Sweet baby girl...

Well, I returned from vacation to find a message that my maternity client from June had delivered a baby girl while I was gone! I was so excited to have a session when I got home!!

Little Miss O was just the sweetest thing... she would alternate between being awake (and wanting to eat, pee or poop LOL) and sleeping just long enough to get some great shots in!!

This was the base of table in my clients' home... we just took off the glass top and set it in the hallway. I loved the texture of it... and so did their cat, who kept jumping up whenever we would move Miss O!!

This blanket was extra special, as it was knitted by Miss O's great-grandmother before she passed away.

I was SOOOO excited to have a newborn girl again, since my last few newborns have been boys. I had a fun flower hat I wanted to try with her... so imagine how happy I was when I arrived to find my client had this little hat!! I was in heaven :)

I tried a new "honey" like process on this photo to give it a different, dreamy kind of feel. I think it works well on this one... what do you think?

B and K, I hope you enjoy your sneak preview! I had so much fun with these... congrats on your adorable new girl :)

Sweet little lips and loads of hair...

I recently had a session with a 3 month old doll, Miss K... she and her mom, L, were so sweet! L is a friend of a friend, and it was great to get to meet her. I got some wonderful shots of them together... I love this one with both of them looking at me so peacefully, and look at those cute little toes peeking out from under Mom's arm!!

Little Miss K was so good... and Holy Hair on this babe!! It made me laugh, b/c it reminded me of my own kids' wild-n-crazy hairdos when they were little!

She didn't have a whole lot of smiles for the camera - she seemed to turn quite serious whenever I brought that big black thing up to my face - but she was still such a cutie!

After a couple hours of wonderful awake cooperation, she had just had enough and couldn't stay awake anymore. So I was able to capture some of the most precious shots of her sleeping in her mom's arms right before I left... isn't this just perfect?! Those are the sweet little lips I'm talking about...

L, it was so nice to meet you, and I had a wonderful time working with you and Miss K! I hope you enjoy your sneak peek... I'll get you the rest of the photos soon!

Alert and strong newborn boy...

I did a newborn session last week with the V Family... Baby "E" kept me on my toes! He was so alert and awake for almost the entire session! We cranked the heat up to 80, mom fed and rocked him (more than once!), gave him some background noise... but still he only slept for about 10 minutes. I guess he couldn't bear to miss anything LOL!!

Look at those big bright eyes... so sweet...

Here he was during his VERY brief nap... love those newborn wrinkles!!

And one with big brother "T" when he got home from preschool... I was amazed at how strong baby E was. We'd lay him down on his stomach to get some pics with big brother, and he would push up and turn his head away from me to look at his brother. So we flipped his body around, thinking maybe he liked facing to the right better, and he did the same thing back the other way! I was getting a complex... either he hated my camera or really loved his big brother... I'm sure that's what it was :)

So here's your preview, P and J... thank you for the opportunity to work with your sweet boys!