If you did not see the 1 day old photos of this beautiful little baby, you can see them here. He is the most beautiful baby ever, isn’t he? He was sleepy, happy, and content the whole time. I think I heard him cry maybe once. And that cowboy hat photo? How much cuter can you get?  He fits in his mom’s cowboy hat. That is nuts. I will make sure to get him at 6 months with the hat on, I have a feeling he will be a big boy:) Congratulations Kevin, Danielle, and Harper! I can just feel how complete your family is now with Cale. I can’t wait to get to know him! Oh-and I clearly need more cocoons and hats-everyone always picks the ones below to use during their session…so, if you or someone you know knits, please contact me, I would love to work out a trade!

Beautiful Cale Palmer. I don’t think they make new born babies any cuter than this. Isn’t he just perfect? I was scheduled to do my friend, Danielle’s maternity photos yesterday afternoon. When I called her in the morning and she did not pick up, I had a feeling she may have already had the baby. I got a call later from the hospital, Cale had arrived!

Danielle was AWESOME. She did a totally natural birth in the hospital. For those of you that have read my daughter’s birth story, you know that if I had been in the hospital instead of at home I would have had an epidural FOR SURE. I am not going to lie to all of you soon-to-be mommies that read my blog. Childbirth is painful. But, just like Danielle, both of my births went super fast and there were no complications. So even if it did hurt a ton, it was over before I knew it. But Danielle-that is amazing. When I told my husband that Danielle had actually done a natural birth in the hospital, he said in his MOST sarcastic voice:  “Wow, a woman actually breathing through the pain, what a concept.”

Men. I can’t tell you how much that comment pissed me off. Just bc he has been with me through two natural homebirths, does not mean that he has ANY idea of the kind of pain we feel when giving birth. He made it sound like it was not such a big deal, that women have been giving birth with no meds for thousands of years, so it is not a huge feat when you are offered drugs during the most painful experience of your life, and don’t take them. Ooooh, don’t you just want to shake them upside down sometimes? Danielle-I give you permission to hit Adam next time you see him:)

Anyways, I just love taking brand-new baby photos in the hospital. They are just so new and fresh-even just a few days makes a huge difference. If you are interested in having photos done right after the birth, please contact me. I have a mini package where I come to the hospital for 15-30 minutes and get some of these wonderful, brand-new photos.

I have just been sitting here thinking about how busy I have been, and I have not had a shoot now in two days and I am feeling really sad about it! Once I start shooting every day, I get into such a groove and I LOVE it SO MUCH! It becomes the highlight of my day. I just love meeting new babies and seeing the ones I have photographed in the past all grown up. I love3 finding those unique expressions that are true only to that one child. I just have the best job! I know I am going to curse ever writing that since my super busy season is about to start (everyone will be booking sessions here in a week or two for their Christmas cards and presents). For now, I should just learn to settle down and enjoy the space. But, my new office manager, Kellie, is rock’n it and things are going really smoothly now, so I am ready to take on more. I have Amelia’s 1 year birthday party tomorrow (a year went by way to fast!) and then am shooting twice this weekend, so that will have to do!  My cell phone just isn’t working like it should, so please call my other office line if you need to get in touch with me or if you have tried to leave me a message in the last week- 303-443-1834.

xoxo

stacey

And bc no post is complete without photos…

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.

How beautiful is she? Even at 6 weeks old, she was still a sleepy little angel for us. More to come, I just wanted to post one today! Also, my voicemail is simply not working. Please email me if you are trying to get in touch with me!

Such a sweet, perfect little newborn baby girl.  Avery was one of those rare babies that was actually asleep when I got there and stayed asleep. Parents are always so surprised at how wakeful their newborns are during our session. The energy is just so different. Even though they are not on a schedule yet, most newborns tend to get into a rhythm with mom and dad and can really sense the excitement around the photo shoot, so they tend to stay awake a lot of the time. Avery was just a mellow little baby. Until the middle of the session, and then she seemed awfully confused at why we were moving her around so much and putting her into cocoons and wraps and why dad was holding her in such odd ways. Such a sweet little girl, I can’t wait to see what she looks like when she is just a little bigger!

I just could not wait to meet this little boy! Mom and dad were so in love and excited at their maternity shoot, I knew this would be such a beautiful, peaceful baby. He looks JUST like his mom. Sorry dad, I am sure you are tired of hearing that-I am sure he will look like you once he fills out a little more! I just loved hanging out with this little family. What a great day-it was a nice break to the craziness of moving that has been going on. I only had to cancel on them 10 times. I couldn’t even find my camera and props in the boxes the day of the shoot! Luckily it showed up though.

I love Max stretching-and he is so smiley, isn’t he?:) Oh, and Amelia has the same birthmark in the same exact spot on her belly. Love it!

Well, here are more of beautiful Nell! She was such a calm, sweet baby. And look at all that dark hair! Apparently Avery’s hair was the same color when she was born, and now she is a beautiful blond.  Big sister was also so helpful and happy! I am in love with both of them. helpful and happy. I am in love with both of them:)

What a beautiful, big boy! I think he was 9lbs, 6 oz when he was born. Wow. Both my children where 7lbs, 2oz, a big difference! You can see him in his mama’s belly just the day before his birth here. He was just the sweetest little baby. And I think I got like 10 photos of his feet, too:) Anyways, I have been shooting a ton the last week, and have a lot of sneak peak’s to put up, so if you are waiting, it may be just a couple days:) I lost my intern last week, too, and my wonderful office manager that manages my other business, Karma Baby, will be taking over, so it may take a few weeks for us to get everything here running smoothly, but I will catch up soon!

There have been so many babies born in the last week or two! I will be posting a ton of newborn photos in the upcoming week, but wanted to post at least one photo for one of my favorite families:) Here is just one of beautiful Nell, more to come!