Brenna : New Arrival

This tiny one is so beautiful! You may remember Rochelle and Zack from their wedding. Now they are a family of THREE! Rochelle and Zack didn't find out what they were having (so fun!!), so when they asked me to do their newborn pictures, I didn't know if we'd be photographing a boy or a girl! Little Brenna Elizabeth wasn't so little - 9lbs 7oz! She is absolutely adorable, though. She was a perfect angel for our session today - she slept the whole time! Thanks to Mama for filling her belly right before pictures. :) I tell ya, I could take pictures of little tiny babies all day... I have to make myself stop shooting! Brenna with her chunky cheeks, full head of gorgeous hair, and cute little bow about did me in. Almost gave me baby fever... almost. Ha ha.

Congrats Rochelle and Zack! You are 6 days in and already amazing parents!

Here are a few of my favorites from our session:

Slade : New Arrival Pt. 2

This beautiful baby boy is already awesome. I mean, he had the blessing of being born a Packers fan (with a newborn helmet to boot)! (Sorry Taylor ;)) Seriously, though - as I've gotten to know Taylor and Dave (here is their wedding, their maternity pictures, and their hospital pictures) I know that little Slade is going to be amazing. His parents are so in love with him, and they have that adorable new-parent sleep-deprived glow. :) Slade and his parents came over to my house for a newborn session... and Slade decided he had NO intentions of sleeping for us. :) We tried everything... but he didn't want to miss anything! He finally cashed out as they were preparing to leave. :) We still got some great shots - and he's my first newborn to NOT pee or poop the whole time he was bare-bottomed!

Here are a few of my favorites of Slade (6 days old):

Barret : Newborn

I know I just posted pictures from the hospital the day after baby Barret was born, but wait, there's more!  Ginny brought her sweet 11-day old baby boy over so I could get some more newborn snuggles (and pictures :)).  He did great!  He slept most of the time, and only peed on me once. :) He even gave the camera a couple sweet smiles!  I agree with Ginny - they were definitely NOT gas. ;)

Here are a few of my favorites from our session!

New Arrival : Sawyer

There are times I get overwhelmed as a mom of two kids... and then I watch someone like Krista mother her four kids with patience and grace, and I am in awe. :) Brian and Krista just added number four to their family (about a month ago) and I was excited to take pictures of baby Sawyer!  I won't lie, it's a challenge trying to get a picture of four kids four and under!  Thankfully Krista loves candid style, because that's what we got.  It was so fun to see the love between these little siblings! :)

Sawyer loves to do this half-asleep look... it is so sweet.  He finally got tuckered out by the end of the session and completely cashed out, so we did get both eyes closed! :)

Here are a few of my favorites:

Thatcher & Family

This family was so fun!  They had planned this shoot months in advance, and we were crossing our fingers for a random warm December day... hey, it's been known to happen!  It got cold... really cold... so it turned into my first studio shoot!  We rented studio space and had a great experience!!  I was a bit apprehensive since I'm used to shooting outdoors, but they were patient as I made adjustments and I think it went well.

It was a large group - Tom and Kristy (with adorable baby Thatcher - 9mo), Tom's brother Jim and his wife Kristi, Kristy's brother Brian and his wife Jessica, Tom and Jim's parents - Brian and Kathy, and Kristy and Brian's parents - Tim and Denise.  Did you catch all that??  Yeah, there are a couple of repeated names in there! :)

THEN.... right as I began to work on their pictures, my hard drive crashed.  Thankfully I had everything backed up!  I had to send my computer in to get a new hard drive and I just got it back, got everything restored, my programs re-loaded, and all settled into my "new" computer.  Whew!  FINALLY I have a sneak peek for you all!  Thank you SO much for your patience!

Here are a few of my favorites!