Happy 1st Birthday | Charlottesville 1 Year Photographer

Before Avery’s cake smash, we did some portraits commemorating her 1st birthday!

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Avery was quite literally 1 year old this day…she came in on her birthday!ย  And poor thing, still recovering from an ongoing cold, but you’d never know she was feeling a little peaked with this sweet face:

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Being an October baby, we “borrowed” my daughter’s Halloween pumpkin (luckily, not carved yet!) for a little fall-themed photo-op.

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Her cute fall colored plaid dress fit the theme perfectly.

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When photographing a mobile one year old, you have to be creative to keep them slightly still for long enough to get a shot…my little rocking chair helps distract the little ones for a least a few seconds…before Avery tried to climb right back out of it!

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Before the cake shoot, we used the backdrop for a few quick photos with her pretty birthday tutu.

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OH those eyes just slay me!ย  Avery’s big blue eyes are definitely the first thing you notice about her…you can’t help but be mesmerized by those pretty peepers.

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OH baby toes, they are the best!

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Thanks to Avery for being such a trooper despite her cold, and to her mom for coming by!ย  Always great to see those newborns grow up, sniff, sniff!ย  ๐Ÿ˜‰