Joshua came all the way from Portland, Oregon to celebrate his 1st birthday with family and friends at Mon Ami Gabi in Reston, Virginia.  Although he didn’t take a nap in the morning, Joshua was full of smiles and laughs throughout the whole party, he even kept his hambok and hat on for the majority of the time.  At most of the dols, doljabi raffle winners usually got a gift certificate of some sort but at Joshua’s, they gave out a golf club and a bottle wine.  Of course the winner of the wine was a minor. Haha.  He and the guests had a great time and Joshua even got to taste sugar for the first time in the creme brulee which he looked like he enjoyed.

Twins, Sebi and Kylie turned 1 and came down to Virginia to celebrate with their family.  Here are some pictures from their birthday celebration at Wildfire Restaurant in Tysons Corner, Virginia.  The party was planned by Lillian Lee so if you need a good coordinator, let me know and I can send over her contact info. Happy birthday Sebi and Kylie!

It’s been a year since I first visited Mr. Smiley, Alex, at the hospital. This past weekend he had his Madagascar themed 1st birthday party with some of his friends.  Alex was in a great mood all afternoon and was smiling and laughing like crazy.  The little guy was adored by everyone there especially his family, who put in all the time and effort to make sure the party was a success.  Happy Birthday Alex!

Sweet little Nora is turning 1 in a couple of weeks so we went out to take some portraits for her party.  She was so amazed by the beautiful outdoors, it was very hard to get her attention throughout the session but we managed to get some anyways.  Just like any other kid, she is curious about everything that’s around her and loves to talk your ear off.  Here are some pictures of Nora from the session.

It was a wild 1st birthday celebration for the twin girls, Ava and Gia, that took place at Diya Restaurant in Vienna, Virginia.  Lots of family and friends came out to enjoy the great food and dancing with the girls.  The girls were in great spirits and seemed to enjoy everything that was going on around them and stayed up til pretty late.  Happy Birthday Ava and Gia!

We had a small celebration for Nicolette’s 1st birthday at the house. It’s crazy to think that she was born a year ago at 1.7lbs and still has the same fiesty spirit as day 1.  She will be having the traditional Korean birthday celebration in a couple of months because her parents didn’t want to expose her to any flu or cold germs that people tend to carry during the winter.  Nicolette had a great time tasting her 1st cupcake until she gagged from the sugar rush.  Happy 1st birthday to my goddaughter!! I can’t wait to celebrate more birthdays with you

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! and what’s a better way to ring in the new year than a newborn baby.  Meet Isabell, she is Maddy’s new younger sister.  You can tell Maddy is going to be a great big sister and these 2 girls are going to team up against their parents.  Here are some pictures from the session where Isabell was wide awake and alert the whole time.

We had a quick holiday session for Nicolette so that her parents could send out some Christmas cards.  Although she was a little uncooperative, I managed to get a few useable pictures of her adorable smile and look.

Jacob and Kaiden are now 4 years old and growing fast before our eyes.  Lucky for me, the portrait session every year gets easier and easier as they begin to cooperate more and more.  This year the key was letting them play with my spare camera with the 35mm on it and as long as they could take pictures too, they smiled for me.  After looking through the pictures they both took, they definitely have the natural ability to take use the camera even though most of the pictures were blurry.  Here are some pictures from year 4.

The pics the boys took of each other.

Melody has already turned 1 when it feels like last week I had seen her for her newborn session.  We celebrated her birthday at Bazin’s on Church in Vienna, Virginia.  It was an afternoon of delicious food and lots of sweet treats for all the guests.  Melody enjoyed her first tasting of sugar in her birthday cake and had fun with her little friends.  Happy Birthday sweet girl!

It’s always flattering when previous clients return to you for more photos.  Baby Lucy from a year ago is now talking and walking around like a little person it was fun chasing her around the park.  Here are a couple of photos from the weekend’s session.

Jeremiah celebrated his 1st birthday with a restaurant full of people who adore him very much.  The party took place at Han Gang Restaurant in Annandale, Virginia where the atmosphere, service, and food are exceptional.  Jeremiah’s mom did an awesome job with the decorations and little details all around the restaurant.  During the doljabi, Jeremiah chose the golf ball which made the crowd and his family very happy considering the majority of them chose that he would pick it. Happy 1st Birthday Jeremiah!!

DohSahn’s 1st birthday party was another fabulous celebration with family and friends.  He had family come in from the west coast to celebrate this joyous occasion.  His aunt made his birthday cupcakes that were super delicious, his dad grilled the galbi(korean bbq meat) on the back deck, and his mom made sure everything ran smoothly.  DohSahn was all smiles most of the party and then by the end he even grabbed the swifter to start cleaning up.  Happy 1st birthday DohSahn!

Children grow up so fast right before your eyes.  I couldn’t believe Alex’s mom was contacting me for Alex’s 2nd year portraits.  Initially we thought having a session in mid October was a safe bet with the weather but who would have ever thought that it would be 83 degrees and humid like a July summer day.  We all sweated through our clothes but we made it through the session alive even with Alex repeatedly saying “NO” over and over.  Here are a few of the images from the lovely day.