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I am just so thrilled to finally blog this session from the spring!!!  You may remember this family from their maternity session I did a few months ago.

Well, dear Leann and Joe welcomed their absolutely beautiful little girl only a few weeks after that session!!!  And little Evelynn Grace entered this world absolutely perfect in every way!

Sweet Evelynn was also the absolutely most perfect little model.  She slept almost the entire time, she rarely fussed and she made my job quite easy!!!!!

I am so happy for Leann and Joe.  Baby Evie has already grown oh-so-much since this session, but I am so thrilled I was able to capture her newborn sweetness at only 7 days young!  These moments last only, well, for a moment!!!!!!  So sweet and so sad at the same time!

But here she is!!!!!!

Thank you all so much!!!  XOXOXO!!!!!!

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I was so excited for this session.  Leann is a dear friend of ours.  So dear, in fact, that my oldest asked me the other day “so how are we related to Leann?”.

When Leann announced her pregnancy, it was such a wonderful blessing.  Leann and her family had a tough year, losing some very dear loved ones.  But the anticipation of a new life and a new journey gives them such hope for a lot more happiness and joy in the future.

I met Leann and Joe at the farm.  Leann’s family are sheep farmers!  And when she and Joe married, they moved into her grandparent’s farm.  The house, the hills and the fields are where Leann spent all of her childhood and it is the only place she ever wanted to live when she grew up.   I don’t blame her, it is such a beautiful area – so quiet and peaceful.   And I was so thrilled to use such a meaningful location to document this time in their lives.

I do have to give Leann lots of credit.  We traipsed all over their farm that beautiful afternoon.  We went up hills, over fences and through the mud.  For a woman who was only mere weeks from giving birth, she did such an amazing job!

Onto the pictures!!!!  Isn’t she just beautiful?!!

And, I do have to add…..Leann and Joe welcomed in their new baby girl last week!  Evelynn Grace is perfect and absolutely beautiful!  And I have already completed her newborn session and will be sharing those pictures soon!  Please join me on my Facebook page so you can see some sneak peeks as soon as they are ready!!!

Thank you so much Leann and Joe!!!!!!!

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One of my mantras has always been – Never stop learning.  I’d love to be 80 years old sitting in a college classroom just for the fun of it.  And afterward going for 3 mile run.  Yup, THAT would be cool.

Last week I had the opportunity to spend a good part of the day with Emily from Emily Ann Photography.  Emily is a very talented photographer and was so kind to allow me to join her on a session and help me learn more about newborn posing and lighting.

Baby L was just so oh-so-sweet.  I just can’t get enough newborns.  I love everything about them.  Newborn sessions, to be done right, can take quite a while.  And we spent almost 5 hours with this little cutie pie!

Here are some of my photos from the session!

Thank you Emily so much for this opportunity!!!  You can see Emily’s photos from this session HERE.

I was so thrilled to have the opportunity to take newborn photos of sweet 6 day old baby Mia.  I have actually known her dad, Brandon, for quite a while.  He is a friend of my husband’s.  But, way back in the day, he was a member of the high school team my husband has been coaching for [a million] years.  I remember Brandon as the [smart alec] athletic high school kid who threatened to quit the team every year.  But now he is married to his high school sweetheart, enjoys a successful career and has a tiny baby girl of his own!  Times have definitely changed.

Brandon’s wife Jamie is just the sweetest thing, and I had such a great time spending the morning with them photographing their little bundle of joy.  Mia was tiny and adorable and, actually, quite alert for a newborn.   I like to photograph newborns during their first week.  They are usually very sleepy and and easy to pose without disturbing.  Mia, however, apparently didn’t want to miss anything.  She was awake for good portion of the session.  But that was perfectly OK with me.   We got a lot of beautiful photos of Mia and her family.

Onto the photos!!!

I just absolutely adore this little outtake!!!!!

And, it is SOOOO hard to pick a fav from this session because I love them all, but if I had to, I think this moment would be considered the “artist’s favorite”.  I love the natural triangle the three of them create.  I also just love the way your eyes initially go to mom, whose eyes lead you to dad, who then leads you to their tiny baby girl tucked protectively under dad’s chin.  *swoon*!

Thank you all so much!!!!!  It was an honor to be chosen as your newborn photographer.

Until next time!!!

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of taking newborn photos of dear sweet John.  Oh my.  He was a sweetie.

He was a bit over 2 weeks old when his mom called.  He was already getting a bit older and more aware of his surroundings, so he made my job a bit more challenging.  But that was fine with me.

We got some sweet sleepy shots early in the session, and then he decided he didn’t want to miss anything.  He was awake for most of the rest of the session, and sometimes a bit fussy, but I completely expect that.  I mean, he is a newborn!   Those can be a tough few weeks.   His wakefulness allowed us to get some sweet awake shots.  He did take one more little snooze where we got some gorgeous photos of him and his mama.   But he was up again soon to make some pretty adorable faces with his dad.

I mean, is there anything sweeter than a newborn?  Me thinks not.

If you want to see even more photos from this session, please stop by my Facebook business page!!!  Thank you all so much for this opportunity!!!!

Until next time!

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