Julie Marie Portraits: children's birthday parties

4/01/2012

Happy 2nd Birthday to our Jakey Jake!

Happy, Happy 2nd Birthday to my handsome little guy today!

It's funny how I think about how sad I was last year at this time with him turning one, but this year, I absolutely LOVE this age. I love that he can now have conversations with us, tell us he loves us, sings his abc's, counts to 10, talks about all of his cousins and grandparents, talks about his friends, loves on his doggy, Dexter, plays with his cars and plays ball ALL OF THE TIME, uses his manners (pease, thanky, cuse me), feeds his doggy every day, LOVES to read books, sings lots of songs and most of all, I love those little kisses that he gives us and his armless hugs. He has truly brought us more joy than we could have ever imagined! We love you, Jakey Jake! Happy Birthday little guy!

And here's his two year pic....

and his month by month picture April 2011-March 2012

3/26/2012

Oh Happy Monday! | Julie Marie Portraits

Although the temperature in Rochester has returned to freezing cold, it was great to wake up and see my niece's birthday party featured on Amy Atlas Event's site! If you haven't been to Amy Atlas before, you must check it out! It features some of the most fabulous parties ever, and it is such an honor to have my photos up on her site! Yay! :)

So, a little bit of background....I did a photoshoot with Libby Lane Press, and I fell in love with the whole pajama and pancake themed invite that she had. Of course, I instantly called my sister and told her she had to do my niece's birthday party that way. My sister had some ideas and asked LLP to design her a pink chevron stripe/navy invite, and voila....the party planning began! It was nothing short of spectacular, and my niece LOVED everything about this party! Great job to my sister! (and check out her site to see where my nephew's birthday party was recently featured!)