Value of photography...

I was working on my website tonight and found this in one of my galleries:
A year ago:

This year:

Isn't it amazing how much this family has changed just within a space of one year? Especially the little girl? You can see a blog post from a year ago here: http://tamaratoveyphotography.blogspot.com/2009/11/how-do-you-hold-moonbeam-in-your-hand.html I was once again reminded why do I love my job so much that I stay up almost every night to do it.... Photography is such an amazing thing - in a few years this little girl will grow up and the parent will find a great joy in looking at the photos and seeing their kids so small. I love love love looking at the photographs of my oldest daughter when she was a baby and she is not even 3 yet. So I can only image how I will feel about those photographs when she turns say 18!