Birthdays are always fun to celebrate, but first birthdays are some of the best!  They should be celebrated BIG, complete with a first birthday family photo session and CAKE!

I’ve seen this family quite a bit over the last year.  We had a lot of milestones to capture including a maternity session, a Fresh 48 hospital session, William’s at home newborn session.  Trust me that you will want to check out his nursery…after doing this for 8 years, it’s one of the most amazing one’s I’ve seen!  We caught up again for six month photo session last spring and then celebrated William’s first birthday back in the fall.

I always ask moms when I chat with them before the first birthday photo sessions if their little one is walking yet.  This gives me an idea of different types of shots we will try and get as well as what kind of shoes I need to wear to chase after these little ones.  Ha!

When I asked William’s mom if he was walking yet, she said….”um, actually he’s been walking since he was eight months old”.  Holy cow!  This boy was on the move for sure.  We got lots of action shots and ended the session with a fun little cake smash.

I’ve bragged on this momma before because she’s always so great about putting outfits together for each photo session.  She nailed it with the beautiful cake and William’s knit overalls for the cake smash.  I loved it!  Make sure you scroll all the way down to check out our grand finale.  The best cake smashes are the messy ones and it becomes very obvious why we save these to the end of the photo session!