Precious Babe/Asheville Newborn Photographer

I sent the gallery to this mom and dad so I wanted to share some more photos of this precious baby girl.  I really loved this session and feel so lucky that parents choose me to photograph these beautiful babies for their first ever professional photos.  It means a lot because there are only a brazillion photographers in this town.  hehe  I love my job and love what I do so much.  My mind never leaves my business.  I am never not looking for beautiful props, fabrics and outdoor locations.  I am always thinking about the new mommas that I’ve met and wondering how they are doing.  I love seeing them and their sweet babies on Facebook.  And I love seeing those newborn babies at 6 months or 1 year when I get to photograph them again.  It’s so cool to see their little personalities coming out!  My job rocks.  People often ask me if I’ll ever go back to teaching.  How could I give up this amazing opportunity?  I miss my babies (5 year olds) that I used to get to have so much fun with each day at school, but I love my clients and their families and the friendships that come out of meeting them!

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Heavenly Girl/Asheville Newborn Photographer

Today I got to meet this heavenly baby girl.  She was unbelievably good during her session, only waking up once to eat for a few minutes and then she was back to sleep.  She definitely won the award for the best little model.  I loved meeting her momma who looked fabulous after just having a baby!  I can’t wait to finish editing all of the photos from this session.  I will share more later in the week!

Mom and I had decided ahead of time that we were going to do this setup.  I was excited to do something with flowers since spring is here but this morning when I woke up and looked outside, it had snowed!  Say what?!

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Sleeping Beauty!/Asheville Newborn Photographer

I had the greatest session today with this beautiful baby girl.  She was the sleepiest newborn I’ve photographed yet.  She slept through almost her entire session.  She was a dream.  I loved her parents too, so easy-going and they were such a great pair of parents!  Lack of sleep sure takes some getting used to, but these two were still so cheerful.  I loved everything about this session!  I am having a hard time not sharing every photo that I edit but I’m going to restrain myself until later in the week when mom and dad get their gallery!  Congratulations you guys!  She is so, so beautiful!

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4 Years Old!/Asheville Child Photographer

I can’t believe I’m typing this.  River is turning 4!  In some ways I’m having a hard time with him growing up so quickly, but in other ways, it’s kind of nice.  He had a VERY long case of the terrible two’s.  lol  He’s finally out of that phase, thank God.  So now we can have our sweet little boy back.  And he really is so sweet.  Sometimes I just can’t even believe how lucky we are to have such a kind, caring, amazing little boy.  I would be okay with time slowing down now because before we know it, he’s going to be off to kindergarten and that I can’t handle.  That will not be a happy day for me.  My husband has already said that I’m not allowed to take him on the first day.  hehe When my kids have birthdays, I can’t help but think back to the day they were born.  I’ll never forget the absolute joy that I felt the minute they put River on my chest.  It was like nothing I had ever experienced.  He has been a huge light in our lives ever since.  I would do anything to go back and relive that early morning, okay maybe not the pain of it because good golly he was a big baby.  lol  But that moment when I first met him was a memory that will stay with me forever.  I was so sleep deprived by the time he finally made it into the world but I felt like I was on cloud nine for a few days.  He made me so very happy!  Okay, I have to stop typing all of this or I’m going to be wanting another baby.  So happy, happy day to my beautiful little Pisces!

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Getting River to this spot was kind of tricky.  I had to get the crate in the water, and then carry him over and get him sat down and then go find a good spot to stand to take his picture.  As soon as I got to where I was going to stand, he said he had to pee!  What?!  lol

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I’ve taken his picture on this bridge every year since his first birthday.  It’s not my favorite spot but I had to do it for old time’s sake!

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“Are we done now?  Can I throw rocks in the water now?”  Boys!

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