Well, today is my birthday.  My 4th 29th birthday to be exact. 😉  And in 12 short days, my own baby girl will be having her first birthday.  It is birthday central around here and we looooove birthdays!!  As such, I thought it would be the perfect time to announce a newborn special that is going to run through the end of March.

Newborns are one of my favorite types of sessions to shoot.  They are so tiny, and precious and perfect — little, teeny human beings, brand new.  Contact me if you’re due between January 1, 2010 and March 31, 2010 and you’d like images like these of your newborn:

Now for the details:

All newborn sessions held between January 1, 2010 and March 31, 2010 will receive:

~$50 off of newborn session fee~

~A complimentary set of 25 custom birth announcements~

Contact me today for more information or to book a session – I look forward to capturing those precious first few days for you!

As I wrote last week, we lost an extended family member last Tuesday.  My sister’s best friend, Margarita passed away suddenly at the age of only 30 from a one-in-a-million reaction between two medications.  Margarita was the happiest, friendliest, bubbliest, most vivacious person I have ever known in my life.  She was so sweet, kind, thoughtful, loving.  She treated my children as her own niece and nephew and my sister as her own sister and best friend.  The world lost a great, amazing, wonderful person entirely too early.

You may think this is an odd way to begin a newborn post, but I like to believe that things happen for a reason.   As you’ve seen over the past few days, I got to photograph the most precious little four day old boy on Saturday. You may remember mom’s GORGEOUS maternity session from the beach in August.  Little J. made his mom and dad wait, arriving on the very last morning of 42 weeks and a very long and drawn out labor!  But clearly the extra time was worth it because he was just perfect – chubby cheeks, little legs and arms, plenty of hair, all ten fingers and toes, everything just adorably, wonderfully perfect.   I’d also like to believe that he arrived on that day because he was waiting for a very special guardian angel to arrive in heaven to watch over him.

So.   Meet little J.  This is my youngest baby ever – my previous was five days old.  There is something truly special about working with them when they are this new.  As I have said before, my job is possibly the coolest job ever.  I get to spend time with brand new human beings!!   We have no idea what he’ll be like when he grows up or what he’ll like to do.  Right now we just have this perfect, tiny being.  A mix of a wonderful mother and father, the completion of a loving family and the union of two families who have known each other for generations.

Treasure your loved ones and the moments with them.  Take pictures all the time.  Enjoy the little and big things.  A baby is a reminder of all of these things anyways, but sometimes, it’s just a little bit more meaningful.  Thank you, thank you, thank you A. and J. for inviting me into your lives and choosing me to capture these first days for you.  I so look forward to watching him grow!  (But not too quickly ;))

Mom and Dad’s families both owned pineapple farms back in Portugal and someone made this onesie as part of a baby gift for them.  Isn’t that sweet??

Just a quick sneak peek of a sneak peek.  This little guy was four days old for his session today.  Sigh.  So perfect and so handsome and…well…everything.  I know mom saw this first shot because, in a rare moment for me, I showed it to her right on the LCD.  But I know she hasn’t seen the second.  😉  A. and J. enjoy this extra sweet sneak.  I’ll be back with the real one in a few days. 😀

This past Saturday I got to do one of my most favorite shoots – a newborn.  A teeny, tiny precious little newborn girl who happens to be my friend’s daughter.  You may remember her momma from HERE and her gorgeous maternity shoot at Sakonnet.  Well, little Miss L decided to arrive a few weeks earlier than her due date so due to some other plans I already had, I had to wait until 13 days old to do the shoot.  Normally, this would be right on the border of when they are no longer newborns and a lot of the shots won’t work.  But L. did just great!!!  She ate like a champ, slept like a champ and curled like a champ and we got some GORGEOUS shots of her.  I also tried a few new shots as well that I immediately fell in love with. 🙂

Although you can’t see it, I have to say that L.’s nursery is by far one of the coolest I have ever seen.  Total African safari theme with gorgeous walls, a handpainted giraffe mural and beautiful bedding made by grandma.  Since her momma is a friend of mine, I plan to reinvade her house for some more photos using more of the house as a backdrop.  😉