It always amazes me how quickly a year goes by, especially when talking about babies. The first year of their life is such a mixture of moments that seem like they'll never end and moments you never want to end. But, the year has passed and now my little baby is a toddler: a sweet, mischievous, every-happy doodlebug toddler. Oh I couldn't love her more! This past year I have really tried to savor the moments with her, to hold her longer, to gaze into her baby eyes longer. And it was TOTALLY worth it! I wish I had done that with my first child. Kaitlyn's big sisters think she's pretty special too.

As a photographer I was so excited about all the pictures I was going to get with my new baby and all the new poses I was going to practice and try out. Well, Kaitlyn had other plans. She was not cooperative. Nevermind, though, I have managed to capture some moments, some looks, that still melt my heart when I look at them.

I borrowed the idea below and the actual ONE letters from a friend of mine. Thank you Stephanie! I did nothing to edit the pictures in the collage. They are SOOC. But the collage looks okay anyway, I think. It took ages to get a few decent pictures for this. I'd hand Kaitlyn the letters and she'd just throw them on the ground before I could snap a picture. Like I said, not the most photographically cooperative child. But don't worry, she will soon learn that taking pictures is fun. :) After all, I've already been giving her lots of practice. ha!

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Here are a few other pictures from her at one year old.

a_MG_2808 Isn't the little flower clip cute? My friend, owner and creator of all pieces at FlutterbyCreationz made that little clip. Check out her store for more beautiful creations. She is so talented and does beautiful work!!

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The navy blue balloon dress was the dress my oldest wore for her one year portraits. I thought it would be fun to take Kaitlyn's picture wearing it.

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a_MG_2888 And here are a few Christmassy pictures from mid-November. Doesn't that hair bow just make you smile? My mom picked that up for me and thought it would be fun to add to my photo-prop box. I had to try it on Kaitlyn. It matched her red pettiskirt! :) I love it!

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a_MG_2117 And for the last picture, here's one of her eating her birthday cupcake. I had wanted to do a cake smash session with her but we haven't gotten around to it yet. Can you still do a one-year session if the child is already 13 months old? Hmm. . .

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