The rain may have kept falling outside...

...but that did not keep me from spending the morning with this lovely couple, The Sorensens and their now one-year-old daughter for their family portrait session at our back up location in downtown St. Paul. This was a special photo session - as it was their little one's first birthday shoot as well. Take a peek at this little charmer in the video:

With striking eyes, and a dazzling little smile, our session consisted of being on-the-go, and I followed her wherever she went. Sometimes, she followed me. She actually liked the big lens of my camera and would practically run towards me and get really close (I actually lost focus on a few shots because I couldn't pan out quick enough!) After all, she is a big girl and can walk all by herself!

Here are some images from their session. Enjoy!

While the rain never really stopped, we were all given plenty of smiles like this one all morning long! Its as if she were shining like a ray of sunshine to brighten our day as we did our family photo session downtown St. Paul. Happy birthday, Little Miss Sunshine!