i love your smile

from the first two-and-a-half years of liam's life, i probably have less than a dozen photos of him looking directly at the camera, let alone smiling. he just never wanted anything to do with or be around a camera. ever. it often invoked a long, dramatic tantrum of some sort, so we would just avoid any photo situations altogether.

but something changed for him recently and he has turned into a total ham. he sees a camera and he, literally, pops up out of bed to strike a pose. then, he grabs the camera and wants to look at the picture. 

i've snapped all of these pictures within the last three weeks. this is more than i have from the rest of his life...in just three weeks.  

i love your smile, baby boy, and i can't wait for more.

 

hysterical.

he's perfecting his "deer in the headlights" look.

the light in those eyes brings me so much joy.

 smiling for the camera, even right after face-planting.

your smile is my sunshine, little liam, and you are my joy.