You have to take pictures of your children. They don't have to be amazing or taken by a professional. Just take some. Your memory is not as long as you might think and these moments are flying by. I had a session recently that drove that point home to me again. Meet Ellen and Charlie...November 2006.
and now, here they are in 2009. Can you believe it?
I love this little face of Charlie's, it's just too sweet for words.
Ellen is the one who really took my breath away this time in terms of how much she's changed. She was a little girl when I first photographed her and now I guess you'd say she is a tween.
Finally, after a great shoot, it was time for the reward (or bribe? hey, whatever works right!)
One of the very best parts of my job is that I get to be a part of this amazing change. I have families who I have been photographing now for 6 years. This past weekend, I was up at Women's Hospital photographing twins who had just been born. I get to see this magic happening every day. So, please take it from me, you're going to turn around one day very soon and the change will take your breath away. This year my sons, Sayer and Finnian, will turn 7 and 5. I still don't know where the time went!