Look Who's ONE! (Part 1 of 2)

I'm a tad late with this post, but in my defense, I didn't have my blog back in February when Miss Alyse turned 1!  

Miss Alyse's 1st Birthday Session

About a week before her birthday, we did her birthday photo session with her outfit I had made by  (Little Miss Tutu Boutique).  You'll soon learn that Erin is one of my favorite people!  I absolutely LOVE her products and have a closet full and countless headbands (Okay, okay - I have a bit of an obsession).

This session was interesting, since I had to sit her down where I wanted her, then run back into place, hoping that I could get a few shots before she ran at me!

Big brother kisses and little sister not to sure about it

Tyler said the only way he would get his picture taken was if he didn't have to wear a shirt and could wear his Buzz Lightyear watch. I'll take it!  What a kid!  hehe

Boy!  Did I get my workout in that day!  I also decided to try to get some Valentine's Day shots of her in her V-Day outfit from LMTT, so extra calories burned!  Bonus!

I crocheted the cute little V-day hat and made the banner for a session last year.  I'm so glad I got a chance to use them again.

Alyse, stealing my heart <3

On Alyse's ACTUAL birthday, I had to write an exam - Boo!  It was over at 1 PM, so it was all good (and I ended up passing the exam and the course, so YAY!).  I've been planning on doing a Cake Smash & Clean Up session with Alyse since before she was born. It's something I've always wanted to do and finally had the "studio" to do it in.  I made her cake and butter cream icing to match her outfit (again, from you-know-where).  It was pretty and oh so yummy (we ate it afterwards, since she only touched about 1/4 of it).  Alyse wasn't really sure what to do with the cake, she kind of poked around in it and with our encouragement.  Daddy even put some icing on her face and gave her a taste.  She was very reserved with the whole process (Not like this little boy I photographed a couple of weeks ago: Cake Smash!)  Alyse has been my photo "guinea pig" for a lot of session ideas.  Thank you, Alyse!  :)  I cannot wait to do this with Charlee for her 2nd birthday, since we weren't able to do it for her first.  I have a feeling she'll rip into it - I'm so excited for the mess (probably the only time EVER I will say that)!!!

Stay tuned for Look Who's ONE!  (Part 2 of 2) of Alyse's birthday party!