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Watch this dad's beautiful timelapse film of his daughter growing up

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Apr 14th 2014, 6:00 PM 40,443 Views 24 Comments

FILMMAKER FRANS Hofmeester has made the phrase “they grow up so fast” into a beautiful reality for his 14-year-old daughter.

Having filmed his daughter Lotte from the very beginning of her life, Hofmeester – based in the Netherlands – spliced the footage together into this moving timelapse video.

It shows a smiling Lotte as a newborn baby, becoming a little girl, becoming a teenager over just four minutes:

Source: Hofmeester/YouTube

The film is an extension of one he made two years ago, which showed Lotte up to the age of 12.

In February, Hofmeester released this similar video of his 11-year-old son Vince.

Source: Hofmeester/YouTube

And Hofmeester’s project isn’t over yet. Both films end with this same strangely moving frame:

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Watch this dad's beautiful timelapse film of his daughter growing up