Sweet, sweet Kailaya

Well, let's just say I had a hard time picking pictures to post from this session because nearly EVERY picture of little Kailaya was perfectly adorable. She was such a JOY to photograph -- she had so much personality and she did such a great job of looking right at me at the perfect moments, with the perfect expressions on her face. We had a lot of fun on this shoot!

We started out at Kailaya's house, in her parents' bedroom. Her mom, Misty, said Kailaya loves to play on her parents' bed.

Right from the get-go, Kai warmed up to my camera and smiled for me.





Then we moved over to Kai's bedroom, where we pulled out some of her favorite books. These pictures have special meaning to me, as my own daughter spends so much of her day flipping through her books, too. Emma is actually one year younger than Kai and it was so fun for me to see what I might have in store for me next summer with a 2-and-a-half-year-old.







Then we walked a short jaunt to a small park near Kailaya's house. I love this picture. She seems like a celebrity, like she's waving to fans from the red carpet.





I will always take pictures like this. I love toddlers' eyelashes. They're always so thick and beautiful. And something about taking a picture where the child is looking down like this is just so peaceful.



Then, we swung on over to the ice cream shop for a little treat.

Seriously, is she just not a natural? We didn't even tell her to pose this way!

Sometime during this session, I was telling Kai about the "bug" in my camera (my shutter). Several times she looked so intently into my lens, searching for the little snap that meant the bug moved. I asked her what color the "bug" was and she said it was red. :)

Kai got "pink" ice cream (strawberry) with gummy bears. YUM!







She shared some of her mom's ice cream cone too.



After ice cream, we ventured out to a bigger park, where Kailaya really ran around played. I love this next picture.



Of course we pulled out the bubbles. Bubbles are a must with toddlers (if they like them) and make for some fun pictures!

Thank you, Misty and Kailaya, for sharing the afternoon with me and for being patient with me as I took forever to get these images up. As soon as things wind down from summer, I know Emma will LOVE to come play with Kai sometime!

I have three other posts I'm working on and hope to share by the end of the week (if not sooner). In the meantime, if you want to see what the McMahan family has been up to the past couple of weeks, don't forget you can visit http://mandymcmahan.blogspot.com!