i *heart* one-year-olds

Charlie was a tough baby.

He had his sweet moments.

But he was also very difficult.

Because of the tough first year we had with our little guy,

I'm loving him as a one-year-old.

One-year-olds are squishy, and curious, and funny.

They can eat pretty much whatever you eat.

They mimic what you say.

They're learning at a rate of 1,000,000,000 M.P.H.

They say funny things.

{For example, Charlie is always trying to say "Seat."

But his "s" becomes a "sh."

And his "eat" becomes an "it."

Put it together... ... ... ...yeah.

I'm constantly shushing him in the grocery store.}

Anyways...

Above and below are pictures of another adorable, brand-new one-year-old.

She's the daughter of my sweet friend, Heidi.

This little girlie smiles at everything,

which made our little photo shoot easy as pie!

See the tutu Heidi found?

Wowee.

I need to have a little girl,

and I will buy her 10,000 of these cute little tutus.

:)

p.s.

For any photographers/nerds {like myself},

this is the first shoot that I edited completely in Lightroom {as opposed to Photoshop}.

I've got a long ways to go,

but -- can you tell?-- 

I love the b&w presets. 

They are so stinkin' beautiful! :)

And,

since Lightroom costs significantly less than Photoshop,

I'm a huge fan.

More on Lightroom later, I think...

Happy Monday!