Baby Delia’s 6-Month Portraits

If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you might remember baby Delia.  We’ve been doing a Year-In-The-Life with Delia and it was time for her 6 month portraits!  Turns out little Delia wasn’t feeling too well that day :(  I’m not kidding, almost every time she looked at me, she started to cry!  Normally kids love me, I promise!  Well, we tried to make it work for a while, and were still able to get some cute shots in between bouts of tears.  But eventually we had to just leave the poor kid alone!  So, I think you’ll be seeing some more of little Delia here in the next month or so as we try again :)

6 Month Baby Portraits

6 Month Baby Portraits

6 Month Baby Portraits

6 Month Baby Portraits

6 Month Baby Portraits

6 Month Baby Portraits

6 Month Baby Portraits

If you’d like to view more of my favorites from this photo shoot, please check out the album on Facebook!

Chloe’s 8-Month Portraits

Hello little blog!  How are you these days?  Oh, neglected, huh.  :(   That’d be my fault…  I’m sorry!  Things are really picking up though, and I promise I’ll be taking much better care of you from now on – starting now!!

What better way to get back into the swing of things, than to share some photos of darling little Chloe!  We’ve been doing a Year-In-The-Life series and when she turned 8 months, it was time for another session.  She just keeps getting bigger and bigger, and boy is she CUTE!  Look at her!

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She’s got a great laugh!

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Oh, those EYES!

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Daddy likes her with a bow in her hair ;)

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I love the chaos of this photo – kids, cats, and teddy bears

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Chloe had just started standing up in her crib at in the morning, so we had to document it!

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I can’t believe this cat was up for this!

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And a few portraits with Mom & Dad :)

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Pink Baby Portraits

Gretchen & Justin – it was a pleasure as always to see you guys!  Hard to believe that Chloe’s going to be a year old soon!  Keep in touch and let me know when to set up our final session in this Year-in-the-Life!

Baby Chloe at 4 months – Year-in-the-Life

I am really loving these Year-In-The-Life photo sessions!  It is so fun to capture all the changes as a child grows over the course of her first year on this earth!  It’s pretty amazing, actually.

You may remember baby Chloe, who was born to Gretchen & Justin last summer.  Well, she’s just growing and growing, and we had some time right around her 4-month birthday to capture some new images.  This may be my favorite age…somewhere between 3 months and crawling is the sweet spot.  They’re adorable and chubby, they have personality and expression, they can handle being moved around and will put up with a lot of photo taking, and they can’t get away!  And Chloe proved to be all of those things…

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oooooh, she’s too cute!

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haha!  Love this one!

3 Month Baby Portraits

3 Month Baby Portraits

The next few images were taken with my Nikon 105mm micro lens – it let’s me get in nice and tight!

3 Month Baby Portraits

3 Month Baby Portraits

3 Month Baby Portraits

3 Month Baby Portraits

3 Month Baby Portraits

Some fun with Mommy & Daddy

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3 Month Baby Portraits

And then it’s back to sleep…

3 Month Baby Portraits

3 Month Baby Portraits

Gretchen & Justin – I hope you guys are well, and Chloe’s enjoying her first Boston winter!  Thank you for having me into your home yet again.  Chloe is adorable, and I can’t wait to see how much she grows by our next session!   :)

Baby Delia – Newborn Portraits

Not long ago, I captured some maternity portraits for Eileen & Fabio as part of a Year-In-The-Life Session.  Well, just a couple months later, baby Delia came into the world!  I met up with them over the holidays to capture some of Delia’s first hours at home.

Newborns are so tiny and delicate and precious, and they grow up so fast!  It’s great to be able to get there to document the first days of a brand new life!

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Fabio with his new baby girl

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Totally cozy in Momma’s arms

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YAAWWNN!

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Oh, the tiny little eyelashes!

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Newborn Baby Portraits

Newborn Baby Portraits

Newborn Baby Portraits

Newborn Baby Portraits

Newborn Baby Portraits

Newborn Baby Portraits

Newborn Baby Portraits

Newborn Baby Portraits

Dalia’s aunt looks like she’s about as happy as I was to become an aunt!  It really is the BEST!

