I had another little guy in the studio this week who last was here for his newborn session. Grayson is now celebrating his first birthday and, gosh, was this a fun session! He was such a happy baby, truly fitting his “one happy dude” theme, and he had his mom and I laughing so much with his faces and expressions.

Grayson started with some nice photos and we used the classic white background and added a few festive first birthday touches like balloons and lights. He loved holding the lit ONE letters, and then gave a huge smile for a quick tummy time pic before he tried to army crawl away.

He also loved the blocks and hitting them together and he tried all the chairs with a big grin. He also had the best scrunched up face that his mom said he makes all the time so I’m so happy we caught it - it was such a cute and hilarious expression!

Then we changed him into his themed “One Happy Dude” onesie and added a themed banner behind him for his cake smash. He was now super comfortable and was crawling after the balloons and trying to hold them with two hands while still being on his tummy. Then he flipped over onto his side as we tried to keep his attention away from the balloons and he posed! It was so funny we were all laughing hysterically and he just kept holding that pose on his side with his hand resting on his thigh.

His mom shared that Grayson doesn’t like solid foods yet, likely due to the texture, and warned me he’d likely make awesome faces during his cake smash. He didn’t disappoint! He was so funny at how he’d try a bite, grimace, then rub the icing on his leg. Then he’d get brave again and try another bite, only to make another grossed-out face and go back to painting the floor.

I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time and it was such a fun first birthday session! I wish Grayson a truly happy birthday and would also wish him more cake but know he’d likely hate it, so I’ll wish him balloons instead.

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