If you have boys, you already know — they grow fast, and they grow big fast. One minute you’re tying tiny shoes and wiping sticky hands, and the next they’re throwing on cleats, grabbing the car keys, or looking you eye-to-eye saying, “Mom, I’m fine — you don’t need another picture.” 😅

And listen… if they ever stumbled across this blog post, you and I both know they’d probably say,
“Eww Mom, stop. That’s weird.”
But that’s OK — this part is for us.

Because the photos you take — whether they’re five years old or fifteen — are not just for today.

They’re for their future.

Someday, someone will love your boy just as fiercely as you do. Maybe a wife, a spouse, a partner, someone who becomes their person. And when that day comes, the photos you take right now will become a part of his story — long before that person ever met him.

Those photos will show:
🖤 the mischievous grin
🖤 the scraped knees and grass-stained jeans
🖤 the boy who loved dinosaurs, football, Legos, or superheroes
🖤 the tender heart behind the tough exterior

Your photos are a love letter — a way of saying:

“This is who he was before the world got to him.
This is the boy I raised.
This is the boy I loved first.”

One day, those pictures will help his future people understand him a little more — because they’ll get to see him through Momma’s eyes.

So keep taking the photos.
Even when they roll their eyes.
Even when they wiggle away.
Even when they insist they’re “too big for pictures now.”

You’re telling a story they’ll someday be grateful you preserved.

Why I Love Working with Boy Moms

Maybe it’s the chaos, the energy, the silliness… or maybe it’s the way boys melt into their mom’s arms when they think no one is looking.
There’s something so special about photographing moms with sons — no matter their age.

Whether we’re at the park, in a field, on a football field, or just running around being wild boys… there’s always at least one quiet moment where you see it:

The little boy who still needs his mom.

And I count it an honor every single time I get to capture that.

Ready to capture your boy — exactly as he is right now?

I’ll be opening my Spring 2026 calendar in January, and I would love to photograph you and your boys — whether they’re tiny, almost grown, or somewhere in between.

If you’d like to get on the list to book a 2026 session, you can reach out here anytime:
📩 Contact form: https://mgioeliphotography.com/form/contact-form

You don’t have to wait for the “perfect time.”
You don’t have to wait until braces come off or hair grows out or life slows down.

Photos don’t freeze perfect — they freeze real.
And real is what they’ll remember.