Yes, this is my hand on Peyton, lulling him to sleep.  He reminded me what it’s like to have a newborn.  And despite the crying, shushing, and rocking back in forth, I was in love all over again!  I remember fondly my girls – all the good and the bad – and was thrilled to be able to share that today with Peyton.

Whenever I go in to a newborn session I say a few prayers that I’ll remain calm, the baby will remain calm, and I’ll be able to pull out my baby whispering techniques!  In reality, I know that there won’t be too much time photographing and the majority of it will be spent soothing the baby.  That’s what babies do!

Peyton was totally wonderful.  I moved him, I wrapped & unwrapped him, kept poking & prodding him, and he took it really well.  Take a look at a few of the ones we captured in between rocking sessions…

Little girls seem to have an overwhelming amount of cutesy things when it comes to dress up.  But little boys?  What do they have?  I have been racking my brain to figure out what to use for newborn boys, and my good friend Stephanie hooked me up!  Check out these sweet hats she knit & let me borrow.  I can’t wait to use them tomorrow with little Peyton!

Almost exactly one week ago, I got to officially meet Landon.  He was just 8 days old when we met & I think I fell in love….even if he did pee during our time together.

Landon is the second child of Dane & Carrie, and little brother to Bella.  Just from my brief visit, I can tell Bella is smitten with her new baby brother.  She wanted to be in every photograph with him, share the bean bag, & just cuddle him.  What sweetness!  I know momma has been waiting to see more photos, so I’ll cut the talking & just show them.  Enjoy y’all!

And no newborn session is complete with out totally pissing the baby off!  Crying looks so cute!

This little guy, Kyle, just broke the all girl streak in our neighborhood.  We currently have 8 girls in our little section of the neighborhood & no boys in sight.  Well, now, thanks to Kyle, we can possibly procreate & have the hope of male heir!  (I’ve been watching too much of The Tudors!)  Not that this momma is planning on procreating, but if others are, there is hope!

On Saturday I was given the opportunity to meet a sweet new little guy, Deacon.  When I arrived he was naturally hungry – as all newborn babies are when their photographers arrive!  While he ate, his hospitable daddy & furry sister gave me a nice little breakfast until he was ready – yum!

And I would just like to take this opportunity to thank Deacon for saving all his pee-pee & poo-poo sessions for before and after my photo-taking – thanks so much little guy, we’re friends for life!

Deacon was such a great subject.  He was obviously so content & satisfied that he didn’t want to wake up, which was fine with me.  And his mommy & daddy just moved him and posed him like old pro’s!  The genuine love they had for this new little member of their family was so apparent.  No wonder he was so content!

Enough rambling, talking, typing, or whatever it is I’m doing here.  On to Deacon!

He was too long for the original basket I had – big guy!

I LOVED this orange wall – great color choice!

Getting some lovin’ from momma

The WHOLE family – humans & canines

These next two show how terribly exciting I am.

I don’t think he was expecting to see my lens in his face when he woke up!

Welcome to the world, Deacon!