Amongst other various things. But newborn babies, being loved and adored, and kissed and held by their parents….THAT makes me smile. I love being able to SEE love on the faces of parents. There is nothing like it. There is no question that this little guy is loved. He is loved fully and completely by his parents. The way they hold him ever so gently. They way they work together to get him dressed and soothe him. They way they just stare at him. Yes, friends, this baby, he is LOVED!
Congratulations go out to the Reese family! This very big fellow was born 1:45am weighing in at 10lbs 6 oz.. but here’s the kicker.. he was born on Jan 1, making him the very first baby born in Athens Clarke County for 2012! He was the perfect baby for me at the studio. He woke up once in 45 minutes to look around and be fed, but that was it. Even big sister (whose name is Rhielle, how pretty is that?!?) was super sweet and did everything we asked. Thank goodness the session was fast too, or I think my arms would have fallen off holding this guy up. His daddy says “He’s meaty.”
You can read the article here: http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2012-01-01/first-baby-year-comes-little-early
Welcome home, baby boy! I feel like it was just yesterday when I was at this family’s home welcoming their first for her newborn pictures. This fellow had a good two pounds on his sister, but he has the same eyes and the same dislike of being asleep. Bet you can’t add ‘Helping shave newborn’s head for Mohawk’ to your resume’ though… I can now. Baby boy had to have part of his head clippered at the hospital for an IV in the NICU. I told them they should go ahead and hit both sides and give him a real Mohawk. Dad was like “Yeah, it’s going to grow back in all funky if we don’t..” and mom was like “I’m game as long as it’s not a high-and-tight.” Sooo, yeah. I helped give a baby a Mohawk yesterday.. I’ve heard that his grandmother was not a fan of it.
We did a few of him pre-clipper though, just for her.
Oh, I rarely get to do holiday newborns, because there aren’t many born right around Christmas or New years or whatnot. This 10lb not-so-little fellow is 18 days old and he just would not sleep! We got him asleep for about 5 minutes in an hour and a half (with his super-patient 3 year-old big brother there), then he was awake again. 18 days is rough! I finally sent the family out the door to start the long drive back to Atlanta and said “If he falls asleep in the next 15 minutes, feel free to come back!” I figured it’d take about 45 minutes of swaying in the studio, so I was pretty glad wen they called from McDonald’s 15 minutes later to tell me he was out. They finished lunch and swung back by to get the other two sets. Sweet!
Has it really been a year?? This baby is graduating our baby plan, so I guess it has! Check out his sitting up session, his heads up session and his newborn session also! Can you believe he’s walking already? He sure loved the leaves and acorns outside at the botanical gardens. I can’t wait to see him again next year!
This guy was born with a lot of hair, but nothing I though that would lead to THIS! It doesn’t do anything but stick straight up. Maybe it’s a self preservation method to protect it from all the slobber this guy makes.
Two boys, two girls, mom says “We’re so done.”But just look at all those gorgeous kids! I ‘mean, she sure makes some cute babies! These were all done at our Lumpkin St studio in 5pts. I had mom bring in all of her pillows and the bed comforter and we made a faux bed in one room because I love babies in beds! The bench and pumpkins are something Frankie had set up as decor for the porch just a few days ago, so I was super excited to try it out. Just enough room to put a baby in there!