The adorable invite sets the tone for the theme of the party…

Connor’s mom did such a great job planning an adorable Circus themed party!

This was too cute…they had a picture of Connor from every month since birth…

The little masks & cupcakes were so cute!  I was so tempted to grab an elephant cupcake!

The birthday boy looking as debonair as the last time I saw him :-)  The hat, skinny jeans, bow tie…OMG…cuteness overload!

The party started off with an adorable little puppet show…

Connor and his little friends enjoyed it quite a bit!

Then the balloon artist worked his magic…

From the smile on this little one I would say the balloon figures were a big hit!

Connor looking adorable in his traditional Korean attire :-)

The moment of truth!  In the Korean culture, they have this cool little game where whichever item the baby gravitates towards first will be his future occupation.  From left to right: book for scholar, a microphone represents becoming an entertainer, the gavel for a lawyer, mini basketball for athlete, and stethoscope for doctor…which one did he choose??!!  **drum roooollll***

Looks like Connor will be a Scholar!

Connor fulfilling his “picture-posing” duties with Mom & Dad :-)

Now in the picture booth with his Uncle & Auntie!  Look at his face…I cannot get enough of him!

Happy First Birthday Connor!

Siena Turns One!

January.26.2012 | Rascals

I still remember like it was yesterday when I came over to my friends Kristin & Joe’s house to capture sweet Siena when she was just a few days old.  Most of the time when I see a newborn and try to figure out if they look like mom or dad I just can’t do it…they just look like “baby” to me.  However, when I first met Siena, I immediately knew she looked just like her mom…as did everyone else!  Now here we are a year later and every time I see Siena now,  I see a perfect combination of Kristin and Joe.

SiSi (her nickname) is just the cutest thing ever and every single time she smiles at me my heart just bursts with joy!  She is such a good baby and a talented one at that…check out her break dancing skills here: SiSi Breakdances

Kristin, Joe, and my beautiful, sweet, wonderful SiSi…I’m so lucky to have such sweet & lovely people in my life!  It has been a pleasure sharing all these wonderful life moments with you…here’s to many many more!  xoxo

Love this sweet family photo of the three of them…

Look at this cute widdle face?!

This smile should be illegal…

How beautiful are Siena’s eyes?!  I love the bright pop of colors she is wearing!

I spy cute – chubby – edible baby toes in the bottom left corner :-)

Pretty Mama & Baby :-)

I simply ADORE everything about this image…

Ummm, how cute is she?!

One of my favs!!  The pop of pink with the green…perfect!

Love it!  SiSi (as we all call her) is a little firecracker :-)

Outtakes :

Left image:  “The sun is in my eye and I just ate an orange slice” face.                                  Right Image:   The “Popeye is my great great great grandfather” face.

kristin @ petal and thorn: trista, these are marvelous! my hands down fav pics you've ever taken. so amazed that you captured these in under an hour, not to mention sisi was cranky and just wanted to crawl all over the place. i love each and every one of these. THANK YOUUUUUU January 26, 2012 10:13 pm