Philadelphia cheesesteaks are famously delicious, but one dad has proved that the tasty sandwiches not only serve as a great meal or snack – they also make great photo props.
Brad Williams, a father from Philadelphia, used cheesesteaks to measure his son, Lucas Royce Williams, every month for a year, and the pictures are undeniably adorable.
The tradition started in 2015 when Williams brought home cheesesteaks for dinner and realized the sandwiches were roughly the size of his newborn son.
Delcious tradition: Brad Williams, a father from Philadelphia, used cheesesteaks to measure his son, Lucas Royce Williams, every month for a year
Could just eat them both up! The tradition started in 2015 when Williams brought home cheesesteaks for dinner and realized the sandwiches were roughly the size of his newborn son
Bedtime companion: For the first two months, little Luke was sound asleep while his father took the pictures
Williams has shared the heartwarming pictures on his blog, in a gallery he titled ‘Cheesesteak for Scale,’ explaining that photo series started as a joke.
‘When Lucas was two-weeks old I shared a picture online showing his size in comparison to a cheesesteak,’ Williams explains in the post.
‘What started out as a joke turned into a monthly tradition of cheesesteak measuring as Lucas was growing.’
In the first photo, newborn Luke is fast asleep in his mother’s arms while she holds a wrapped cheesesteak next to him.
Progress: By the time he was three months old, Luke was able to hold the cheesesteak in his arms while his father took his photo
Bigger by the day: Luke was about double the size of a cheesesteak when he was five months old
All smiles: The little boy had a tiny grin on his face while posing for the photos when he was six and seven months old
By the time he was three months old, Luke was able to hold the cheesesteak in his arms while his father took his photo.
Luke soon became double the size of the cheesesteak, and when he was 11-months-old, he was standing on his own while his mom held the sandwich up next to him for comparison.
In the final photo in the series, Williams – who revealed on Twitter that he bought all of the tasty treats at his ‘favorite’ establishment, Dalessandro’s – is holding one-year-old Luke in one arm and a cheesesteak in the other.
Too cute: Luke could barely sit still for the photos by the time he was eight months old
Clever: Williams has shared the heartwarming pictures on his blog, in a gallery he titled ‘Cheesesteak for Scale’
On the go: When he was 11-months-old, he was standing on his own while his mom held the sandwich up next to him
He’s done! The dad tried to get Luke to pose with a cheesesteak for his second birthday, but the little boy adamantly refused
Williams admits on his blog that he had to stop taking the monthly picture after Luke’s first birthday because the little boy was ‘quickly growing a dislike for cheesesteaks.’
The dad tried to get Luke to pose with a cheesesteak for his second birthday, but the little boy adamantly refused.
Luke is currently an only child, but Williams told ABC News they will continue the tradition if they have more children.
‘It’s fun and it puts a smile on people’s faces,’ he said. ‘Plus it’s a reason to eat cheesesteaks every month.’