I was so excited to get to see this family again, this time to celebrate Benjamin’s first birthday! His theme was What a ONEderful World, and I had the perfect background to match along with the adorable outfits his mom brought for Benjamin to wear.

The last time I saw this sweet boy he was just a tiny newborn. Now he’s grown into a super happy, chunky little guy who was just so much fun to photograph during his first birthday session.

He had a blue romper for our first set of nice photos and I brought out some blocks to try and entice Benjamin to sit in one place for a minute or two. Boy was he a fast crawler! I got in a great workout scooting him back onto our set, then eventually we “trapped” him in a basket. His older sister was also a big help at sitting with him for a few pictures and giving him a soft hug.

After family portraits, we swapped out his outfit for a cute grey short set with suspenders and matching newsie hat. I was so impressed that he kept the hat on the entire time! He loved picking off the fruit of his giant cupcake and licking the frosting.

He also just was a happy baby in general and was pleased to just mess around with the cake, give it a try, clean the floor, or later share with his sister. She was a great sport and tried to feed him some icing while he preferred to scrape it off the floor! But in the end she was able to give him a little taste and was truly so sweet to jump in and get a little dirty with her brother.

I wish Benjamin a very happy first birthday! What a fun morning photographing your cake smash and I hope to see you and your family again soon!

Thinking of booking a session for your child or baby? It's never too early or too late, especially to make sure you preserve all those milestone memories of baby's first year! Contact me today to book your session and ask about my baby milestone package for all of baby's first year.