You may remember their maternity session?

Amanda (our associate photographer) and I trekked up the road to Kentucky to journal the the welcoming of Sebastian a few weeks ago.

We were so excited that the grandparents travelled in country to also welcome this precious little fella. 

If you are a mom, you'll be able to relate with this all too well...the first few weeks at home can be trying. You haven't quite found your rhythm yet. 

baby sleeps

baby poops

baby eats

baby cries

repeat.

I wish it were possible to always schedule during the "baby sleeps" portion of that cycle, but that's just not reality as early in life as we like to shoot. SO! This session is chocked full of the reality of welcoming a newborn into the family. 

There is nothing I love more (photographically speaking) than images that are a true depiction of a moment in a family's journey. This says *that* to me. 

Laughing, wrestling, tickling, giggling, playing to the camera, hiding from the camera, these are just a few of the ingredients that made this session so fun....and fun-ny!

I've had the sheer pleasure of photographing these kids for several years now and get excited every time I have an opportunity to do so. If I've said it once, I've said it a million times...it just never gets old...I LOVE watching kids grow up! Such an honor. 

Studio sessions are great because they show those sweet little features that we love so much in our children. Like how their little faces are losing baby fat and definition is starting to show. Like how their "big" teeth are coming in and how it's changed the shape of their mouths and their little smiles. We're getting to see a truer depiction of what they are going to look like when their grown. Is that cool to you like it's cool to me? 

Don't you love looking back at pictures when you were little and being able to see "the age" when you could easily tell that THAT was the moment in time when you started to look like you were going to look? This may be much too "Tinaesque" to try to put into words, so sorry if I'm doing a poor job describing it. I just see and feel it and wonder if other people think about those same things. 

There were so many incredible images from this session it was hard to select what to showcase here. The whole session from start to finish was one fun expression after the other. Looking through his images from the shoot, I laughed and laughed and laughed.....umm...out loud. It was quite disruptive to  my staff. Such a funny boy! I enjoyed the giggles. 

You can see his newborn session here if you'd like.

And what is it again that makes me want to chew on those little baby cheeks? Oooh. Love those chunky little parts. Love em. Love em. Love em.

It's so encouraging (and quite frankly a little mystical sometimes) to see a teenager that really has her stuff together. My kids are only 7, but I truthfully think about them turning into teens all the time. I'm not trying to rush anything. Actually, quite the contrary.

I love seeing intelligent, respectful, driven, beautiful girls and guys. It takes an amazing mom and dad to create an environment to facilitate that type of person. I just want to know more! Tell me what the standards were, tell me how this happened. It's beautiful and I want a piece of it! 

Okay, getting a little neurotic. 

Anyway, besides being intelligent, respectful, driven and beautiful, she also very sophisticated and fun so hopefully, these images will show you a little glimpse into her personality. 

This couple lives in Kentucky and was turned on to us by one of our favorite clients. 

They travelled down for their studio session in the snow and cold weather with their super lovey dovey doggy. (love that dog). 

Since then, they've had their sweet little punkin and he's just perfect. We went up and photographed him and will be posting those images soon. 

Want to know something cool? Her husband delivered the baby! How cool is that? They are both practicing physicians in their area and it just worked out for him to do it. I think that's pretty neato. Anyhoo, here's some baby love....