I wish someone had told me…
There are so many parts to parenthood that no one will tell a mother. Like you will one day find yourself saying the strangest sentences.. “Adam stop trying to poke your sister in the eye with your fork.” Or that having kids means having dirt, mud, mess and basic odd curiosity’s popping up from time to time. Of course everyone tells you say goodbye to sleep, nobody leaves that part out.
I can barely remember the first two years having two little ones in the house. My kiddos are only 22 months apart. Those early years were so hard and amazingly fabulous all at the same time. We ran off of little sleep, spent countless hours at the pediatricians office, had playgroups, tantrums to deal with and oh the personalities these two had even at a young age. I loved it don’t get me wrong, but babydom and toddler years are just not for the faint of heart. The one thing nobody told me though…or maybe they did and in the blur of life I just couldn’t really grasp.
It was all temporary.
The children began sleeping through the night.
They started actually not catching every single virus that came along.
Heck we even started having time to ourselves again.
I always say that about the time my youngest hit two I realized the sun came back out and the birds were singing and I realized I had been “winging it” for two years.
Somehow time just slipped right on by. My plans of keeping up with baby albums and milestones were missed. And here I sit wishing upon wishing that I had these sorts of images of my precious babies that I had once upon a time. The babies that are now grown and spend each day venturing out on there own. Not needing me to find their paci (oh they would be mortified that I even typed that) or making them sippy’s or taking 30 minutes just to get the darn shoes on feet and diaper bag packed. All the things that we once found so exhausting yet now we find ourselves missing… except for sleep. I do really like that we get to sleep again
But time passes by and now I love that I have the chance to photograph the babies and families I do and to possibly give them the images I would do anything for to have of my own babies those first few days after coming home. The moments that last a blink and they will never happen again. Some families understand the value and gift they are giving their child and some don’t…sometimes folks just go through the motions of getting a family session because it is what you are “supposed to do”. After all it can seem like such a hassle and pain and new parents are exhausted and busy busy busy and it is hard to really look 10 years into the future when you are running off of 3 hours of sleep after all. I am always amazed at these sweet families who have the insight to think ahead and actually take the step to have the sessions and know the true value of a portrait session.
So I leave you with this little sweety…so fresh and new and perfect.
Simply perfect.
“Photography can only represent the present.
Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past.”
~ Berenice Abbott
by tisha
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