Why you should take annual portraits of your kids

As a mother to three littles, I constantly find myself looking at my children and saying “wow, you look so big today”. One day they are playing with their little trucks and the next, they want kids messenger so they can message with their friends. It’s true what they say - long days and fast years. This is why I believe you’ll never regret taking yearly portraits of your kids.

Embrace their current personality.

Pictures might be still but even in a still picture you can capture a child’s full personality. Have you ever looked at a photo and thought “yep. That’s Jack!”? Or whatever your child’s name might be. I know I have. The amount of hilarious faces my daughter makes in a day is priceless. So you’re damn right I’m not missing at chance to capture it. Then I will have it as memory to look back on for the rest of my life. I want to remember the year my daughter always stuck her tongue out or how serious of a baby she could be. It’s crazy how their personalities are always growing and evolving. Don’t miss the opportunity to capture it.

Capture those physical changes.

Along with with their personalities, comes the obvious physical changes. The thing is, as obvious as it seems, it’s actually not for parents and their own children. For example, last year my daughter had minimal hair. We could maybe get a little ponytail at the top. This year she has a full head of curls. She looks like a whole new kid. My husband and I didn’t even realize how much her hair had grown in a year until we were looking back on those photos of her little pony on the top of her head - which now means a little bit more to me. These changes can happen in what feels like a blink of an eye. But if you have the photos to look back on, the memories will live forever.