EVENT 2013 | Mason 1st Birthday

It seems like yesterday I was taking photos of Mason on the day of his christening and now he's one year old!  It's amazing how fast time flies.  I adored every single detail about Mason's first birthday celebrations.  I want to give a special shout out to Mason's mommy for the amazing job she did with the decorations and all her DIY projects - everything was perfect!

When talking about Mason's first birthday, they definitely wanted to include a cake smash and that is exactly how she started the day off.  Not only was this cake made by Cheeky Cakery the perfect cake for Mason to dig his little hands into but it was DELISH!

Some cake for mommy!

Such a happy little guy!

While Mason got cleaned up and dressed in his birthday duds, I took a walk around admiring all the wonderful details of his Mickey Mouse themed birthday.

I just want to point out those Mickey Mouse Oreos made by Mason's mommy - so adorable and who doesn't love oreos?!

Mason's AMAZING Mickey cake made by Cheeky Cakery - I believe it was Vanilla cake with Almond Butter Cream filling.  Out of this world!

Guests headed into "Mason's Clubhouse" for some delicious snacks made by a family friend and neighbor.  Those Avocado Toasts were divine!  

And here's our birthday boy all cleaned up for some more photo ops!

What a great looking family.

The whole crew who came out to celebrate Mason's big day!

Cousin <3

Time to blow out the candles!

And I am going to end it with this sweet photo of Mason with two women who love him very much.

Happy Birthday Mason!

NEWBORN 2013 | Isabelle Donna

My best friend makes cute babies!  I was so happy to be able to share the experience of being pregnant with my best friend, Stephanie, and to swap stories of swollen feet, aches and pains, and overall exhaustion.  She, like me, decided to not find out what she was having but I SWORE it was a boy.  Well I was wrong - on 8/8/13, she delivered the beautiful Isabelle Donna, making her family of 3 and family of 4.

I visited with Stephanie and baby Isabelle this past weekend for a little bit and snagged a few photos of Stephanie's newest bundle of joy.  And of course of big sister Emily!

Big sister Emily (how adorable is she?) wanted to take a few photos outside, so we headed down by the water.

<3 these two!

NEWBORN 2013 | Jackson

Oh Jackson, you are a cute little guy!  So happy to be able to capture my friends Josette and Jeff's little bundle of joy at this stage in his life.  He was such a good baby during the entire shoot, hardly cried and gave us an occasional smile =)  And we all know how I feel about a full head of hair <3333333

Just like Daddy, now Jackson has his own pair of sandals (just may have to wait a little while before we can wear them).

Love this!  Jackson is actually laying on Josette's father's favorite shirt which she made into a pillow case.

So happy we got a nice day so we were able to take some photos outside.

Umm yeah I know the family - I can sorta vouche for this =)

The beautiful family!

Cheers to Auntie Noelle for the next few props you'll see, including this adorable basket that I wanted to steal!

Jackson is actually resting on his Daddy's childhood rocking horse - too cute!