Jack's Cake Smash

This special cake was from For Goodness Cakes in Fort Wayne and was just perfect!  I decided to make a teepee because I figured it would be a simple, fun project.  It took a bit longer than I anticipated, but it looks great and added so much to this woodland theme.  I initially intended to use fake foliage, but none of the stuff I had looked that good.  So I called up my parents and took an impromptu visit to their house to gather real greenery from their trees.  My mom helped me gather some pine cones as well.  I really love how this set turned out!

Jack has gotten so tall and so far it looks like he'll be a red head!  He didn't seem to care for the icing, and he especially did not like touching the icing as he couldn't get it off of his fingers, but once we got to the chocolate cake underneath, he was more interested and clearly enjoyed the cake.  After he was done with cake, he got cleaned up and enjoyed some time playing with the stuffed animals.  Isn't he just the sweetest, cutest little guy?!

Jack's 6 month Milestone

Okay y'all.  I can not believe how much Jack is the spitting image of Charlie, who I first met a couple years ago for his 6 month milestone session.  Jack is a happy boy who seriously loved tummy time and rolling around on the ground.  Jack wore the same plaid shirt that Charlie wore, and I was able to recreate some of the pictures I did of Charlie.  After our time in the studio, we headed to the backyard for a little pool time.  Haha!  Jack seemed to love the water, but got frustrated that he couldn't hold onto the fruit to eat it.  Every time he got a strawberry or orange to his mouth, it managed to slip away.  You can see the look of frustration as he wrinkled his nose at me.  😅  Ugh, he's just so stinkin' cute!  😂😍

Charlie's 2 year Milestone

Charlie is 2!!  He loves exploring, looking at barns, and seeing animals.  We did a lot of walking and for the most part, Charlie was happy to walk.  He definitely got some breaks though when being held by daddy, which he clearly loved.  😊  It's really been so fun watching Charlie grow up!  He's going to make an awesome older brother.  😉  

Nora's First Birthday

I have had SO much fun photographing my niece this past year!  I can't believe she's a year old already!  She looks SO much like her sisters and she's such a happy girl.  My sister and I threw a lot of ideas around when we were planning this shoot.  We knew pretty early on that we wanted to do something different than a traditional cake for this "Cake Smash" session.  I distinctly remember the conversation after we had decided to do a strawberry theme when my sister said she really wanted to do cantaloupe instead.  I'll admit I was a bit frustrated because I didn't know how to pull off this new idea and make it look good.  After more talking and a huge amount of "winging it", we had a beautiful spread with pretty decorations that was better than either of us imagined.  Yay for teamwork!  This is seriously one of my favorite shoots I've done in my studio!  I love the vibrant colors with the grey and white.  😍

I discovered that Nora LOVES lemons.  She wasn't too interested in the watermelon or cantaloupe, but she did try everything.  We were able to do this entire shoot in like 30 minutes, including the outfit change, setting up the fruit spread, and cleaning up.  My twin sister and I make a really good team.  😊

Emmalyn's Cake Smash

I love doing Cake Smash Sessions!  I also really enjoyed this ladybug theme!  This awesome cake was made by The Hopeful Epicurean.  This session was the final one for the Year of Growth Package and as part of the package deal, it was FREE!  I am actually running a special deal on Cake Smash Sessions.  Right now, you can get this for only $100!  This special session is for a baby's first birthday and is up to 1 hour at my studio.  The cake is included as well as a coupon for 3 free digital downloads from the private online gallery.  A $25 non-refundable deposit is due to book a session and is applied towards the session fee.

Emmalyn has been such a joy to photograph this past year!  She is so expressive, and she LOVES to clap along with songs which is absolutely adorable.  She's seriously just so sweet!  She was fairly easily bribed to eat the cake by sticking her favorite snack to it.  Once she started eating it, she quickly got herself messy and then was ready to be done.  😂