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Oneka Birthday Party – La Colombe D’Or | Houston, Tx

Jonathan — Fri, 21 May 2010 15:07:56 +0000

Every year in Houston, we get a consistent warming through mid to late march before one last surprise cold front. Just as we start to bring out the shorts and tank tops, we get slammed with 2 days of damp windy cold. It just so happened that Oneka’s Birthday Party fell on one of those days.

It’s funny what a few libations and some good music to dance to can do to the mood. Looking at these images, its hard to tell that it’s 40 degrees and windy!

Complete with mojitos, a great live band and of course cigars, the meticulously planned Cuban-themed event was a hit!

Here are a few of my favs from the evening!

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Sophie’s 2nd Birthday Party – Houston, Texas Photography

Sophie’s 2nd Birthday Party – Houston, Texas Photography

Jonathan — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:02:13 +0000

As my last photography assignment of 2009, I was hired by Mr. Bob Bates to shoot for a few hours at his daughters 2nd birthday party. Bob is currently stationed in Afghanistan and came home for the holiday’s to enjoy some much needed R&R with his family.

One thing all children need is an overdose of love and care (and to be slightly spoiled). The whole time I was taking pictures of Sophie and her family, I couldn’t help but notice how close they were. Sophie has such a great spirit and really enjoys being the center of attention. She had definitely been in front of a camera before because as soon as I set up my lights, she started posing. I love it when my clients are as excited about photography as I am!

With the love that’s in the Bates household, Sophie is destined for great things in life. As for the celebration, Bob really set the bar high for himself; bounce house, friends and family, food, cake and loads of toys. When a man loves his daughter, she can have the moon and it not seem out of the ordinary. I can’t fault him, see where we did the same thing for our daughter here.

Enjoy the pictures from Sophie’s 2nd Birthday Party.

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Ava’s 2nd Birthday Party – Houston Texas Photography

Jonathan — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:34:34 +0000

On October 11, 2007 in Houston, Texas, Kristen and I were blessed with a beautiful baby girl; Ava Golden. The last two years have been incredible. Well, the first 12-18 months are “exciting” but actually just a lot of work taking care of an unresponsive human. Now, Ava has developed into a running, jumping, playing, laughing, joking, singing, waking up in the middle of the night begging for apple juice buddle of joy!

As a kid, I thought all those birthday parties “just happened.” Ya right! They are a ton of work. My wife did most of the creative work and I played handyman/garbage collector. The Dora the Explorer themed celebration was complete with turkey burger sliders, chips and queso, Capri Sun, fruit trays, cookies, cakes, balloons, a pinata and a crayola themed bounce house.

I don’t think i’ve ever seen Ava so happy! I think all those involved (Paw Paw, VG Ma, Pa Pa, Mi Mi, Aunt Pat, Uncle David, Aunt Deborah, Mommy and Daddy) all deserve a pat on the back for bringing this special day to reality.

Ava, we love you very much a wish you many MANY more wonderful birthdays in the future.

Enjoy the pictures:

I think she is a natural!

Pinata time!

OK…ya’ll are a little weak. Come back in a few years. We need to call in the terminator…this is taking to long.

Ahh…much better!

I didn’t teach her this…

She absolutely LOVED her play kitchen. As you will see over the next few images, she basically shrugged off all the other gifts and never got more than an arms length away from the kitchen.

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