Shooting Star Photography

Sweet Aiden is now a year old! It’s hard to believe this time last year he looked like this -

And now he’s such a big boy!

Happy Birthday, Aiden!

I love seeing tiny newborn babies grow into toddlers that walk, laugh, clap and talk! It’s amazing how totally dependent infants can become little people so quick. Remember Reese’s newborn session from last August?

Since then, her parents have moved to Mississippi, but I’m fortunate enough that they wanted to come back to visit for Reese’s 1 year old session!

I said at Reese’s newborn session how strong she was and how I’d never seen a baby hold their head up like that at 1 week old. So I shouldn’t have been surprised when her parents told me she’d been walking (er, running) for a couple of months. Reese was also one of the happiest and most expressive 1 year olds I have ever seen.  Besides the heat, Reese made this session a breeze with her big smiles and adorable disposition!

It was great to see you guys, and Reese is absolutely amazing and so gorgeous! Happy Birthday, sweet girl!

Look how she’s leaning her head into her Daddy. It doesn’t get any sweeter than this!

Three generations of beautiful girls!

I thought it would be so fun to see what a difference a year makes! Here’s Claire today, at 1 year old, and then in the same spot, same bowl and blanket, a year ago when she was just 2 weeks old!

That was fun!

Claire was so much fun and so sweet today for her photo shoot. I had such a great time catching up with her parents too :).

I loved this face!

Happy Birthday sweet girl!

Little Miss Briley is one year old today! She’s such a pretty girl and has the most wonderful family. Happy 1st Birthday Briley!

Blakely’s birthday was yesterday!  It was about 6 months since I saw her and photographed her last and I loved seeing how much she’s grown. I love Blakely’s gorgeous blue eyes and her adorable blonde curls. She’s such a pretty girl! Happy Birthday Ms. Blakely!

See these eyes - ahhhh!

I love this one because you can see her curls, and she crossed her little feet to keep them off the wet grass!

Blakely waves, “Bye, Bye”

I finished Amelia’s session and I had to come back and share a few more because I found a few more favorites of this beautiful girl I wanted to share!

I LOVE this family picture. I’d have this one on a big canvas in my house for sure!

Hello, big beautiful eyes!

Happy Birthday Amelia! She turned one on Monday of this week.

Elizabeth turns one today! Yay! I promised more pictures of her, and here they are. Just a year ago, she was a tiny little baby that fit so nicely in the crook of her mother’s arm-

And here she is now - pulling up, crawling, and trying to walk, as a new big sister! Oh how things change in just a blink of an eye. Happy Birthday beautiful girl!

I hope you have a wonderful birthday Elizabeth!

Ah, William! What a lucky boy! He was born into the most wonderful and loving family!

I photographed his sister as a newborn about about 11 months and 2 weeks ago, so I was thrilled not only to meet sweet baby William, but to see this beautiful family grow even more in the past year. I have a whole post about Elizabeth’s 1 year portraits which we caught also on Sunday, but you’ll have to wait a little bit more for those because this post is mostly about William!

First of all, how amazing is this bed??? My best friend’s father, Larry Sligh, custom made this bed for me. If any of my photography connections happen to be interested in your own version of this bed, let me know and I’ll get you his contact information. He’s an amazing carpenter, and I’m so thankful for him!

Elizabeth loved the bed too, so you’ll see some cute pictures of her with the bed on her own, but I couldn’t resist these two of her and her baby brother and the sweet love she showed him while I was there -

Of course I couldn’t help but show this perfect family portrait-

And then you have these two, which made me want to pack William up and take him home with me!

Congratulations on this newest addition to your family! He’s absolutely adorable and I  look forward to watching Elizabeth and William grow up!

Amelia turns one this week, and she is the happiest, smiliest baby! I had a hard time narrowing them down because she is the most amazingly happy and beautiful baby girl. I did my best to showcase her incredible personality here, but there are so many more! Don’t you just want to eat her up???

Happy Birthday sweet girl! I hope you and your fun mommy and daddy have a great week!

I have been taking portraits of Mary Ellis at 3, 6, and 9 months and tomorrow she will be one! For her one year photoshoot, we wanted to include the whole family.

It’s amazing how much she’s grown and how beautiful she and her sister, Carson are!

I had a great time hanging out at their house this morning. Happy Birthday Mary Ellis-

Mary Ellis has the most amazing blue eyes. They look just like her mommy’s!

I adore this one of mommy and her girls!

We can’t forget big sister, Carson who wanted to model for me today also!!!

And of course, this one just melts my heart - I think I’ve mentioned many times here my weakness for daddy-daughter(s) portraits!