Expect me to be posting a ton of newborn photography in the next few weeks. It seems like everyone in the Boulder area had a new baby last month! What was going on like 10 months ago that I don’t know about? This is newborn Trea, pronounced like Tree-a, which I think is so pretty, simple, and unique for a little girl. I heard a program on NPR a few years ago that said that girls tend to excel more often on average when they have unique names, but boys tend to be less successful in life when they have unique names. There were other factors, too, like if the name was phonetically easy to pronounce, or if the name sounded too foreign, etc… I guess it is good, then, that we named our son Elijah, rather then what we gave him for his middle name, which is Sirius, and I think a little to far out there for people. Though, if you live in Boulder Colorado then it would probably seem pretty normal anyways.

This is such a beautiful little family. They live up in the mountains above Golden, in a great mountain home. I personally could never live there. Coming from Illinois, it just really freaks me out driving in the mountains. I was so nervous getting to their house, and it was summer. Imagine how I am when it is winter, or even if it is just raining. To be honest, I hate driving at night too. I also just don’t like driving period. So I stay home a lot. Which is fine, because other than photography sessions I don’t really have to get out that much.

But anyways, they were young and sweet and all totally in love with each other. I love shooting families like that. Well, the young part doesn’t matter. But they were just so happy and calm and in love with little Trea, who was also so happy and calm. Mom had a really great birth, too-a lot like my own. You can read my full birth story here and also see the gorgeous professional photos from Amelia’s birth, or even watch the video. Yeah, I put it all out there on my blog (don’t worry, it is all tasteful and beautiful).

Dad runs an awesome bluegrass festival in Portland if you want to check it out, www.stringsummit.com. They have the sweetest life. Dad gets to do exactly what he wants and stays home with the newborn until festival time, mom is a first grade teacher, they live up in the mountains in Golden in a beautiful home. Life is good.