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Avery & Her Brothers {new life} 27

Feb 4, 2013 by Alyssa in {family}, {new life} Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Being asked to take Avery’s newborn pictures was extra special since in the past I’d been able to take both her brother’s very first portraits. The boys enthusiastically greeted me, and little Mason (the oldest) was excited to show off his baby to me. The morning ended up being a fun combination of getting my baby fix and playing around with these little guys. And it sure doesn’t hurt my photos that this family produces some seriously cute kids (with eyelashes to envy!).

Congrats, B family, on adding some pink to all that blue…

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Emmy {newborn} 15

May 1, 2012 by Alyssa in {new life} Tags: , , , , , , ,

I showed up at Emmy’s house to find a bright-eyed, tiny beauty awaiting me. While I think all babies are cute, Emmy was an especially adorable new person. She already was showing such a gentle personality. Emmy’s mom was a champ and worked so hard to get her girlie to sleep and to help me with the photography. Finally we got some pictures with her and her big brother Sam whom Emmy already seemed to adore. When I told him that I had three little sisters, he responded in an emphatic little voice, “Well, this is my first time!”

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Keira {6 months} 14

Oct 17, 2011 by Alyssa in {the first year} Tags: , , , ,

My husband asked me I as I got ready for the session, “Now, what baby are you photographing?”

I answered with the only four words that were necessary: “The Jelly Bean Baby”

That’s how little Miss Keira celebrated her grand entry into this world of ours- sitting in a bowl of jellybeans in front of my camera. So sticking with something normal for her six month shoot was absolutely out of the question…

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Elliana {6 months} 33

Oct 14, 2011 by Alyssa in {family}, {growing}, {the first year} Tags: , , , , , , ,

As a photographer, I get attached to certain photos, and Elliana’s newborn session stands as one of my personal favorites. During a gorgeous morning this past week, I met up with Elliana and her parents for her six month photo shoot. Once again, Miss Ellie didn’t disappoint. Her sunny personality made for another memorable session…

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Ally {newborn} 31

Sep 27, 2011 by Alyssa in {new life} Tags: , , , , , ,

Meet Miss Ally. I hung out with her and her momma on an afternoon this weekend capturing Ally in all her 3 week old glory. Ally was as opinionated as she is cute, and her mom wins “Most Helpful Mom EVER at a Photo Shoot” award. Seriously. She worked side by side with me like a champ. Only she and I will ever know all the crazy work that went into some of these shots, but I hope she’d agree that in the end it all paid off.

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Faith {newborn} 20

Aug 1, 2011 by Alyssa in {new life} Tags: , , , , ,

If you already have a red headed little girl and a blonde little girl, isn’t adding a brunette daughter to the family the most logical thing to do?! This sweet little family did just that with baby Faith’s arrival. And with their oldest being a chatty, gregarious child who was very anxious to get in front of the camera and their second being a shy, quiet one who hid in her room coloring, I’m sure mom and dad are very curious to see what this third personality will hold.

A big congratulations, Nathan and Tiffany, on a third beautiful daughter!

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Owen 8

Jul 5, 2011 by Alyssa in {new life}, {the first year} Tags: , , ,

One of the most rewarding things I’ve gotten to do since beginning my photography business nearly 4 years ago has been taking my nephews and neice’s newborn portraits. There’s a lot of love behind each of their first pictures. With all the newborns I’ve been doing lately you can imagine how excited I’ve been about doing my newest nephew’s photos. However, I couldn’t have anticipated his arrival being so completely different than any of us had imagined.

My sister had planned her second home birth, but a few days before her due date she was sent for an urgent c-section when her son stopped moving in utero. Owen made his rather dramatic arrival and spent the next few hours fighting for his little life. Unbeknownst to us, he had been suffering from a rare alloimmune disorder. His home was the NICU for the first two weeks of his life. I knew the chance for capturing a baby’s “brand new stage” was such a small window, but at that point I was just so grateful that he was there and getting better. Still, I pounced on the opportunity to get some pictures done the day after he arrived home.  After enduring blood transfusions, tubes all over his little body, and all the other joys of hospital, he was a champ through his photo shoot.

I know I have “auntie goggles” on when I look at these, but I just don’t see how he could possibly be any cuter!

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