my heart. This photo is, I guess, Garrett’s first posed portrait, although it isn’t the heart-warming and cutsey photo of a sleeping baby that photographers and parents have come to expect. Garrett is curious. His eyes jerk open, his head pops up and he stares at me, at his mum, at Caira, and at anyone else nearby. His head twitches one way and then another as he considers all the angles.

Icy blue eyes boring into your soul.

The arrival of Garrett Grealish

Click through the image for the full (family-friendly) gallery of Garrett’s birth!

One hour later...

Family +1

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Garrett Gerard Clanton Grealish arrived on this world at 3:24PM PST, weighing in at 6 pounds, 2 ounces and measuring 16 inches in length.

Garrett Gerard Grealish

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