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I spent a few minutes with my friend and her son Jack today. We wanted to squeeze in a quick photo shoot between preschool pick up and naps. Jack couldn’t have been more ready! He was full of smiles and adorableness.


You may recognize Jack and his mom from my website. Only a few more days and these pictures will be a year old as will this smiley little boy!

I spent yesterday morning meeting Everett, who is almost one, and his brother Easton and sister Avery!  They were a fun bunch!  Full of stories, energy, and even some smiles.  Thank you for a fun morning Jim and Amy, you have a wonderful family!

Here are my favorite action shots.  Notice the stuffed animal coming straight at the camera!

This beautiful little face is the one that was the spark!  He inspired me to learn all I could about newborn photography. It has been my passion for a little over a year now!

It was a joy to meet with Sam and his parents at the Walker Art Center to take pictures now that he is 1!   Andy and Nicole, thank you for a fun day at the museum. Sam is adorable, it’s been fun watching him grow this year.  I can’t believe he is already 1.

It was a beautiful fall day to take photos at Richardson Nature Center with August and Finn. Finn enjoyed looking for fish in the lake and climbing a tree. He did keep trying to find the “real” park as we hiked around. August was just happy showing off her exceptional one year old walking skills and big blue eyes.

I’ve known Finn and August’s mom, Leah, since she was the one out fishing and climbing trees as a tomboy. I spent every summer as a child at our cabin hanging out with Leah’s family. They are some of my favorite memories! It was so fun to catch up a bit yesterday with you Leah. You and Harold have a beautiful family!

There always has to be a first, I’d never had anyone fall asleep during a shoot.  Well, except for newborns of course!    20 minutes into our one year photo shoot, Reese had fallen asleep in her mom’s arms.  It was her birthday and she had celebrated the day before.  Now she was tired.  We let her sleep and headed back home to set up for  a cake smash.  She had no problem waking up when she saw the cake!

Reese had her first birthday party yesterday. It must have tired her out because she fell asleep during our photo shoot today. She slept while we set up for her cake smash. I don’t think she minded waking up to a little frosting playtime. Happy Birthday Reese, it was fun taking your pictures today knowing it was your birthday!

My first cake smash photo session was with Patrick. He has been a first model for so many things this past year!

I learned a couple important things.  1. Don’t do the photos outside…it can get too windy. 2. Cake smashes are very messy!  –I’m glad I did the first one outside instead of making a mess of Patrick’s house.

Patrick was slow to warm up to the idea of what the cake was all about….but once he discovered that the frosting was a lot like finger paint he had fun. I don’t think very much cake was eaten, but I do think Patrick had fun.

Happy Birthday 1st Patrick!