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3 Generations on each side of the family

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Newborn Baby Portraits

Newborn Baby Portraits

Newborn Baby Portraits

Newborn Baby Portraits

Eileen & Fabio – thank you so much for inviting me into your home and your life.  I’m so excited to document Delia’s first year!  She’s SO sweet.  It’s going to be a blessing to watch her grow and change over the next 12 months!

To view a few more of my favorites from Delia’s Newborn Session – check out my Facebook Fan Page!

Eileen’s Maternity Portraits – Melrose, MA

A few weeks ago, back when beautiful leaves were still on the trees and not decaying in my backyard, I met up with Eileen and Fabio at Mt. Hood Park for some maternity photos.  They’ve commissioned me to document the first year of their first baby’s life, starting with pregnancy!  Year-In-The-Life Portraits are so fun because I actually get to watch and document the baby grow and change over the course of time.  It’s quite an honor to be invited into such an intimate part of people’s lives!

Melrose Maternity Session

Melrose Maternity Session

Melrose Maternity Session

Melrose Maternity Session

Melrose Maternity Session

Melrose Maternity Session

Melrose Maternity Session

Melrose Maternity Session

Melrose Maternity Session

Melrose Maternity Session

Melrose Maternity Session

Melrose Maternity Session

Melrose Maternity Session

Melrose Maternity Session

Eileen & Fabio – it was so great to meet you and spend some time with you!  I’m really looking forward to getting to you and your new baby over the course of the next year.  Let me know when that little one arrives and is ready for some photos!

If you’d like to see more of my favorites from Eileen’s Maternity Session, please check out my Facebook Fan Page!

A Year In The Life – Chloe’s Newborn Session

Well, it wasn’t long after Gretchen’s Maternity Session that little baby Chloe came along!  I was able to get over to the house just a day after she came home from the hospital.  I love little newborn babies because they’re SO tiny and cute!  And Chloe was no exception :)

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Look at those little fingernails and tiny toes!

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Newborn Portraits

They decorated her room in Winnie The Pooh!  Eeyore was always my favorite…

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I think this was the only second I actually saw her eyes

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Of course, that meant that I had woken her up, and she did not like that one bit!

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But swaddling her back up into a little baby burrito made her happy again :)

Newborn Portraits

Newborn Portraits

Newborn Portraits

I love the look on new parents’ faces – some combination of awe and wonder and joy and concern (and maybe trepidation)

Newborn Portraits

Newborn Portraits

Newborn Portraits

Newborn Portraits

Newborn Portraits

Justin & Gretchen – Congratulations!!!  Chloe is precious!  You two are going to be such great parents, and I’m so excited to document this next year as Chloe grows with you!

A Year in the Life – Gretchen’s Maternity Session

One of my favorite things in this business is when I have the opportunity to document not just the first day in the life of a new family, but also as it begins to grow!  Gretchen & Justin pretty much got pregnant the minute they got married ;) and now I get to photograph a Year-in-the-Life of their first child!!  I’m so excited to watch this little cutie grow up!

The first session in a Year-in-the-Life Package is usually a maternity session.  The maternity session is a chance to document the beauty and craziness that is pregnancy.  I think pregnant women are so lovely!  I hear so many women talk about how they feel fat and gross when they’re pregnant, but honestly, I think they are amazing and beautiful.  I mean, there’s a teeny tiny human being growing and living INSIDE of them!  That’s AMAZING!  The first time my sister was pregnant, we would just sit around staring at her belly exclaiming in wonder, “there’s a PERSON in there!!”  Come on, it’s a wondrous miracle!!!  As you can tell, I’m fascinated by the whole thing and I LOVE to take maternity photos, when moms will let me :)  I’m so glad Gretchen is such a good sport!

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Comparing “Buddha bellies”

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Gretchen, thank you so much for stepping out in front of the camera, and Justin thanks for playing along!   I love you guys!