Independence Day!

July 5, 2010 | Filed Under babies, kids, natural light, studio 

I hope all of my readers had a super and safe Fourth of July weekend! May your suntans be many and your mosquito bites be few. Amen.

On the third of July, my little veggie pal came to visit again. Know why? BECAUSE SHE’S TURNING ONE. How does that first year go by so quickly, but with all of the challenges of new motherhood, sometimes seem so agonizingly slow? I work with Taytum’s mommy, so I’ve heard lots of stories about her first year. When I think about them all, it seems like so much longer than a year, but at the same time it doesn’t feel like a year since I took these? Well, it was so appropriate that we do her session so close to the fourth because this girl is IN-DE-PEN-DENT. Which I’m totally cool with. It’s okay to be a woman that knows what you want, when you want it. You go, T!

We started outside. Oh, how I love outside…so many adventures, so many…ummm…things that can happen.

A perfect little princess!

Once she wasn’t trapped in weeds on a chair anymore, she was ON.THE.MOVE! Really, this next image is more of a personal victory than anything else: SHE’S SITTING AND SMILING AND I CAUGHT IT!!!

Due to her unlimited supply of energy and the very limited supply of my, mommy’s and daddy’s eagerness to chase her around my 5 acre yard anymore, she got plopped back in a chair…in the weeds…nature’s playpen.

Check out the giggle! Paige, your efforts were NOT in vain. Nice job making her laugh!!!

I do have a trick or two up my sleeve. Know what ALWAYS make a kid slow down for pictures?

CAKE SMASH!!!

Here she’s just testing it out…

Yep! She likey. Let’s get this party started!

Now, I will share with you that there are four specific markers that indicate that a cake smash session was successful. I will illustrate them for you here:

And, the most important one:

A frosting filled smile.

Taytum, it’s been such a joy to watch you grow this first year. I swear you get cuter every time I see you! And tell your mommy to try not to get too emotional on your birthday…because you will be around for at LEAST seventeen more years { and lucky you because your mommy and daddy are over the moon in love with you, Sweetie!} . Have a happy birthday, Tayter!

Until next time,

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