THE PETERSENS

Our good friends invited us to their son’s first birthday.  The first birthday is always such an event!  ESPECIALLY for the parents.  I know that when my boys turned 1, it became a time of reminiscing.  I think back to the first smile, the first time he slept through the night, the first major poop explosion, the first time rolling over, the first time eating Cheerios, the first time crawling, the first time he said “Mama”, etc.  All of those firsts are precious and us mothers tuck away those sweet memories forever.  Well, I am sure our friends had a similar experience as they celebrated the first year of life with their little boy.  They love him so much and that love was reflected in all of the details.  The Eric Carle theme, the banners, the cute cupcakes, the fondant animals, the hugs, the kisses and the joyful laughter as {B} cautiously picked apart and tasted his special cake…see for yourself!

Look at the cute Eric Carle cupcakes!

{B}’s special cake.

Friends make the party even more fun and crazy!

I think it is hilarious how Wubby is trying to hide from the camera.  Ha!

The birthday boy.

Getting ready to blow out the candle and EAT CAKE!

And, he finally gets to dig in.  Sugar high!

Sweet family of three.  Happy birthday, {B}!

We have some friends from church who just recently moved overseas.  We miss them something terrible, but are excited to see how God will use them!  In their last few weeks here in the States, we had them over for one last playdate.  I was able to capture a few cute shots of their youngest (of 4!).  He is one month older than my youngest, Isaac, so I was hoping to get some pictures of them together.  Sadly, Isaac napped the whole time he was here and by the time he woke up, {J} had gone down for his nap.  So here are a few of just {J}.  He is seriously about one of THE friendliest and THE cutest babies I know.  Enjoy!

How fun it has been to watch the {L} family grow!  If you remember, they have been my guinea pigs for the past year or so as I have been learning photography.  So it has been a sweet treat to watch their baby girl turn into a walking, talking, active toddler and now I get to watch their little baby boy do the same!  The {L} family asked me to come and take a few pictures a couple weeks after their baby boy was born.  Here are a few shots!

Autumn is such a sweet and loving mama!

2 WEEKS OLD.

Father and Son.

Mother and Son.

Sweet kisses!

So teeny tiny.