Shooting Star Photography

It has been 11 days since Davis’ birth, and he was so excited about his first real photo shoot, that he thought it would be more fun to stay awake for most of our session! His mommy emailed me later to tell me that he had been cashed out for the entire afternoon after I left. I think he likes me :).

Check out this eye contact -

Eventually, he drifted off. So dreamy…

Is this not the best face? Don’t you want to know what he was dreaming of?

Of course we had to get big sister, Sally, in on the fun! For the most part, she’s been ignoring the newest family member. But there were a few sweet moments, and some funny ones too!

Congratulations “M” family! I look forward to watching Davis grow over the next year!

Remember these guys?

They went home a few days after our NICU session, and I was able to visit a couple of weeks later and do their newborn session! They were precious and slept awesome despite being almost 2 months old! They were just a few days shy of their due date when I captured their sweetness -

These adorable twin brothers were born about 2 months before their due date, but are doing great and will be going home very soon. In fact, one of them is going home this week! I know their parents are very excited about this news.

This family found me through the Pictures of Hope foundation, which provides a complimentary session and pictures to parents with babies in the NICU. I feel it’s a priceless gift I can give to parents by documenting this time in their baby’s life.

The staff and facilities at Brookwood Hospital were very impressive! The nurses were wonderful and so happy to hear what Pictures of Hope offers to parents.

Here are the special little guys I was blessed to meet this past weekend. Their mother was beautiful and beaming with pride at her handsome boys. This was the first time she had ever held them in her arms at the same time -

Thank you B family for allowing me to be part of your journey in bringing your babies home!

Sweet baby Samantha was the perfect little model. She was such a good sleeper for our session! Mommy and Daddy of course wish she slept so well at 3 a.m.! Samantha also has a very cool nursery. There was a ton of planning, preparation, and love that went into decorating her room while anticipating her arrival!

Such a perfect and beautiful baby girl…  see for yourself -

John Daniel and Molly Kate - born at 33 weeks and going home 4 weeks later! Such sweet babies and such proud parents. It made the time I spent with them so nice - to see such gorgeous little babies and parents who were beaming with excitement.  After I left, they were one injection away from finally being able to take their first car ride and see their home. I am so proud to have been able to share this time with them today!

John Daniel was so excited about going home, he didn’t want to sleep! I don’t blame him

Pictures of Hope is a non-for profit organization. All sessions are complimentary for NICU families. For more information, visit http://www.picturesofhopefoundation.org/.

Two newborns this weekend is going to give me baby fever…  I think Lexi pushed me over the edge! It was something about her round cheeks that reminded me of my own daughter as a newborn.  She is absolutely beautiful! Needless to say, I fell in love with Lexi - and her family. We had a great time chatting while we waited for Lexi to drift back into a deep sleep.

Becket was such a strong and alert baby for a 5 day old.  He was very curious what I was doing and wanted to keep an eye on me at all times!

Isn’t he adorable? He weighed 6lbs and 4oz at birth, so I thought this would be a fun shot to try. Check out the weigh on the scale. If you can’t tell, it’s on his birth weight-

This sweet baby boy was eleven days old when I photographed him yesterday. He was so sweet and gave me some great eye contact for a newborn - that never happens! Check out this one of him with his mommy -

I don’t care how many times, I do this, it never gets old for me! Sooo cute!

Sweet baby Ella and her 2 year old big brother, Ty, were SO precious today. Ty is so interested and sweet to his little sister…

It has seemed to me like most 2 year olds with new baby siblings are rarely interested in having any pictures with the newest member of the family, but I have lots of sweet moments captured between Ty and Ella today.

Here’s my favorite-

I love that the fabric on the bed is the same fabric used in Ella’s nursery!

Here are a few more favorites from today-

Aiden was such a perfect newborn to photograph. He slept the whole time and is so handsome… I adore his lips too!