Little Jayden, what a treasure . . . and so full of expression.  This is my third shoot with Jayden and I had just as much fun as the first.  Jayden just turned the ripe old age of one so she was a little more vocal and a bit more mobile.  She’s not quite walking yet but she will be soon.  As you can see swinging was her favorite so we stuck with that  for a good portion of the shoot.  I loved watching her smile, all three teeth simpering proudly, every time dad gave her a push.

For this shoot, we had two locations- Manhattan Beach and the family’s home which was located steps above the beach (just the way I like it) and like any good home with a young child, there was a separate corner with a fantastic collection of toys. Jayden preceded to show me as many of them as she could.

Soon after we got started, the bubbles came out.  Now I cannot for the life of me remember the name of the bubbles that were being used but they were industrial strength bubbles.  They didn’t break for nothing or nobody!  In fact, Jayden had a stubborn bubble on her head for about 5 minutes afterwards.  I kept on shooting of course, cause I thought it was cute.

You wouldn’t know it from these pics but Jayden was not feeling up to the formal portraits on this day.  So I had her play on her parents lap, asking them to continue looking up at me and I have to say, I think this is my favorite family portrait to date.  They’re all engaging with me and all are completely at ease.  (Yay!)

Every now and then, during my baby shoots, we’ll take breaks for snacks or stimulation . . . below was a series of snack shots that I usually put the camera down for but this time, and you’ll quickly see why, I kept on with my shooting.

So funny.

So impressive right?!! She’s not walking yet, but she could still manage to do a hand-stand!

(Thank you, I’ll be here all week)

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