Children's portraits in Bay Area Park--

Since it's Thursday, I thought I'd do a #ThrowbackThursday post with one-year portraits that I took this summer of beautiful Avery. 

I love to photograph sweet little kids. But I especially love to photograph my friends' kids. I may be biased, but my friends have the best kids, and Avery is no exception.

Avery lives in North Carolina with her parents, who I've been friends with for a long time. Since the family lives so far away, I don't get to see Avery as much as I'd like, but I thoroughly enjoyed their long visit over the summer, when we got to celebrate her first birthday, take her portraits and have lots of fun. 

The morning of Avery's session, it was a scorcher. The temp only read about 85, but it was humid and muggy and felt like 100 degrees outside. Avery was a trooper throughout the session. She wasn't too interested in sitting still, but a good book, a strand of faux pearls and a ball seemed to entertain her long enough to make her portraits. 

Isn't she adorable?

I think she's thinking, "I'm so over this portrait session!"

A little swinging and "toss-the-baby" will revive any kid, right?

By the time we were ready to do her cake smash, she was pretty much done and had no interest in the cake.

Since mom had taken the time to decorate that little polka dot cake and make that awesome backdrop, we wanted at least a few photos. A few Goldfish hidden in the icing were the saving grace to getting her to "taste" the cake. 

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