Ailee Petrovic

Events June 24, 2020

Milly Moo’s Ice Cream Themed 2nd Birthday Party

My sweet niece, Milly, is now three, but I realized recently I never shared photos or details from her second birthday party last year! We hosted it at our house since my nephew was born just weeks before her birthday, and I’ll blame having a two month old on my forgetting-to-post. Milly’s nickname since birth has been Milly Moo, so we went with an ice-cream themed party, and I love how it turned out! As always, we had the best-of-the-best, Monica of Paper Flour Ink, make the cake, which turned out so over-the-top incredible and was a definite show stopper on the dessert table, but was in great company of cake pop cones from Village Bakery, ice cream cookies from Sarah Savory & Sweet, and Monica’s daughter made ice cream cone cupcakes. We had flowers from Phuong of Mibellarosa Designs and balloon garlands from Tiffany of Glamfetti – my dream team! My friend Leah at The Monogram Shop made koozies that said, “I’ll stop the world and melt with Moo” which made me laugh because I love that song – Sasha was the only person that didn’t pick up on the cultural reference to the 80s British song.

Personal June 18, 2020

Georgie, Lately

Georgie is 16 months old now, and it feels weird not to document changes taking place in her life after doing monthly updates for a whole year. I feel like her growth has exploded – physically and verbally – over the past 2 months after she started walking. My mother-in-law had the older two girls for a sleepover last night, so Georgie and I had some quality time together, and we both loved it. We played endless games of hide-and-seek, peek-a-boo, ‘house’ (in the girls’ playhouse) and chase. We went on a walk through the neighborhood, and I snapped a few photos under a neighbor’s crepe myrtle, which I’m sharing below, along with some other photos I’ve taken of her over the last few weeks. She loves tending to and picking flowers – mainly the blooms from my front yard, yikes!

Snapshots June 17, 2020

The Carroll Family Photo Session

Last weekend, I photographed one of Isla’s friend’s family, and these four kiddos are so darn beautiful – I still can’t get over it! Will impressed me during the session with his ability to capture multiple tiny little frogs – you can see his closed fist in a few of the photos. Jake, the youngest Carroll kid, is at the perfect let-me-run-in-the-opposite-direction age, which actually makes for fun on-the-go pictures. He loved being swung in the air by his mom and big sister, Kennedy. One of my favorite photos is the one where Jake’s big siblings are all tickling his cute little belly! Catherine was a little dancing queen, and Will was all smiles (probably due to the aforementioned frogs!). I absolutely loved capturing this sweet family at this stage of their lives!

City Guide June 16, 2020

Durango, Colorado Family-Friendly Travel Guide

My parents bought a house in Durango, Colorado in 2012, and it quickly became one of our favorite places to visit. After Isla was born, we spent six weeks in Durango to escape Houston’s summer weather, and we’ve tried to keep the tradition up after our other two girls were born. Durango is a beautiful, walkable city that is perfect for traveling with children. In the past two weeks, I’ve had a handful of people reach out to me for recommendations, so I thought it would be helpful to share a post with our favorite kid-friendly activities and restaurants/cafes. I hope you find this guide helpful! Please email me at ailee@snapshotsbyaileepetrovic.com if you have any additional questions. I’m happy to help be a tour guide for this city we adore!

Snapshots June 14, 2020

The Talbert Family Photo Session

This morning, I met the Talbert family for a portrait session at The Arboretum, which is a recently revamped public park in Houston. The weather was beautiful (considering it is June in Texas!), which is a game-changer, but I’m convinced not even scorching hot, humid temperatures would have affected this family of six! All four kids were unbelievably well-behaved, and I’ve been meaning to post some family sessions on the blog for ages now (will hopefully catch up on recent ones too soon!) – this family was a good one to start with.

Almost two weeks ago, I started a business Pinterest account – I would love if you followed me here! One of my main motivators to sharing more family portrait photos on my blog is for the purpose of pinning more regularly on my new account.

I have a few more sessions in the next three weeks that I’m so excited about. It may be hot, but I love the bright summer sunshine in these photos! Also, can we talk about what a little ham sweet Evy is? Her three older brothers are truly wrapped around her tiny little finger.