Lexi's 1st Birthday Party!!

Lexi is 1!!!!! I was so excited when Lisa contacted me to do the pictures at Lexi's amazing princess party! Check out some of the amazing details of the day...Lisa did ALL the details. She is incredibly talented, which made this an extra fun birthday for me to shoot!


The sweets table was incredible!! I especially loved the "Smash Cake" that had a tierra. Everything was just gorgeous!!




Here was my favorite detail of the day by far, the Wishing Tree. All the guests wrote their own personal wishes for Lexi. Plus it was gorgeously decorated with pearls and pictures of Lexi from the past year.


And here is the princess herself...looking gorgeous!


One of my favorite things to do at a birthday party is to "steal away" the family for a brief set of family pictures!


Here is Lexi with her big brother JL. He is such a great big brother!


Here is JL rocking out a few photos of his own...


Lexi's smile is contagious!! I loved any time I could get her to smile or laugh because she was just beyond cute.


CAKE TIME...and she was so cute and dainty!


But don't worry, she did get into the cake...eventually and looked like this...




Presents...


I LOVE this picture! Too cute!


And last but not least, an entire group photo...Lexi was surrounded by LOTS of people who loved her!

Parker's ONE!!!!

Parker is such a cutie!!!!! I had the blessing of being part of his "Monkey" Birthday Party!!! His mom and dad threw quite a party...including cake, presents, pool, and fun. Enjoy pictures from his big day!!!

One of my favorite parts of a birthday party is that I arrive 30 minutes before the guests arrive and do a "mini" family session. It is awesome! Here are some shots from that little session:


The handsome birthday party!


This is one of my favorite pictures! LOVE his sweet little face!


Becca and Parker. I actually went to high school, but just never met her then, with Becca. It was great catching up with her!!!




Daddy and Parker....the two men in Becca's life.


Guests arriving:


Becca made amazing monkey cupcakes...love them!


Waiting for his cake...


He was excited for his cake....and then....


He didn't eat a bite....they put some icing on him and he CRIED AND CRIED! But it turned out to be one of my favorite cake pictures ever!




Parker had to take a little nap so I got to use my time to take pictures with mom and dad...they are sooo cute together! I loved taking pictures with them both!


The entire crew:



It was sooo much fun hanging out with all of you! Parker, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Sofia's ONE!!!

Sofia is ONE!!!! I had the amazing blessing of being part of her 1st BIRTHDAY PARTY! There were lots of wonderful people there to share in her first, big birthday!!! And for me, this was especially special birthday because I have been there taking pictures of the Reinken family since before Sofia was born. It has been awesome being able to have the opportunity to have so many photoshoots of the Reinkens this year!!!

Here are pictures from her 1st Birthday Party!!!


This was the first picture I took of Sofia...I knew that it was going to be an awesome photoshoot. She was Ms. Model!


Luau Party...she had a cute Hula girl shirt.


Favorite picture of SWEET Sofia! (Don't you just want to grab those cheeks!?!?!?)


Family picture...proud Mom and Dad!


Here is the best part, BRYAN was home from SERVING in IRAQ for Sofia's 1st birthday. And it was because of Sofia and Bryan that Ashley wrote her contest entry and WON a FREE photo shoot.


So happy...


Jadyn and Sofia are good buddies...and Jadyn loves Sofia's Mimi very much. Here Mimi and Jadyn are playning with some lipstick.


Cake table! Yummy...


Love this shot...they look so happy!


She likes her cake!!!



Reinken family, it was AWESOME photographing your daughter's first birthday. I look forward to having many more photoshoots throughout the years.