Monday, February 6, 2012

baby alba









When I came across this beautiful family last week (thank you Leigh and Elizabeth),  I wondered about and marveled at many a thing.  When I went to the blog We Live Young to read about the home birth of their daughter--you all know I relish a great birth story-- I was equally blown away by their lives and names.  Nirrimi (sister Pixie) and Matt have so eloquently documented their journeys through pregnancy and birth, and shared bits of their exciting lives with us.   I'd say traveling the world as career photographers and film makers at the age of eighteen is pretty exciting, anyway. 

Make no doubt about it, they're young, but quite ahead of the game--no, they aren't even playing it--and show a wisdom and readiness beyond their years.  I wonder, perhaps, if this might be attributed to the pursuit and development of passionate interests as children (a luxury we often assume belongs only to adults, as our kids spend hours a day behind desks).  I wonder if it might also be attributed to seeing so much of the world so early--sewing oats by traveling to India at sixteen, rather than engaging in drug binges at twenty. from never being told "you can't", "that's just not realistic" or "this is just the way the world works; get in or get left behind." I wonder if it might come from encouragement over fear, from cups filled with as much play and beauty as competition and productivity. Then I wonder if this might be the way of coming generations, with so much information and so many resources at their fingertips, assuming we are able to let them dream and explore.  Wondering doesn't make it so, of course.  But I like this picture, just the same. 

Their beautiful new daughter's name (oh man, is she squishy)?
Alba Joy Firebrace (she took Mom's surname. )

This is one name story I can not wait to hear.  

Congratulations Nirrimi and Josh! and Welcome baby Alba! 

(images: all courtesy we live young)

11 comments:

  1. Oh I so love the name Alba and desperately want to use it. This makes me want to even more so. Alba Joy is gorgeous.

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  2. What an interesting couple! I love original people like that. Alba Firebrace is a way cool name.

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  3. i am so grateful for the happy accident of finding your blog. you write with such joy, enthusiasm and hunger for life (and the lives of others), introducing us to such inspiring people along the way.
    it's a pleasure to share the journey, albeit in an ethereal fashion! with you..

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  4. thank you, withoutwords. what a lovely thing to read. my pleasure to have you along for the journey!

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  5. I know an Alba - but for her it's Ailbhe. Said mostly the same (more of a v sound than a b sound). She's irish.

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  6. Ooh, Alba is my favourite favourite name! So beautiful! And what a sweet little girl to be given such a gorgeous name :) Alba Joy Firebrace is FANTASTIC. Such a beautiful little family. PS Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Nirrimi's partner named Matt, not Josh? It seemed that way from the birth story.

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  7. Thanks, Jessie May! correction made.

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  8. I'm really enjoying your blog :)

    Nirrimi is actually from my hometown - Townsville in Australia. I've never met her but I remember reading about her a few years ago when she first came onto the scene with her beautiful photography.
    Thank you for sharing the link to her blog - and what a beautiful blog it is! x

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  9. Thanks, Claire! I'm so glad you're enjoying, and I gotta tell ya, it's mutual. Just yesterday I was visiting you, too! small world, huh?

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  10. Nirrimi is unbelievably wondrous isn't she. Your blog is an absolute delight - I'm so glad I found it and you x

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