Photography by Kari Blog-- Southeastern Minnesota Senior, Children, Newborn, Maternity, Engagement, Family photographer. Updates and recent photoshoots from Photography by Kari. Photography by Kari is located in Spring Valley, MN.

It’s not a secret our Watch Me Grow Session families always end up having a special place in our hearts. Every time they come in Andrea and I ask each other…. “how can it be that they are back so quickly?”! It seems like just yesterday we did this little guy’s newborn session….…and now he’s finished up his entire year of sessions! We have loved watching him change so much this past year!

But seriously, I mean this, the first year goes by so fast…in the blink of an eye. The first birthday marks a big celebration! The celebration of life…of coming through the first year and all of the changes! It deserves to be captured, sometimes we laugh so hard it brings tears to our eyes watching a baby dig into the cake with their hands and sometimes feet as well and sometimes it brings tears to the baby’s eyes because they don’t enjoy the frosting on their hands.

Mr. A didn’t LOVE his cake during the cake smash but you wouldn’t know it from his photos. So cute!

We couldn’t do my sessions without the amazing cakes from Debby Westphal in Spring Valley, MN. She is one of the “sweetest” people I know!!! Thank you Debby for all you do to make my first birthday babies happy!!

Infant boy sitting on red chair with smirk on his face

One year old baby boy standing by ladder

one year old baby boy eating baseball cake portrait

To all of our past and current clients, thank you for 15 years. It has been quite the adventure from taking photos all outdoors to using studio lights in our living room or in our shed to having our current studio in Spring Valley, MN for the last 10 years.

We’ve had the pleasure and honor to capture so many memories for so many people and many multiple times. The last 15 years has been such a blessing. Thank you to everyone for trusting us to capture your precious memories!

To celebrate and say thank you, we will be having some specials this month, so be sure to check out our stories or Facebook page to see them. We will also be launching a new blog design we’ve been working on since June this month.

Thanks to everyone who continues to follow us and having us capture your memories!

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