Wednesday, April 1, 2009

It's bear picture time!

Since Elliott was born, I have been taking his picture in our rocking chair with the same teddy bear. I started out photographing Elliott and the bear monthly during his first year, then at 18 months, and now I snap a photo each year on his birthday. He wasn't too keen on the idea this year and insisted that he needed to have his bear (the one from the post titled Meet Bear Zeppelin) for the picture. We finally convinced him, okay bribed him, to take the picture and the smile actually appears genuine! Here are some of the bear picture highlights from the past 4 years. They have been wonderful. We are incredibly blessed to have Elliott in our lives.

Elliott - 2 weeks old

6 months

The big 1 year old!

age 2

age 3

age 4

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Its very weird to see a kid grow up in a single blog post! This is such a good idea and I wish I was together enough to think to do something like that with my kids. I have to say, the difference between the 3 and 4 year old pictures is HUGE!!! He is so tall and kid-like now. So just out of curiosity, how are you planning to negotiate the bear pic when he turns 13?

Anonymous said...

Hi Kristen, I hope you don't mind, but I loved your idea to document the boys' growth with their bears, and I started it too. Check my blog for the latest.

Shyla said...

I've had fun reading your blog, your boys are so cute!

What a wonderful idea, I wish I had done it. Guess I could start now. We take a monthly family photo on the porch which is really nice, but I really like your idea.