Is your child confidently sitting up?

Six month olds are so sweet! Remember this age with a photoshoot.

Babies grow so fast. The moments are so fleeting. I committed myself to taking a photo every single day for a year for each of my children. Now, I'm only human, so there were definitely more than a few missed days for each of my kids, but overall, I have an amazing picture documenting their growth in their first year. Sometimes it felt that even from day-to-day their faces changed so much. Now that my babies are 8, 6 and 4, I feel the changes more than ever. They're not babies anymore. They're growing faster than I know. Before I know it... they'll be all grown up. They won't need me anymore. They'll be hanging out with friends more than at home... one day, they might meet someone and move out and have families of their own. This thought makes me feel sad. I wasn't prepared for it all to fly by so quickly. Photos have become precious memories of a time that once was that I didn't think would be over as quickly as it was.

A thought that always enters my mind is that I only have eighteen summers with each of my babies. Eighteen! That's really not a lot. And even that isn't promised. I don't want to live for Summer alone... but when the sun is out, and the kids are on their longer break from school, it opens up more time for lots of quality family time. I know I always try to make the most of it. And, I know many of us feel robbed of time with the recent pandemic. So, let's take the time we have... go make some memories.

Moving forward, I plan to take my camera along with me to more of our family outings to capture more than just phone snaps of our special moments together.

Seeing the world through the eyes of my camera gets me thinking more about light and composition and really telling the story beautifully rather than just taking a few quick clicks of what is happening in front of me with my phone and saying "yep, got it".

This beautiful family below wanted to document their son at 6 months old. She told me she didn't think it would go by so quickly. That he doesn't feel like a baby anymore. He's already a little boy. That she wished it would have happened more slowly. I felt that way too. My boys always grew at super speed! I last saw him when he was a tiny newborn! And now look at him! He's sitting up now and he has smiles for everyone. I don't think I've met such a happy baby as he was - well, not since having my second son. He was a cheerful cherub and still is!

Having a smile that lights up the room, he really stole the limelight in this portrait session! This isn't something we want to forget as parents. We want to remember it all!

I acknowledge the Wathaurung, Woiwurrung and Boonwurrung peoples of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which I live and work and pay my respect to their Elders past and present.