Hayes Cake Smash

First Birthday Cake Smash | Raleigh NC | Cake Smash Photographer

It was such a joy to have Hayes in the studio a few weeks back for his very special first birthday cake smash studio session. There were so many personal touches added to the set up. The cute cake you see here was made by his very talented mommy. It was gluten free and mommy said it tasted like Oreos and was delicious. As always, I never got a taste of it, but I believe her. It was really moist and looked rich. I loved the special little details with the airplane and his name. I am certain that I would have never been able to do this great of a job on a cake.

And to mention more on how many beautiful personal points were included in this first birthday cake smash, the cake stand was Hayes great grandmothers. I am not going to lie, at first I was super nervous to use it. First is was a glass cake stand and my professional fear is that it could fall over and break and cut him, but Hayes mommy assured me it was going to be ok.. and it was. (They don’t make things like they used to.) But I was also concerned that a piece of their family history could be lost. But clearly, Hayes was not worried about it! I mean look at that smile!

But all of these concerns were for nothing. In fact, Hayes didn’t use the cake stand very long at all. It didn’t take him long to rip off his hat, knock over the cake smash just make an AWESOME mess.

Another special touch included a vintage pilot leather hat. It was so cute on him, but just like most other 1 year olds, he wasn’t a fan of having something on his head. Every single time we tried to put it on, he took it right off. So we got to a point in which we just gave up on it. We were all ok with that choice! Haha!

But look how cute it was!! Especially in the mess of the cake.

And the last mention of the special touches is obviously the rocker Harley Davison. This rocker was made with solid wood by Hayes grandfather. When I say solid wood, I mean it. It was so heavy! Again, they don’t make things of this quality these days, unless you are Hayes grandfather. I think we all need a grandfather like that!

And just like that.. it was over. He let us know when he was all done making a HUGE mess with that cake. And he was ready to ride off into the sunset on his Harley.

Thanks for sharing your special first birthday milestone with me Hayes!