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Meet 10 day old Shelby. She took a while to show up (poor Mom.) You might remember Shelby’s mom Nikki from a few weeks ago. 20100820-DSC_6252 20100820-DSC_6243 20100820-DSC_6313

This cradle is a family heirloom of theirs. Nikki’s grandfather made it for her when she was a baby and its been passed around the family for a while and now its back where it started, well sorta. Again, I love that a blanket I made is making an appearance in the photos :) 20100820-DSC_6357 20100820-DSC_6213

Call me!

20100820-DSC_6371 She fought sleep the whole session but finally she managed to drift off.

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something is not like the rest

20100820-DSC_6570 20100820-DSC_6573 gotta love all those little details, they aren’t that little forever Nine_Square_Grid

Charlotte or Charlie is a cute little baby. She is probably the best baby I have photographed although it might have been my new bean bag. :) I really like newborns and I really wish I could meet more of them. They are my favorite subjects to photograph besides couples and lindy hoppers. I really like the fact that I am their first professional photographer. When they are older they will see these pictures and think, what was she thinking? “Wow! How cute was I? Mom, I fit into a bowl?” Or other random things like that.

Charlotte is about a month early. Her mama wasn’t due to have her until September 6th. Luckily she came early since her daddy really wanted to meet her. To second that luck the whole family was able to hang out with me on Sunday. Thanks for taking the time out of your limited days to spend with me. Now on to Baby GaGa (her in womb name which I might steal when I pop’m out.) She was 6 days old when I finally got to meet her. 20100815-DSC_5658

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Chad, I know youre going to hate this photo because of the missing ring(and i love it!) but Y E S ladies, he is taken! 20100815-DSC_5869 20100815-DSC_5887 copy 20100815-DSC_5899 20100815-DSC_5915 I made this quilt for her as a baby present. It thrilled me that she wanted to use it for the photos!! 20100815-DSC_5933

I have been wanting to photograph a baby hanging for quite a while, yay for parents being game! 20100815-DSC_5948 copy love those little rolls. 20100815-DSC_5969 no wonder this kid is so cute.

Hello from the Bahamas!

For a while there I wasn’t sure this little bundle of cuteness was going to enter the world. She took forever. She really liked her momma! Finally she did though, at a whopping 9lb 1oz. That’s a 1 not a 10. She was definitely fighting her sleep the day we chose for photos too. Eventually she couldn’t fight it anymore and then let a little magic happen. Isabella was 10 days in these photos. 20100708-DSC_3378 20100708-DSC_3515 This next one is one of my favorites from the session, Jons face along with the babies just really make me laugh. 20100708-DSC_3507