Lone Jack Cake Smash Session~ Lawson’s The big ONE!

Believe it or not I have not done a fishing cake smash theme in years! I was so excited when Mercedes reached out to me last minute to get a smash cake session Scheduled for Lawson! I did a “You are my Sunshine” themed cake smash for her middle daughter and she said she couldn’t imagine anyone else doing his photo session! That made my heart so happy!! He’s the first boy of her three kiddos and rounded out their family perfectly! She wasn’t kidding when she told me he was the happiest guy.

At first he wasn’t to sure about the cake, a little angry in fact, as you can see in that first photo. But then he tried the smash cake……. And things got way better from there!

After lot’s of smiles and faces and smashing, this Fishing themed cake smash photo session was a success! He made a good little mess and we got him all cleaned up! His sweet faces kept coming the whole photo session! Don’t wait to book your cake smash session or one year milestone session, they are one of my specialties and they book up fast! It’s May and I already have some on the books for August and September!

The bath after the cake smash is often their favorite part!!

Carrolton, Missouri Cake Smash Photographer ~ Gentry’s Berry First Birthday

I can’t believe this is my first Berry Cake Smash Session in 10 years. It’s such a cute, simple, sweet, girly cake smash theme! And Gentry did not disappoint!

I knew when mom said she had been walking for awhile we had out work cut out for us….. they do not slow down you guys! They go go go!

Jackson County Cake Smash Photographer

That’s where chairs and props come in! I usually have about 2 min of them in the chair before they make their way out of it and on to other things…. Especially if there is strawberries laying everywhere! Didn’t take her long to find a fake one and try to take a bite, so we quickly subbed it for a real one and let her eat! Made for some super cute photos!

Berry Themed Cake Smash photo shoot

And then there is always the spoon! Once they get ahold of the spoon, rarely do they want to let it go! It is usually a lifesaver for these sessions. Gentry was loving the spoon to beat and smash her cake! After so much icing from the cake they are always ready for drink. It is becoming part of every cake smash session to have a “drink break” photo lol a quick drink works every time to get them back on board with us, if even for a couple minutes. This girl nailed her cake smash photo session and I love the theme of Berry First Birthday and I can’t wait to do the next one and see how I can switch it up!

Lexington Newborn and Cake Smash Photography Studio ~ Lela May Photography

Welcome to my photo studio! I wanted to give you a peek into what I have going on here! If your wanting to book a session, rest assured that I have everything we need for the session and you can just show up and let me handle it! I have a sitting area with a small couch, a changing station with extra diapers and other essentials, a mini fridge and a Keurig all ready to go!

Kansas City area photo studio

For your newborn session I have tons of wraps, tiebacks and hats, buckets, bowls and backdrops! You don’t have to worry about anything! We will discuss color and theme preference prior to your session and plan accordingly to make sure your session is exactly what you envision. You can also just tell me to handle it you don’t want to have to stress over it, I got you!

For cake smash sessions I have more balloons and props than you can even imagine! Just tell me the theme you want and I go to work! I even provide the cake! We discuss the details and what you vision is and I take it from there, you just show up for the photo session!

Carrolton Missouri Football Cakesmash Photography Session

Noah’s football themed cake smash was so fun to design! I have done this theme before but this time I was excited to add my giant football! I am just starting to learn this technique of prop design for my cake smash sessions, and I am looking forward to all the new possibilities it opens up for my set designs! Every theme is personalized and never repeated so your kiddos cake smash session is one of a kind!

Noah was in my studio for a Christmas Mini Session and he was all about the cookies to the point mom had to intervene before he choked himself. Because of that we were thinking he would be all about the cake, but he was NOT! However I have done over 200 cake smash sessions and I know how to get the job done and get the photos to give you a complete gallery of memories no matter how much your little one does or doesn’t like the cake. I have a few tricks up my sleeve!

Carrollton Missouri Photographer

Kansas City Football Cake Smash

Cleaned up after cake smash session

Kansas City Cakesmash Photographer ~ Robbie’s Mickey Mouse Cake Smash

This isn’t the first and wont be the last Mickey Mouse Cake Smash I do, He is a timeless character that ALL the kiddos love! I remember watching the Mickey Mouse Club house after school when I was young, when Justin Timberlake, Brittney Spears, Christina Aquilera among others were on there! ( showing my age here). But my son who is now a teenager, LOVED Mickey when he was little, it wasn’t a normal day if I didn’t hear the hot dog song a million times! Robbie obviously loves Mickey as much as my son did, 13 years later!

