It makes me so happy when I get asked to take photos for a special occassion or when a photo is needed for something in particular like a card or website or headshots, etc.  So, I’m even more estatic when it’s for a special occassion and for a card!

Meet baby Kaia as she celebrates her very first birthday!!  These were requested not only to commemorate this milestone but also to use for birthday announcements since part of her family lives far away in New Zealand.  Kaia did such a great job.  Even though she was fighting a little cold, she was still quite the professional giving me lots of poses and big smiles!  She wasn’t sure what to make of the birthday cake and all that pink frosting, but it didn’t take her long to have some fun with it!

I regret not taking more pictures of my daughter when she was a baby (I was a cheapskate and didn’t have my own studio yet!) and wish I had the foresight to document her infancy more.  They are only babies for such a short time, so I was really honored to help Kaia’s parents preserve these precious images of their beautiful baby and be part of their memories.