Norborne, MO Cakesmash Photographer ~ Maliya’s Mermaid Smash

It is hard to believe that these babies grow up so fast. Newborn photo’s one day….. cakesmash the next. Maliya is another one of my sweet babies that in a flash is ONE! I had just moved into my makeshift temporary studio when I did her newborn photos, I remember we included her stuffed Elephant in her session and at the end we did some football pics with mom and dad……GO CHIEFS! Mom decided on a mermaid cake smash for you one year milestone session. Maliya was Jibber Jabbering non stop the whole photo session, mom and dad are going to be in trouble when she really starts talking because she definitely has a lot to say!

She wasn’t really in to smashing the cake. She was more about snacks. Cookies mainly lol she was all about her cookies and happy as can be when she had one. Oh…. and her little Christmas carousel that played music, that made her smile too! I am glad they thought to bring it! Anytime you have something you know will help make them comfortable or smile you are welcome to bring it to their photo session.

The splash after the cake smash however she was all about! She had herself a good ‘ol time and left me a river to clean up! It was great to see her have a good time though! I LOVE cake smash sessions! These little personalities make my job so fun and I’m so blessed to get to work with these families.

I love the dress mom found for her for her simple portraits. One of the perks of my cake smash photo sessions is you also get some pre-cake photos on a simple backdrop so you can dress them in whatever you like! These photos are timeless and can hang on your walls and never outdate.

Happy First Birthday sweet girl! I hope you get to eat all the cookies you want that day! lol