I was so excited to return to Alisha and Shawn’s home in Valencia for Braylen’s one year old portraits!  When Alisha contacted me, I couldn’t believe that it’s had already been a year since their maternity and newborn photography sessions.  Braylen had just had his first birthday party the day before I came, so Alisha wanted to commemorate his first birthday with a cake smashing at the end of the session.  Instead of a plain background, I suggested using their beautiful wild hills behind their home.  I’m so glad Alisha took me up on that idea – I think this was one of my most favorite first year sessions and totally represents their family and personality.  First, we started with a few at home on mom and dad’s bed.

Braylen and Chancy were so cute together.  Love it!

Braylen is a sweet pea – so accurate.  :)

We stopped by the park, on our way to the hills behind their home.

I wanted to do a variation on one of my favorite maternity photos I took of Chancy in between Shawn and Alisha.  I’m so glad we did!  I think I have a new favorite with Braylen’s adorable reaction to his parents’ kiss.  So cute!

A great father, son moment.

And one with mama.

The light was beautiful!  Definitely one of my favorite locations ever!

Shawn and Alisha brought these nice colorful balloons left over from the party, so we decided to use them in their cake shots.

Braylen is simply adorable!

I think this is my favorite shot form the session.  Great lighting, great location and LOVE Braylen with all the cake on his face.

Since baby Jeffrey is already almost 4 months old, I need to share his newborn photos!!  I’ll go ahead and combine this post with a few of his mama–Becca’s–maternity photos.  First is a picture of the sweet family with their first baby, Credit.  He was such a gentle giant and is so good with baby Jeffrey.

I love this shot of Becca and I’m glad she was totally up for my crazy idea.  I passed by their cute kitchen and asked if she had any cravings.  I suggested she eat some ice cream – what a nice break.  :)

Becca, you are a stunning pregnant mama.

At the end of the session, we took Credit for a short walk around the neighborhood.

One last shot of Becca’s cute baby bump.

And here is cute baby Jeffrey.  He was a few weeks early, so he was so small and petite, but he sure is adorable!  I love the faint smile on his lips, looking at mommy and daddy.

Ahhh – so protected in daddy’s arms.

Love his big eyes!

Credit is so protective and gentle with baby Jeffrey.

Thank you so much for asking me to be a part of this special time in your lives.  I hope you love the pictures of baby Jeffrey – he is adorable!

And the winner of the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Photo Shoot contest is…….

….Jenny Shepard, who would love a family shoot!

And because a post is always better with a photo, here is a sneak peak from a senior graduation shoot I did at Disneyland yesterday.