I did his sister’s cake smash session when she turned one and it was Minnie Mouse of course!! They both had their newborn photos done at one month old and they both slept like a log right through them, I got lucky! When you do a 1month old newborn session you never know how it’s going to go, if they are going to snooze or be up and ready to party! Luckily most the time I find they do great, sometimes better than when they are in the prime 14 day window to do the newborn session. But back to Robbie’s cake smash session…… This boy was a HOOT! He smiled and laughed, made faces and ran around all over the place, he was awesome!

Then came the cake! He wasn’t to sure at first……..

But then he warmed up and went to town on this smash cake!

Yep… he slayed it! The best part was his bath though! I have never seen a kid go crazy like he did in this tub…his mom and I laughed so hard at this kid! His arms were going as fast as they could splashing and water was flying everywhere! Arms and legs were both flying ! End result was a clean baby, adorable bath photos and a huge mess for me to clean up. Perfect cake smash session in the books!

Lexington, MO Cakesmash Photographer ~ Jade’s Cake Smash Session

They truly do grow way to fast. One day I’m doing their newborn session and the next the cake smash. As much as I love newborn sessions I have to say cake smash sessions are probably my favorite! I get to see their little personalities they are growing into and I feel I get to be more creative with cake smash sessions than newborn sessions. Here is Miss Jade at her newborn session and the rustic boho style cake smash we just did for her a couple weeks ago.

She is the sweetest little girl, but she doesn’t give up smiles at her photo sessions very easy, the cake smash session however she was all kinds of smiley! I would be too if I got to eat cake… just saying. I love the theme her mom picked out, we just kept it pretty simple, I am in LOVE with this balloon arch. I get better and better at them all the time.

You can see it in her eyes how much fun she was having smashing up this cake! She didn’t really want to eat any of it, and a lot of times they don’t, something I will never understand because personally I would be living my best life and eating it by the fist full! Then of course the bath… they almost always love the bath after the smash! And you get to leave with a clean baby! I had a cake smash session done for my son, he’s 13 now so it’s been awhile, but after the smash was the worst part, I went through a package of wipes and his skin was red and we STILL hadn’t gotten all the cake off. He was one sticky baby for the ride home and immediately got a bath. It would have been soooo much easier if I had a way to clean him off when we were done.

I hope you had a great birthday little lady and I saw your party pics on facebook and I’m pretty sure mom and dad made sure it was everything a little girl could hope for!

Lexington, MO Cakesmash Photographer ~ Vivian’s Smash

Ok, First of all. I LOVE her name! If my son Mack was a girl that’s what his name was going to be! And I love the very simple theme mom picked. Cake Only for this girl’s cake smash session!

I did this cake smash session shortly after my mother passed and I was kind of thankful it was so simple, as it didn’t require much thought on my part, but it was also a welcome distraction. Vivian’s mom has brought me something almost every time I have done a session for this girl and this time she came with flowers. I can’t lie, it made me cry a little. She is the most sweet and thoughtful lady and Vivian is lucky to have her as her momma!

Vivian definitely loved the icing! Her favorite part of the cake was the icing puffs up top because she could just pull them right off! Her momma also had the last minute thought to bring a prop of her own and I was so glad she did! It was perfect for her big first birthday photo session! She got to show off what a big girl she was and how well she could stand up on her own! And then of course we ended with the bath part of her session, most ALWAYS a favorite with these little kiddos, even if they won’t smash the cake they will usually give us big smiles for their bath photos!

Holden, MO Cakesmash Photographer ~ One in a Melon!

I just met this sweet little lady and she came in with some sass let me tell ya! She was FULL of personality! It was so fun getting to meet her during her cake smash session!

It’s not to often they are walking when I do their cake smash… not usually anyway, but my past few have not only been walkers but RUNNERS! It wears mom out but it makes for some fun photos! This girl even picked up my stool and was trying to take a big ‘ol bite out of it.. we were dying laughing at her! (see photo below)

Then comes the smash part of the photo session! She was NOT into the cake at all. Given her spunky, fun personality we thought she was going to really tear into it! NOPE. Not even close! But see, that is where my job comes in ! It may not go smooth as we would like and isn’t always as fun as it looks… but you pay me to capture these photos and I will do my absolute best to do it no matter the situation! See the photos below and you would never know she didn’t have the time of her life! We did it! It takes some work but we get through it! Now mom will have these photos to remember this time in her life forever and I know when Aspen grows up she will get a good laugh out of them too!

And then there’s the bath….. they almost always love the bath even if they don’t love the cake…. Aspen however was over us at this point…… but we still managed to get a smile.