Meet sweet, beautiful Lucey Rose (we did her mommy’s maternity session HERE).  Lucey was not crazy about sleeping for me.  It happens in newborn sessions.  Usually they are either sleepy and don’t wake up at all or they are very awake and don’t want to sleep at all.  I think Lucey didn’t want to miss a single moment of her first photo shoot  🙂  and really, that was okay!  I adore being able to get wide open eye shots.  Plus, family interaction shots with an awake baby are beautiful and extra special when you get that eye contact with mom and dad and those natural reactions to an awake baby.  ::love::  Now, she did sleep for a little bit after lots of snuggling and shushing and white noise which made me happy because I was able to capture her *amazing* eyelashes and get a few curly positions out of her.  It really was the best of both worlds!!
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Black and white portrait of sleeping newborn in Connecticut