I finally got to meet this new baby and she (and her parents) are lovely.  She is very little, which of course I am familiar with as Janes is still such a peanut.  And she is still very new, at three weeks.  And she loves to be swaddled and snuggled up tight and held by her awesome parents.  And she is very much a beautiful gift to two very kind, gracious and deserving people.  I truly enjoy the time I get to spend with new parents.  I love watching them as they figure it out together, as women instantly become mothers, knowing what to do even if they don’t know what to do… and dad’s take over just at the right time and fall in love with their little babies.  It gives me immense pleasure to watch this, and to document it.

Malcolm and Lauren, thank you so much for a lovely morning.  You are truly blessed.

But back to Milo.  Milo’s mom’s friend from back home just knew that Milo would be a delicious little baby… so missing her friend, and wanting to see Milo ASAP, she searched the internet, found me, we chatted, she decided on a gift certificate, and voila!  What a great friend is that?  Maybe I will have to hook up and meet HER when I head out to Erie (hopefully this summer).  The great thing about it all is that when I got to Susan and Andy’s home, I realized I really liked them and I was pretty psyched that by chance, they ended up as clients!  You know me, within 5 minutes in the door it’s all “oh, so you grew up where and know who?” and then “oh, you work less than 1/4 mile from where my parent’s live and  I live within 5 miles of where your parents live?”  And so my life goes.

Back to the boy.  Milo really was awesome.  Once he had a full belly he just slept and slept!  Then he got to hang out with Dewey and his ‘rents in his new hood, meet some new neighbors, chill in the city… the good life.

I hope you guys enjoyed your Friday as much as I did.  You are totally keeping it real as parents and I love that.  Enjoy your little boy!

I loved meeting Clive’s parents… his dad is pushing through that looooooooong last semester at Babson for his MBA.  And I know how that feels.  And his mom is just beautiful, and looks amazing for 5 weeks postpartum [who am I kidding, she looks better than me at about 92 weeks].  She has an amazing sense of style and had his little nursery just done up right with these wonderful colors and stories!

Couldn’t have started my weekend any better.  Really.  Thank you.

You knew this baby would be gorgeous.  Remember these two?  Only they could  produce something this adorable.  I can’t wait to get back there and shoot some more with both of them!

As you all know, my life is endlessly connected (which is why it’s such a good thing I cleaned up my act after college!). And once again, this mom and I were connected. I didn’t blog much about it, but last year I did this super cool project for a phenomenal Day School up here on the North Shore. By far one of the most enjoyable assignments I’ve taken on. I photographed a “Day in the Life” for their website and Viewbook content. So as Mom and I are talking, and she tells me where she teaches, it occurs to me that I have actually photographed her before! And really, she looked as awesome 12 days after having a baby as she did before she was pregnant. Dad was pretty cool too… a surfer, so you know that makes me happy… a really smart surfer, actually! This kid is very lucky having the parents he does.

[Mom from last May.]

So once again, a very amazing Monday… doing what I love. Watching families together, watching them love their new baby, and watching their new baby watch them!

So once again, you know I am going to tell you how much I liked this family [I sound like I am off my rocker, but I seriously fall in love with my clients when I am with them.] Christie and I just. I would bet that she and I could meet for lunch and not stop talking — parenting, working mom dilemma’s and how cleaning the house just isn’t fun. But she has me beat by a long shot with nursery decor. I am not kidding you when I tell you that this was one of the prettiest nurseries I have ever seen. Not too classic, not too mod, not too trendy, but beautiful with just a bit of whimsical. And awesome light.

So here is yummy baby Olivia who was just so good. It was a pleasure!

There are a few other reasons I am simply in love with this session. I got to spend time chilling with Steph. And then little Gracie (my son’s future prom date) curled up next to me and proceeded to put on every newborn item I had in my bag. And Colin came home to be the amazing older brother. And it was rainy and grey and I shot the 2nd part of the session at f/2.8 ISO 5000. And I knew it would be B&W grainy. And I loved that too.

We have some future plans for Sweet Baby James involving some super cute new things I want to try out. We’ll feature those in the next installment of the Sweet Baby James Show! Stay tuned!

Yes, I realize this is a monster of a sneak peak. And I know I should be doing my taxes. But Steph deserves this!

When I look at these, it makes me realize that I need to stop stressing about getting the perfect sleeping baby pose and embrace just how lovely it is to see a baby being held and loved by his parents. The more I go back and look, the happier these images make me. I hope you feel the same!

Thanks for such a nice morning!  More when I can get a quiet minute to myself!

I’ve known Baby Norah’s mom for a long time now… she was at our wedding, Greek dancing with our people… a hot chick she was.  Now she’s a hot mom.  Seriously, you would turn green if you saw how good she looks!  And as I twittered a few days ago, it prompted me to forgo a glass of wine and got my butt running on the track!  Anyway, I absolutely loved seeing Sarah, meeting her mom and her awesome [read: cute and nice] husband, Fred.

So their baby is super cute.  Little, little, dainty, so full of expression.  She was a good little baby and I captured lots of pretty little images of all her little baby parts!

Sarah… I am so glad we are still connected and part of each other’s lives (ok, Facebook lives).  You are awesome.  Enjoy motherhood!

I like this one because sometimes I am not sure when to end a session. Do I go for one more? Do I try another wrap? And when this happens I think “Awesome, now I know we are done!”