Every year on my son’s birthday, we hold a little birthday photo session. It’s a tradition that we’ve adopted to celebrate the passing of another year with this incredible little human in our lives. And we all really look forward to it.
This year, Henry chose his own outfit, wanting to look fancy-but-not-too-fancy. And it was very important to him to include his Fuzzy in this year’s photos (the lovey that he’s had since the day he was born). Who am I to argue with a definitive 6-year-old who knows what he wants?
We do individual portraits of him, but then we also make sure to photograph each of us with him. And then we also attempt a full family photo – this year, cat included (for extra giggles!).
So rarely am I ever in a decent, non-selfie photo with my boy. I have countless pictures of the milestones in his life, but these birthday photo sessions are also celebrating a milestone for me. Another year being this boy’s mama, another year where I battled anxiety and came out on top, another year where I learned grew as a mother – as HIS mother, another year when this amazing human still wants to crawl into my lap and cuddle.
Happy birthday, my sweet boy.
If you’d like to snuggle up for photos with your kiddos, young or old, I’m still booking Mom+Me Sessions throughout April & May. $25 from each session will be donated to the Pacific Post Partum Support Society
Eran Sudds is a Tsawwassen family photographer who specializes in fun & natural sessions for you and your entire family. She is also available for maternity, newborn and headshot portrait sessions, anywhere in the Lower Mainland.
