When Amy reached out to me about Olivia's first birthday session, I had no idea how PERFECT Washington Oaks Gardens would be. I mean, obviously it's a beautiful park, but between her dress and Olivia's Pinterest-worthy, homemade hot air balloon, I can't think of a more fitting location! Did you catch that the hot air ballon is HOMEMADE?! I was kind of blown away by the simplicity of it, but Amy put together a woven basket, wooden dowels, and a huge paper lantern to create the

If you can't tell yet, Washington Oaks Gardens has definitely become my favorite new stomping grounds for sessions. You can get SO much variety in your gallery and I wish it were closer to Jacksonville! Although it's only about an hour drive from here, it almost always leaves the hubs home to tackle bath time and bedtime solo... so much so that he might start to think I'm scheduling so many of these on purpose (wink, wink)! I definitely don't hate two hours of driving all alo

This was an exciting day for me! Not only was it my first full shoot after maternity leave, but I got to hang out with a glowing mama in her final weeks of pregnancy, AND shoot at Washington Oaks Gardens (which I've been dying to do forever)! Robert and Jenna were high school sweethearts and briefly long distance in college. You know their love runs super deep because after a couple of years, she left UF (go gators!!) to join him and finish school at FSU. I'll give you a minu