sweet anniston

i am posting a quick one-photo peek, well, just because i want to. and because it is all i can do for now.



this sweet girl was tiny. she was 5lbs 15oz. when she was born and she was just over two weeks when she came to my house. i really miss that stage. tonight i tried to hold my 4-year-old in a position that is really easy with newborns. it was awkward and i almost dropped her while she slept. i miss the tiny stage. they grow out of it so quickly. and it is so fun capturing newborns because of that. capturing their tiny phase. the fresh and new phase. before it's gone.

emory and aspen • twins

these twin girls are SO cute! i loved working with them. i had never worked with twins before, and their mom was so nice to let me try.

aspen was a bit more feisty at first, so we took some photos of emory by herself.
and then emory was the spunky one. so, it was aspen's turn.

(for some reason their individual shots didn't post. yet. i will get to them when i get back.)

i knew it would be hard to keep two babies satisfied and sleepy, but they were really good. i found it funny, however, that when one was out, the other wanted to play. without fail. it made me want to laugh. but that would have awakened both babies.
right at the end of our session they both wanted to sleep.


one more of aspen.


and one more of emory.


i will confess that at first i was embarrassed to admit that i was, in fact, going for a heart shape in this next photo, because i thought i had failed. but after a few people told me it looked like a heart, without me asking, i am now ok with admitting that, yes, i was trying to make them look like a heart.
a natural heart.

little miss c

this beautiful little girl is so sweet. she is 4 weeks old today. and she was 8 pounds, 4 ounces at birth. those things combined make her the largest and oldest newborn i have photographed. ever.
she did not want to sleep for the first while, which was fine by me. she was wide awake. i love alert babies. she seemed so curious and aware. it was wonderful. this beautiful quilt was made by her mom and great-grandmother. i LOVE the colors! i wish i had a full picture of it to show you just how neat it is.




it took her mom a while to get her to sleep, but it wasn't because she didn't try.


and once she was asleep, i really didn't want to move her.
i love alert babies, but i love sleepy babies, too. they are so perfect and... i could go on and on. but i think you know what i am trying to say. babies are just plain wonderful. and i think we were lucky she slept as well as she did once she was out. the older babies get, the more easily disturbed they are and the less they want to sleep. so, i am thankful she slept. and i am also thankful she was awake, too.

mr. j

this little man is adorable. SO adorable. i just wanted to hold him and not let go. and i have never held a baby with so much blonde hair.







okay, two more.

sweet baby l

this photo jumped out at me while i was sorting through the photos from today.

she was so sweet. i should say "is" because she is. but she was so good the entire time i was photographing her. it has been a long time since i have held a newborn, and i loved every minute of it. but who wouldn't love holding this sweet baby girl?
i love how newborns "scowl". it is so cute to me. no one, but a newborn, can scowl and have it be cute. and she makes it look adorable.






she was under two weeks old, which is the perfect age for photographing newborns. they are more cooperative if you want them sleepy. and she was sleepy. she was perfect.