This couple just moved back to the great State of Minnesota from the Bay area and I’d be lying if I said a fair amount of our time together at their newborn session didn’t focus on the insane cost of living in California versus Minnesota and how much more home you get for you money here in the Minneapolis – St. Paul area. Not to mention the great public schools, lakes, parks, restaurants, museums, and lovely seasons. Although, with how long winter hung on this year, I’m semi-bothered with the whole “four seasons” right now. Long story short, Minnesota is amazing and I am so grateful to live here.
So anyway, their newborn session started out with their adorable one year old French Bulldog getting used to me being in her space – she is a proud new big sister after all – but ended with said Frenchie passed out on the floor and a beautiful sleepy baby that had mom and dad totally wrapped around her tiny little finger. I love seeing new parents bring home their first baby; you can feel the love pulsing off the walls of their home.
If you’re in the Edina area and are looking for priceless images of your family, whether your baby is brand new or heading off to college, email me today to get current availability and special offerings. It would be my honor to capture the days of your life.
This sweet family has been coming to me to capture their growing family for a few years now and it’s always so much fun when families bring home a new baby. I have to say that the biggest adjustment isn’t usually from mom or dad, it’s from the older sibling who now has to share the spotlight! Some older siblings loooooove their new baby brother or sister and cuddle them to no end. Some siblings are totally indifferent and barely seem to know the baby is there. Some siblings throw major shade at their new sibling and do things like steal their pacifiers or only want to be held by the parent holding the baby. It’s so funny to watch the range of reactions in the short time I’m in my client’s home for their newborn photography session. It’s like a little window into the world of 2+ child families; since I just one and never knew what that transition was like. My observations so far are that my clients take it all in amazing stride.
Whatever the reaction of your first born, there’s nothing more special than growing your family and capturing that love and the first few days with your newest baby are so important to document. Whether you’re expecting your first, second, or seventh baby – contact me today to inquire about maternity, newborn, and grow with me packages so that you can look back on these days for decades to come.
For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands. Christina Rossetti
You know that old saying, “the cobbler’s children have no shoes?” As in, the poor cobbler is so busy making everyone else’s shoes that he doesn’t have enough time left over for his own family’s shoes? That’s sort of where I’ve been at this past year or two with my personal images. Busy with clients and busy with life means little time – or energy – left to capture my own daughter. Well that, and the fact that she’s careening towards the pre-teen years at a neck-breaking pace and has zero interest in letting me take her photos anymore between her mood swings of loving me with all her heart one moment and telling me I’m the meanest mommy ever the next.
What’s a mom to do?
We may have been a week late, but I made her throw on a cute shirt and sit her spunky little butt down on our couch last night so I could grab just a few images to commemorate her 10th birthday. Her only condition was that she get to take some photos with her puppy. Yes, that’s a puppy in the photos. At 7 months he’s 70 lbs and already weighs more than my daughter. But he’s her pupper for life, no matter his size, so I agreed and we snapped away.
To the moms of pre-teens and teens, don’t forget to capture these years, just like you captured the baby and toddler years. Don’t let your baby slip into early adulthood without grabbing a glimpse of their still innocent, full of hope and life selves and documenting it for the future. I will always know what 3 year old Rebeccah looked like; I have much less material for what 13 year old Rebeccah looked like. I refuse to go the same route as my mom and stop taking photos simply because my kid thinks she’s too cool for school.
Remember to capture it all, because this is the good life.
This momma.
What can I say?
She has been through the worst possible thing you can imagine as a mother and come out on the other side. Not whole, there is never a whole after holding your baby in your arms for the last time, but she’s here. Here and present and alive and soaking up every moment with not only her older two kids, but with her rainbow baby. The anchor baby that has grounded her once more and reminded her that there is joy after heartache.
The greater your storm, the brighter your rainbow.
Family sessions take a back seat in the long Minnesota winter months and the newborn babies keep me on my toes instead. And really, I do not mind getting the extra snuggle time in one bit! This family has been coming to me since they were pregnant with their very first little one and now they had me over to their brand new house in South Minneapolis to welcome baby boy #2. He was a total doll and his big brother, while elusive, was no match for my quick shutter speed and ability to bribe toddlers with treats.
Adding to your own family? Contact me today to get on the calendar and have images you’ll cherish for a lifetime.
