Instagram Holds the Story of my Life

by Allison @ Alli 'n Son on February 28, 2012

If it wasn’t for Instagram and my iPhone, I would only have two photos of my kids. Probably not even that many.

I hardly ever grab my Canon, the good camera, as we head out the door, late as usual. It’s just one more thing to carry around. Along with the little man, my giant purse/diaper bag, a toy or two and the car seat. Somehow I have to still need a free hand to keep the kiddo on task as we walk from the back door to the garage. It’s about 25 feet away.

Do you know how distracted an almost 4-year old can get in 25 feet? Ridiculously distracted.

I have an insane amount of photos on my phone. Some are blurry. Some are from the kiddo, who recently figured out how to use the camera. Some are of my finger. But they all tell a story.

The story of my life, and the boys’ lives can be told through my iPhone.

Are you on Instagam? Leave your link in the comments so I can follow your life in photos too.

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Tagged as: followgram, instagram

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1 Satakieli February 28, 2012 at 10:20 pm

I love these!

I recently got an iPhone and instagram was one of the first things I downloaded… I’m in love with the more relaxed idea of taking photos of my son with that instead of a DSLR.

2 Allison @ Alli 'n Son February 29, 2012 at 1:52 pm: I totally agree. You get much more of their personality this way, I think.

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3 Stacie @ The Divine Miss Mommy February 29, 2012 at 2:10 am

I love Instagram!!

4 Michelle @ ocm February 29, 2012 at 9:43 am

Instagram photos are so cool. I almost bought myself an iPhone4s just for the camera….but I bought an iPad instead. Happy ww!

5 Allison @ Alli 'n Son February 29, 2012 at 1:53 pm: Ha! Good choice, I love my iPad.

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6 Erika...with a K February 29, 2012 at 10:18 am

I love my iPhone… I have a really nice Fijifilm camera but it’s so big and bulky I never bring it anywhere. I am so very impressed with my iPhone’s camera, it has amazing quality. I love it and I bring it everywhere with me. Now, I need to download this instagram everyone keeps talking about to see what the deal is!

7 Allison @ Alli 'n Son February 29, 2012 at 1:53 pm: Yes, go, do it now! It’s free, you can’t beat that.

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8 Liz Taylor | RedHotand40Plus.com February 29, 2012 at 11:35 am

I agree! If it weren’t for my iPhone, I’d hardly have any pics and Instagram always makes them so much cooler. And if weren’t for Facebook, I wouldn’t have captured so many of my kids’ funniest moments. One of these days, I’m gonna go back through my timeline and transfer my kid-related status updates into their baby books.

On Instagram, I’m lizctaylor. (http://followgram.me/lizctaylor)

9 Allison @ Alli 'n Son February 29, 2012 at 1:54 pm: Yes, Facebook holds my kids funniest memories too. I love the idea of writing them down in their baby books. Someday.

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10 Stacy Uncorked February 29, 2012 at 9:22 pm

Love all those! I have Instagram envy – I don’t have an iPhone – wonder if they have a similar app for an Android? I’ll have to check it out!

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11 Dorothy@Crazy for Crust March 1, 2012 at 5:22 pm

I am so in love with intsagram. I just got my iPhone a month ago and I already have a gazillion photos on it. My intsagram is crazyforcrust.

12 Natalie @ Cooking for My Kids March 2, 2012 at 5:36 am

I love Instagram, too. I love that I take at least one picture a day now that I have that convenience…and I love that I have all of the cute little photo options, too.

http://followgram.me/cooking4mykids