Welcome, Baby M!

I was so happy to meet Ann and Kevin and their newborn baby girl, Baby M, for an in-home newborn photo session at their home yesterday. We had originally planned to shoot the session in the hospital, but there were many factors that conspired against and after scheduling and rescheduling at least two times, I ended up meeting Baby M at 5 days old after they were all finally home from the hospital.

I’m happy to share just a handful of the photographs we created yesterday so that family and friends near and far may join in the excitement and joy surrounding the much-anticipated arrival of this sweet girl.

mother sitting against bed talking to newborn baby

asian father holding and kissing his newborn baby girl

newborn baby girl sleeping in grey crib with floral sheets

mother looking lovingly at newborn baby girl in home nursery

black and white photo of newborn baby in mother's lap with mother's arms around her

mother swaying and talking to newborn baby in nursery

asian father relaxing with newborn baby on couch

asian male and red haired caucasian mother with newborn baby girl in home nursery

Does a baby have a personality at only 5 days old? I certainly think they do. Baby M seemed calm and pretty relaxed, and I hope that foreshadows the kind of babyhood she will have, especially after all that her parents have already been through to bring this little one Earthside.

Here is the film I cut together from our session. I love the way it turned out, and mama exclaimed, “Happy tears!” when she watched it the first time.