Matthew's Cake Smash

I was pretty shocked when my dear friend, Samantha, texted me to say that Matthew was almost one year old already, and we needed to plan his cake smash session.  It was less than a year ago when I did Matthew's newborn session which was far from usual, making history as the first newborn session done at Parkview's PICU.  Matthew has grown so much since then and is such a precious, chunky boy now!  

Samantha and I decided this session would be easiest at her house instead of bringing Matthew to my studio, so with some extra planning, we turned a corner of her dining room into a little set.  This cute cake was made with lots of love by Samantha since Matthew needed to have something that would be easy for him to eat.  He really liked his special cake!  His older sisters joined him at the end.  They adore baby Matthew so much!  💗

Jack's 18 month Milestone

I've had the honor of photographing this family since Charlie was just 6 months old and now his younger brother, Jack, is 18 months old!  Time sure does fly!  These boys are unbelievably sweet, and I just loved watching them interact with each other.  Charlie loves climbing trees, and he's actually ridiculously good at it.  Jack likes trying to do whatever his big bro is doing, which is so cute.  Jack also decided he loved the little chair I brought and carried it around even though it was almost as big as him.  Thankfully he was cool with me taking it back.  Haha!  😅

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!  😂😍