Where's Mom?

So there was a mom who blogs for the Huffington Post and she wrote a year ago about not being in the photos with her kids. I can really relate to this. I am always behind the camera, not in front of it.

I lost my mom in my early twenties. I don't have a single video of her and oh how I wish I did! My kids never met her and I never met her mom. They don't know how awesomely sweet she was and how much they would have loved her. I look at the photos I have and wish there were more. Once our loved ones are gone, it's all that we have.

So the mom in the article had vowed to be in more photos with her kids. She is there, raising them, caring for them and documenting all of their life's events, yet she is not in the pictures. This is me. This is most of us and moms came out of the woodwork to make the same claim. We all thought that we were doing a good thing by getting behind the camera, now we are getting in front of it.

Starting now, I will make it a point to get in the photos so my kids can look back at watch me age along with them. So they can look back when they are older and see me being silly, being serious, being their mom. I have been here with them nearly every single day of their lives and I should be in the picture.

I have a habit of deleting photos that don't flatter me. My teeth are out-of-whack and my arms look fat at every single angle. But, that's me. I'm not perfect but I am always ready to have fun with my kids and the goofy photos are to be cherished.

So here is a selfie of me and my son. Acting silly on a fun day out. (go big or go home) I'm glad we took it and I know that someday he will look at it and remember this day and how much fun we had.

And Payton and I. We had a little time to ourselves one evening as the sun was setting. We had gone to the movies with the guys but got bored and left. (Tee-hee)  Just us girls- at the beach. We had a lot of fun.

Notice how I have to take my own photos? Doesn't anyone else have a camera? Note to self: buy cameras for family!