Henry Arrival and Newborn

Some of my favorite images from sweet Henry in-hospital "Arrival" session and and in home formal newborn session, with a very alert little guy.

Sweet Pea

My sweet pea niece was born this spring amd now that life has settled down and the announcements are out, I can share her 1 day old, and newborn session with you.

Baby Boots

Baby Boots was a stubborn one getting out here to meet us and he was just as willful during his first session. First, Nolan, the baby who sleeps all day and is up all night. . .wouldn't go to sleep. He wanted to have belly time and show off his head holding skills at less than 2 weeks old. Then he thought he was in charge of posing and had his own ideas for his hands and arms. By the time we made it to the bean bag for the classic backdrop he was ready to feel his mama near again.



I already knew we had caught some wonderful shots, so we moved to mama and daddy time in the family room where we caught my favorite shot of the whole session in his mama's lap, the left of the two below. (Oh and that hooded blanket is an original, made with love by his grandma, so you'll have to as her if you want one for your newborn session!)



You can enjoy the proof gallery slideshow for the next month before their gallery expires.

I'm Not Tired

With three awesome siblings and my daughter running around, we had a hard time convincing this one to take a newborn nap for us. Don't worry we got her in front of the stove and so toasty that even a lick from the cat didn't wake her! I can't wait to head back out to this family's home in a few months and take more pictures, I wanted a proof set twice this big for how much fun we had. Next time, less gabbing, more pictures. . . that's doable, right? Errr, maybe not, see you soon Mama.

Little E

Between an extended stay in the NICU and my hospital schedule with my son, this shoot got a little delayed. I was able to visit Evan at home with his family at 13 days old and he was alert and opinionated. I finally got him settled in a bean bag, in one position form which he objected moving from. After I got enough of just him that way I had him model some of my hat props for me. Unfortunately, I didn't get a lot of full body poses with Evan because he had other ideas about being naked and posing. He is still gorgeous, who needs a 30+ proof set when you can pull off some of these shots in the first take.

A beautiful addition to a beautiful family. See you at 3 months buddy!

At long last

After over 40 weeks of pregnancy, a long labor, and 6 weeks of anticipation, I present little Miss Rachel. She and I spent several hours on a double guest bed right next to a window trying to get comfy and asleep. Rachel had better ideas, like breastfeeding, and pooping. I think we still got some gorgeous ones though. See you in a few weeks for your 3 month little one.

Rachel

Rachel took her time joining us, now you can watch the less than 9 minutes version of the full 20+ hours, not to mention the nine months that got her here. You may remember Rachel's momma from her maternity session here.

The movie password is : Merriam

Melissa has been kind enough to share this birth experience with all of you who are fans of my work or are considering booking your own arrival shoot, for the sake of her family's privacy I ask that you not embed or share this video without our permission.

You can view the video full screen, it isn't as crisp as the HD video of Evan's I loaded below, at nearly 9 minutes this video was 1.5 MB over the upload limit of 1 GB, doh! The family will receive a copy of both files on disc, as would any other client who contacts me for a Custom Movie project. I will do my best to upload it at HD for you to share with your family and friends, but I won't hack the story just to preserve pixels!

Evan's Arrival

I feel so lucky I got to share in the introduction of this little man to his family.

My First Princess

Anna-Marie was only 10 days old and absolutely precious. Thanks so much to mom for letting me come and soak in her wonderful tutu girlie goodness! You have been unbelievably patient in waiting for these, thank thank thank you!

Awake, Alert, Alive, and Enthusiastic!

What?!?! I am even shocking Trevor! Yup, at long last, his gallery! I am going to dig out of my backlog people, I will. And the new faster computer is definitely helping. Enjoy mama, and thank you again for letting spend the day with your wonderful family. Click on any picture to view it larger.