9 months again

I got to photography this little beauty again today for her 9 month session.  Her sister had a similar session back in 2008 and we attempted to repeat a few of the images.

6lb 9oz of Sweetness

Here is the joy of my day yesterday.  What a little doll he was and did an amazing job as we moved him around and changed things up on him.  I am really looking forward to producing these images for this lovely couple and their precious baby boy.

Leah

What a beautiful sight

I love photographing a pregnant mom.  They just glow and have a radiance to them.  This is the first baby for this couple and I am so excited to meet the little one very soon.

Rub a dub dub.

I just loved this image when I took it.  The backdrop had such a fun colour to it and I just had to play with it.  It reminded me of rain and water so I brought in other elements to enhance what I saw.

Have a great day!

Leah

Bella is 6 months old now.

I get so excited when I am going to see a baby on my first year program.  I can see the baby features from when they were newborn and how their eyes have gotten so big and round.  I can enjoy all of the stories of how they are growing and what they have been up to and it is all so exciting for me.  I am finished growing my own family but it feels like I still get to participate in the growth of my client's families.  I enjoy it too when they come back with a new sibling that is joining the family.  This little sweetheart is the first baby for this family, but a cousin to two other clients all who had their babies within a couple of months of each other.  The grandparents are so proud.

This little doll is 6 months old and it was so delightful to see this family again.

Thanks for checking in.

Leah

That was quick.

This lovely family was back for the return visit within a couple of weeks.  The baby had arrived and he joins his brother in making mom and dad very proud parents.  Congratulations everyone!

Butterfiles and Rainbows

That is what little girls are made of.  A.S. was just a delight to photograph.  Easy going, warm and friendly, we had a terrific time getting to know each other.   I am excited to meet their first child and we wrote out her name in blocks but they choose two different names.  We shall see what they decide...

Session Number 2 for Little Mr. R

This has to be one of the happiest babies.  He is always smiling and I just love seeing him.  He has the whole session thing down now and he is ready to jump in as soon as he arrives.  We were changing up the hats and he was at that stage where he was starting to crawl away when we would sit him down.  Just as I would get everything set, we would plunk him down and he would start to take off.  Only one solution to a moving baby...Cheerios!  Yes, he got his first Cheerios from me.  It was a special moment. 

I remember the day my daughter got her first Cheerios.  I took pictures, but you likely would have guessed that.  Big eyes wide with the excitement of putting this somewhat flavorless item in their mouth and having it melt away.  Once they get one, you have to have a small container full on hand.

Yep, that is a Cheerio he has in his hand.

He is just such a happy baby.

You guessed it, more Cheerios.

I just love this little back image.  It is on the back cover of his album.

 

Again, just sooo happy!

  

I love this one and he just looks so cute in this hat!

 

I just love the way the red shows up on the black!  He is so easy to put a hat on!  Some babies get their hands up there so quick and pull it right off but he is happy as can be.

 

And here with his beautiful mom!

One Year Later...

Well here we are.  One year later.  Little Baby M is one and it has been such a wonderful pleasure to photograph her over this time frame.  Here are some of her latest images.  Little Miss M always shows me many sides of her sweet little personality and has no fear of the camera and the lights.  It is usually a bit of a challenge to keep a hat on a toddler, but not this one, she loves to play dress up too.

Thanks for stopping by!

Leah

 

This family is growing fast!

Natalie and Andres are expecting their first child in mid-April and Andres' sister is expecting her second baby any day now.  The cousins will be only a couple of months apart and we are going to photograph them together which is just going to be so adorable.  Chatting with them about my experiences brought back lots of memories for me.  I wish them a smooth and "easy" labour.  I told them that my daughter ended up being breech so they offered to turn her and I was not open to that idea at all!  Her delivery was an unscheduled c-section.  My son came along only 16 months later so he was a planned c-section. 

 

  

Look at these beautiful sisters!  They are so happy and delightful and it was a real pleasure working with them.  This is the first baby for their family and everyone is very excited.

My Practice Models

I was really looking forward to a one year photo session with little Maya who I have had the pleasure of photographing from her time in her mom's tumming, and right through to 9 months.  She was not feeliing well yesterday morning so we decided to make use of the time by letting my kids have some fun with the new backdrops I had picked up.  Josh got into his Tux.  That was the best $60 I have EVER spent on children's clothing.  I purchased it when he was 2 for my sister's wedding but they only had a size 4 so I had to take it up quite a bit.  Then, when he was 4, I let it down a bit.  He has worn it to his nursery school graduation, Christmas concerts, dress up events and now even for a photo session with mom.  Now at age 6 it is starting to look like he won't get much more time out of it but it has been great to have.