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Tag: One Year Old

  • Turning One and Finding HOME| Adoption Love

    The Reynolds had some exciting news and called me to help them celebrate!! Their girls Maia and Taelor were turning one AND they were finally getting adopted!! (We shot this session last year but we weren’t able to share them just yet as they were in the foster care system.) These beautiful girls had a difficult start to their story but have found their forever home with an AMAZING new family with a great new mom and dad and LOTS of big brothers and sisters (they are joining six other siblings!)

    Until Now We’ve Shared Their Love and Home As of Today We Will Share Their Last Name
    Until Now We’ve Shared Their Love and Home As of Today We Will Share Their Last Name

    So much excitement and we decided to capture the milestones with pictures, tutus, rubber duckies and CAKE! These girls did great in front of the camera, although Taelor was not such a fan of the tutu. She took a little convincing to sit by herself but some snacks and a ballon helped!

    One year portraits are one of my favorites to shoot and these beautiful girls made it twice as nice! (Although it was also twice the mess, all that sticky cake and frosting!!!)

    I adore this family and cannot wait to watch these beautiful girls grow up in their new family with so many big brothers and sisters! Maybe someday we get the whole family of 10 together for some updated family portraits!

  • Jaita Turns Two

    Turning two is a pretty big accomplishment and grandma (GiGi) wanted to celebrate with a photoshoot!  Little Jaita totally rocked her two year old session.  (Of course, like any two year old, she wasn’t completely cooperative and attentive the entire time… but with a little patience and bribery we made it work.)  

    We included her momma’s favorite team, the Cowboys, much to dad’s surprise (not HIS favorite team) Elmo and her favorite baby doll.  Jaita is such a beautiful little lady and I love seeing her sassy little smile every time I get to photograph her!

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  • Karsyn Turns ONE | Baby’s First Year Photographer Virginia Beach

    My Baby’s First Year program is so very special to me!  I am done having little ones of my own, so being able to photograph all the little milestones in my little clients is such an incredible joy for me.  You have met my little princess Karsyn before on my blog and she has just had her first birthday!   We celebrated in the studio for her last session: her first year portraits.   She has such a beautiful, happy soul and she is already showcasing so much of her big personality!   She giggled and laughed throughout the entire session and she loved her cake smash!  There was cake, icing and yogurt everywhere and we had one happy little tummy by the end!

     Karsyn, you have changed so much and yet so little since our first session so many months ago!  I am so sad the first year is over… but hopefully I will have many more opportunities over the years to photograph you and watch as you grow into that big personality.  Mom and Dad, keep up the great work!  I adore your little family! <3 

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