newborn baby - 6 days old

Our friends Sam & Susan had their baby on December 5th and when I called to congratulate them and offer to bring a meal Susan said, "why don't you bring your camera, instead.". Of course! I LOVE to photograph new babies! They are just so special. When I saw baby Ryan I said, "Oh, he's so little." and Susan said, "Really?" because he was 8lbs. 13oz. at birth but he still looked little to me. We photographed him in a cute little Christmas outfit and then I said we should do some naked baby pictures so they undressed Ryan and laid him down and all of the sudden he was peeing on me! My camera was in the direct line of fire so the lens took the brunt of it but it was okay, we just wiped it off quickly - after we picked ourselves off the floor from laughing so hard. Ryan is really sweet and Sam & Susan are amazing parents. The feeling at their home is so happy and peaceful. Can you believe that? With a 6 day old? But it's true. Congratulations, you guys - you have a beautiful family!

newborn baby

I had the opportunity to photograph a newborn baby this weekend - she's still counting her age in days instead of weeks! A beautiful girl with a beautiful name - Savoya. Can you believe she is already smiling? And so little, only 6 lbs.! I love to photograph babies when they are this little. You can't really see it on these images because I have to size them down to post online but on the full size images you can see she still has that baby fuzz on her arms and legs. Precious. I can tell her parents just love her! The only snafu was I'm always on time for a session but I had written the address down wrong and so my map quest directions were totally off. Luckily, I called from my cell phone and my clients gave me great directions from the crazy place I ended up so all worked out. That was a good lesson to me to confirm directions even in this day of GPS and the Internet. Savoya did so great! I am always amazed at these newborn babies!