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Baby’s One Year Photo Shoot

So in exactly a week my sweet little baby turns one. ONE PEOPLE!! I don’t know how this happened. I don’t know when I stopped wondering/praying if tonight would be the night he slept through the night, or if he would learn to roll over today. Instead, now I am wondering what day will the be the day he learns to walk unassisted! Or start saying mama, instead of just dada! Its crazy how fast this first year has flown.

I want to capture this first year celebration just as much as I have documented his whole first year. I ever so lovingly asked my BFF Melissa Young Photography if she could capture some sweet shots of my almost one year old baby, and luckily she said yes. And said yes again when I cancelled the original shoot because Bray was in zero mood to smile, much less laugh for a photo or two. If you follow me on Instagram then you saw that marvelous day. We were alllll ready for the shoot and just had to call it quits before we even started. The kid cried over everything that day. Why? He was getting a tooth. That, well that and I wouldn’t let him eat dirt, or climb the stairs, and well- the sky was blue. So he cried;)

But, we did end up doing a shoot a few days later, and I love how they turned out. We didn’t capture his full smile in too many of them, but the shoot overall totally grabbed his sweet and curious personality. After I posted those snaps on social media, one of my followers (fellow mama) was curious about my knowledge of photography and if I knew a professional photographer in the vicinity of Portland. We had a really great chat discussing our babies and other sweet things. I might have suggested her to browse through the internet for baby photography Portland to obtain a few local scenic concepts for her photoshoot. I am desperately waiting to see her shoot results as well!

Haven’t they turned out great? Honestly, I don’t think I could be any more pleased with the outcome, especially after the meltdown the first time round. I can’t wait to treasure these photos for the rest of my life because he will be turning 18 years old in a flash, and he probably won’t want to be posing for a birthday photoshoot, so I’m holding on very tightly to these. Since showing my family and friends the final results, one of my loved ones told me that she had recently got in touch with a Los Angeles Baby Photographer to do a similar sort of thing with her own baby. If I remember correctly, her daughter will be turning one herself soon. I love that she has been inspired to do the same, and I just know that she will love the outcome. If they’re anything like mine, she will truly be happy.

May I present to you the ‘I’m coming to get cha’ face:

All of those teeth in the silly grin…love him too much:

He posed himself like this and I about died:

His ‘give me the rest of that freaking banana, mom’ face:

This one absolutely kills me. This is SO his face that means one of two things. 1: Im shy but flirting with you 2:Im totally doing something wrong and know im not supposed to, and know that your watching me

Lately, he cuddles. Lately, I melt to a puddle.


We were totally bummed to cancel the first shoot since it was on a weekend, and J was going to be there. We are going to do a full family shoot soon though, since this boy loves his Dada too much not too:) And yes, he says Dada. Not Mama. What the heck?! One day..hopefully soon.


PS- Am I crazy to think that I will be this on top of documenting every little thing whenever the rest of our babies come? I hope I do, because I love to be able to look back and reminisce, and I think it will be neat for them to have for when they are older. But, I also realize that life gets crazier {and more awesome-duh} with each kid.

Comments

    • adrianne lentine says

      Thanks Anna,
      No- it is actually borrowed from a friend. It is vintage. I am obsessed and want to steal it from here, but fear that would hurt the friendship;);)

  4. Lo says

    Beautiful shots! His little eyebrows kill me! What a sweet, expressive face! And I have to tell you, I just found out my hubby and I are expecting and I am LOVING the weekly pregnancy updates you did! Thank you!