Shanna Chess Photography

Please join me in wishing a very happy birthday to Beckett! He is the littlest guy in the middle, surrounded by his beautiful family.

Raelee turned ONE on July 2nd, but with the Fourth of July holiday in there, we waited until this past weekend to have her party.  I decided on an Alice in Wonderland theme a while ago and loved the play on words for "Raelee in ONE-derland" and with the help of Pinterest and some creative thought, I put this party together.  Of course with help from my husband, a good friend, my dad and my stepmom :)  I am part of our local MOMs Club and every year we have a family picnic.  Last year our President chose the picnic shelters in Lively Park behind SPLASH! in Springfield.  I saw them and fell in love!  Well, as much as you can fall in love with picnic shelters :)  They are super tall with lovely curves and lines.  They are CLEAN!  Which is rare for a picnic shelter at a public park.  There are huge gas grills, hot plates, sinks with running hot/cold water, power, tons of nice picnic tables, high tables for food and a very nice park.   ...

Raelee is going to be One next month and is having a Very Merry First Un-Birthday Tea Party in ONE-derland :) So of course, she needed an Alice dress, made my Knotted Wear 4 Kids , and a black bow on her adorable little head, made by The Rogue Baby .  And I special ordered a custom backdrop from Butterfly Backdrops that will also be used in the photo booth at her party. Enjoy!

I can't believe Fiona is 4!  It doesn't seem that long ago that I did their first photo session as a family when she was only 2.5 :)  Her mom went all out for this adorable and fun party!  It was filled with crafts, princess dresses, a fashion show, yummy food and cupcakes! Happy Birthday to Fiona and Bijoux!

Kelsey had such a fun Birthday party at the Science Factory this past weekend!  A fun tie-dyed theme, a magic show and a bubble experiment.  Oh, and who could forget the delicious cake from Sweet Life!?  Happy 9th Birthday Kelsey!