I got to see baby Caroline two different times for this session!  During the first session the weather looked nice and then shortly after we started the skies darkened and the rain poured down.  All our natural light was gone!  We decided it would be best if I came back a few days later when the weather was more promising.  During the first session she was only 5 days old and slept like a rock, but when she jumped up to 8 days old she decided she was too old for that baby stuff and stayed awake longer than she’d ever been!

Her mama and I worked hard and it totally paid off.

I dare you to look at this first picture of baby L and not smile.  This is hands down my favorite yawning picture ever!

I love it when people want to incorporate their furniture and interests into a shot!

No better place than dad’s arms!

I loved this little one’s name and she sure loved me :).  She was just perfect for me the entire time!  What a sweetheart.

I love this next one so much.  So so much.

Oh, the baby rolls!

After being diagnosed with a heart condition in utero, baby C decided to come a few weeks early.  Despite several doctors’ diagnosis, she didn’t need the immediate surgery they thought she would (nor will she ever)!  Everyone was calling her a little miracle baby and doctors would stand over her isolette and discuss her miraculous recovery.   At barely over 4 lbs at the time of the shoot (she was less than 4 lbs at birth!) she was my tiniest newborn to date.  Do you see that little dimple in her chin??  I don’t think I’ve ever seen a newborn with such a deep chin dimple.  I love it!

She had this darling little bracelet…that went all the way up to her shoulder!

Look at these lips!

This green fabric is part of her bedding.  Everything about her room was so adorable and most of the art was made by her mama!