Dad takes a photo of himself with his son for 26 years (with a surprise at the end)

Parents often say that children grow up in the blink of an eye.

Luckily this dad thought of an adorable way to document his son growing from a little boy into a strapping young man that takes at least 26 blinks to get through.

Starting in 1987 when the boy was a wide-eyed baby, the dad took one black-and-white photo each year with his offspring.

The shirtless theme continued throughout the years as the boy gets taller and taller while the dad progressive through the stages of middle-age (including getting his very own ‘dadbod‘ – yay!).

1986

1989

1995

1998

2001

 

2005

2011

However as we cycle through the photos a sense of foreboding creeps up on us.

Will the last photo be of the boy alone, his father having passed away?

Nope, we get this happy image of an expanded family:

2012

Source: METRO UK