After witnessing the beautiful home birth of their daughter the week before, I had the privilege of seeing this family again to take newborn pictures.  The session was at their home. Big brother was so excited about his new sister – it was sweet to see!

With pleasure I got to work with baby Cameron and his parents in their home. As you can see he was a super sleeper for me. He even gave me the biggest smile. Welcome sweet one!

Baby William’s mom was so sweet in writing me at 39 weeks wanting a maternity session. She joked it was a nesting thing! Sadly I was about to board a plane to go to a workshop to sharpen my skills in newborn posing/photography followed by a family vacation. By the time I got back, this little one was almost two weeks old, so I had the pleasure of taking his newborn photos.

I still remember the morning. It was cold and slick from a snowfall. I questioned why it was that I do on location newborn shoots as I lugged all my gear up the steps to their home. Being in the city, in St. Paul, the plows hadn’t quite been through to clear everything away.

However once inside I was reminded why I do what I do. Baby William was all snuggled up with his mom. It was nice and toasty in the house – perfect for a newborn shoot. Grandma was there too loving on her new grandson. Having just returned from my workshop, I got to use my new skills. I simply love the results!

My daughter and I have been witness to our favorite Occupational Therapist’s pregnancy the past nine months. We were thrilled when we heard that baby Jameson made his entrance! Here are a few “peeks” of our session together.

Just a quick post of the sweet, sweet little ones I had the pleasure of photographing yesterday. They were only 6 days old and so little and perfect little sleepers. And aren’t those hats the mama bought for them the cutest!

This beautiful little one came to my in-home studio with her mom and grandma for her shoot. She was a total sweetie, sleeping like a champ as I moved her around. She even gave us a couple smiles! Gotta love that!

One of the best notes I have received from a client was the one from the mom of these twins telling me they were finally home just a few short weeks after baby Anna had open heart surgery. She looked great at the shoot. It was wonderful to see them together again.

And can I just say this mom had so much patience? These two were not on the same schedule and pretty much tag-teamed sleeping and waking. However with help from their mom, we were finally able to get both of them to sleep at the same time and captured some sweet sisterly images.

Oh how fun it is to meet a little newborn! Today this little girl came to the studio with her mom and grandma. Here is a sneak peek with some new newborn wraps, headbands and fur:

It is so nice to have an excuse to come back to see a baby you watched be born. When I saw baby M this morning, I could see changes. He didn’t have a smushed face any more; it had rounded out – taken its form. He was a really low-key guy the whole time I was there. And did I saw cute?!?! I will let you judge for yourself. . .

Here are a few pictures from a session I had with an old college friend. He and his wife had their first at the end of August – a boy. He was such a little peanut. . .so adorable. He was great as sleeping yet made the cutest faces when awake. It was a nice way to spend a lazy, rainy weekend afternoon.