The precious, precious moments of adding a newborn are such a keepsake! As I look through these images, I could completely just almost, kind of, okay not really at all have another baby...but it DOES send me through that process! Those sweet little toes, the interaction with the rest of the family? oooohweeee! melt. 

Some things that you may (or may not) be interested to know here...the basket that you see the baby in was made by hand by the baby's g'ma! How cool is that! I want to make a basket this cool! 

The paper that you see with "blue" words are from one of the girls feelings of responsibility to name her ball team. She was going through the creative process to pick just the perfect name. I was so inspired by that! I love young people who get inspired and think creatively...then really? I love old people that do that, too. ;) 

I love so many of these images because it's exactly what the feeling was like being in their home. That doesn't say much to some, but for me....it's exactly what makes my heart sing. I'm photographing this story for the children featured in these images in hopes that someday, they can flip through their book and look back through pictures on their walls and say, look how much we loved each other, even then! Special moments like bringing a baby home from the hospital shouldn't be taken lightly! We only have a small window of opportunity to document those tiny little people. ;) 

So of course, we just went with that. ;) 

We went up to Roan Mtn. and photographed sweet little cookie while he was cooking, then when he decided to come out....we just went right back to the same place. 

Outdoor baby pictures are somewhat perplexing for me but this one just "fit". I couldn't tell you how cool this couple is....a set of first time parents and they let me lay their baby in the grass. First time parents don't do that stuff. They rock. I love this look...all the way through. Amazing people with beautiful spirits and a pret-ty darned cute baby!

Thanks for letting me play! Can-NOT WAIT for our next session!

There's a quiet magic when a new baby comes home. Sure, sure, it's loud sometimes, too...and honestly I'm not sure that families see much of this, but I certainly do. I see cozy and careful and teeny tiny and awkward and fragile and strange, yet familiar and hard to juggle and in the end, I see it as the most perfect gift that families receive. Here's a great example of what that looks like through my lens. 

I was there for that, there for the marriage, now here for this! TGTBT! ("too good to be true"...haven't you ever read the English Roses?). I love new babies and watching mommies and daddies hold them and smell them and look at them and adore them and get pooped and peed on. ;) 

I also love when newborns are asleep for our shoot, but ya know what? You just have to roll with the punches, right? I can't make em' sleep (unless we have 3 or 4 hours, of course). Can you believe how alert this fella is? What a little punkin pie! Eat him up. ;) I'm glad he wasn't asleep the whole time. Those eyes are amazing.