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Because you want to remember CONTEST!

To enter, send a photo to heather@heatherwalkerphotos.com that you took of your child doing something that you want to remember from their childhood.  This doesn’t have to be specific.  It can be as simple as an expression or more specifically the way your child ate noodles from a straw.  It’s your life, show it as so.  Don’t miss an opportunity of capturing your child’s life because you are frustrated with the images your camera produces or you don’t feel your camera is fancy enough.  Who cares.  Your children don’t; especially years from now as they find this image that has helped them remember their beautiful childhood.  Use your phone’s camera!  I do, almost every day.  Because it’s readily available, easy, and good enough to capture most of life’s spontaneous moments.  Again, this is not about technically correct photos, but lovely memories. 

I will share all the images here to be voted on. 

Then, you tell your friends to come take a look at all the inspiration from all you fabulous mommies (and daddies) and then they too will start taking more pictures of their children’s lives. 

Why? Because we (us and our children) want to remember childhood.  AND, I’m extremely passionate about encouraging others to take pictures of their little lovelies!

The catch?  The person with the most votes wins a “don’t forget a thing” lifestyle session with me!!!  I can’t wait to meet your story!

When? I’ll give you two weeks to send one image to me.  I’d like to encourage you to take at least one photo every day and then submit your favorite after the two weeks!  Fun – right!?

The image below I took yesterday of Westin just for this post. It definitely defines Westin’s childhood of being defiant because jumping on the couch is something we’d prefer our kids didn’t do but yesterday I had to choose my battles. So why not document it!

because i want to remember even the simple days

I’ve done this “day in a life” project several times now (where I have my camera readily available at every moment of the day in order to capture my children in their candid moments) but have never shared it in the past. In my mommyhood I’ve learned that some of the most cherished moments are the simple days spent at home. Yeah, we enjoy the social gatherings, fun outings, vacations etc etc as much as anyone else… but it’s really a goal of mine to teach my children how to appreciate the simple pleasures in their life and be content and happy with the mundane day-to-day happenings. So, a few days ago I recorded Westin’s day, just as is. My 3-year-old little man, enjoying a day at home with his mommy doing chores, crafting, baking (I needed all my hands for this hense the lack of photos), while his sister was at school and then dance, and his baby brother napped and played alongside him. A beautiful blessed day!

3 months ago

I was cleaning my archives and I found this
The beauty of looking back at photos.
It was ignored 3 months ago.
But today…
it deserves a spot all on its own.

because he got a haircut

Westin is always so willing for me to take his picture
but he loves asking “why”
“why do you want to take my picture mommy?”
so i gave him a list of answers something like this:
because you got a haircut
because you’re cute
because I love you
because I’m your mommy
because you look good in pink
because I love you
because you look like your Daddy
and here he is thinking about my answer & being a very willing subject