04/21/2026
These are the moments I’m always chasing as a family photographer. Not the perfectly posed ones but the real, squishy cheeked, blink and you’ll miss it kind of moments.
I take these photos for you to remember the way your kids fit in your arms right now because one day they won’t fit the same. For the way their nose scrunches when they laugh, a sight and sound that you want to remember forever. For the way they reach for you like you are their whole world because right now, you are.
But I’m also thinking about them years from now.
I’m thinking about the day they sit with these photos in their hands and see their childhood for themselves. How much Dad loved them, how Mom kissed every boo boo and wrapped them in pure unconditional love, how safe and seen and completely adored they were in this season of life. It isn’t just about memories for you, it’s also about proof for them.
I’m just over here trying to bottle up a feeling that doesn’t stay still. I’ve learned that being a parent is such a bittersweet thing. We love our babies with every ounce of who we are and love every age and stage we get to. But with new stages comes the end of stages and it’s so hard and heartbreaking to say goodbye to those moments that seemed to pass by in the blink of an eye. My youngest turns 2 on Friday and I’m feeling extra sentimental and emotional this week and had to share what was on my heart.
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