Such a perfect little baby. Normally, I need to do newborn photos before two weeks of age to get those squishy, sleepy photos, but Aviva was such a dream for us. She was awake just long enough to get some stunning shots of her eyes, and then she fell asleep for the rest of the session. We did her session outside at Wonderland Lake since she was a little older and we figured she might be awake the whole time. Normally, newborn sessions are done in the baby’s  home so that 1) mom and baby can stay nesting in and resting like they should be, and 2) so that we can all relax and leave space to soothe, feed, change the baby, etc…  But even though we did this outside, it quickly became like any other newborn session. I broke out my bean bag, blankets, wraps, hats, and we got her into those sleepy poses out in the middle of a field. She was such a little trooper! Still, my favorite photos were of mom holding her-their connection was one of the sweetest and most genuine I have seen. Lucky girl.