First Year Photos

When Brian and I got married, our photographer took several images of us in the wildflower area at The Park of Roses.  It was a perfect day in early August 2010, and there were bright yellow wildflowers everywhere.  It was beautiful!

August 6, 2010

Fast forward just over two years and you will find us back in the same area.  October of 2012.  Brian and I decided to take some of our own maternity photos there to capture our 9-month bump before our baby debut.

September 30, 2012

Fast forward one more year and you will find us there again, only this time you will find us with the sweetest little one year old in tow!

Sweetest AND cutest!
October 30, 2013.

This happened to be by complete chance!  Since we had yet to have professional photos taken of Kate, we decided for her one year birthday that we would have some taken.  Our photographer friend suggested we meet at The Park of Roses, so that is what we did.  Little did we know, his intention was to shoot entirely in the wildflower area!  (I'm beginning to think we should just adopt this garden as our own since we've seemed to [so far] capture all of our milestone life events together here!)

We were completely up for the shoot and did not leave disappointed!  Prior to the shoot, Brian and Tom cut "ones" out of wood and Brian and I painted them in several bright colors.  We picked up balloons to match our painted "ones" and there we had our set up!  It was ingenious, and not our idea at all.  It was all our photographer's!

The shoot was very quick.  Kate was an angel, and the images that we captured that day are nothing short of AMAZING!

Kate is one!

Look at that face!

So adorable!

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You can't help but smile!

(Check out the whole lot here.)

Our baby is one.  Even though the year has flown by, it means the world to us that we were able to capture this tiny moment.  It will always hold a special place in our hearts.  Thank you, Monty!