Nursing is Normal – Madison

I’ll post many of the NIN pics to my website in the next few days, but here’s the slideshow we showed during the Nursing is Normal – Madison Gallery Night opening….

Back to regular posting soon!  Busy as a bee editing birth pics, but I don’t get to share those quite as liberally!!

XOXO

remember this sweet sweet wild-haired babe?

One of my bestest friends had one of the most photogenic babes ever!  Remember this tiny newborn with the lovely wild hair?

 

I had the privilege of being at her birth:

Photographing her at 1m…

At almost six months…

 

And look at her now!

 

I couldn’t resist a recap with over time – but don’t worry my friends, I’ll put a full sneak-peek up in a few days!!  

Love,
L

My friend had a baby boy at home a few weeks ago, and it took me nearly three weeks to come say hi and take some pics for them – but we had a lovely afternoon visit amidst sporadic photo-taking.  I love talking to fellow birthie-folk, so thank you my dear!

 

Big sister was sleepy, but very sweet when she could sit her bottom down still enough – I love this one, one hand stroking her brother’s head, while still managing to suck her thumb – all the while listening to her mama read a story.  That’s what I call multitasking.

 

Big sister had a beautiful bright room, and she insisted I get under the canopy for a bit and color pics.  I think I want one for over my bed now!

 

And then this chair.  I love it.  They want to have it re-upholstered – I told them they need to find the exact same color.  I loved it!

Congratulations my friends!
XOXO 

 

Favs from the past few seasons – Babes

Here are a few of my absolute favorite photos of babes from the past 6m or so….

 

 

 

 

 

I’ll play catch-up over the next few days and start blogging the sessions I’m doing in the next few days – woohooo for perfect late summer/early fall weather!!

Sweet babe inside and sweet babe outside

This mama was in our birth class at HB over the winter and she wanted some pics done as a Father’s Day gift for her husband.  I love pregnant mamas, as most of you know, and to work with them prenatally in an educational setting and being able to photograph is quite the treat!

Her laugh and smile were so sweet -

 

 

The lighting in her stairway was quite dramatic and of course I loved that…

 

And the covering here was her wedding veil.  I love it when folks find their own coverings and props – it just makes it that much more special.

 

And then – the babe.  Oh what a treat….

(Doesn’t she have the most perfect pixie “cut”?)

 

I have a love for “grooming” shots with new parents – and in talking with other photographers, I know I’m not alone.  There is something so gentle and loving about the ways parents touch their babes…

 

 

I love the wedding photos they had hanging over their bed – such a great collection of b&ws!

Thanks for a couple of beautiful sessions mama, in your very zen and wonderful home.  (I have to say this is a perk of photographing young babies in their spaces – the opportunity to see so many different and lovely homes!)

OH – she’s had a babe!

One of my absolute dearest friends from college went and had herself a babe.  Sigh.  Such loveliness.  I was fortunate to be invited to be a part of her birth, and a more gorgeous mama I have not yet seen – and I believe all laboring women possess a glowing wonder that pushes them to near-goddess status.  But those pics are not really mine to share – but some of the pics I did at one month…well, here you be:

Oh – I am already so happy to know you little girl.  And isn’t that hair the best thing you’ve ever seen?

The roundiest of newborns…..

Check this sweet cheeked babe out….

That is one big baby!!  No newborn sized clothes for this little (big!) girl.

ohhh newborns…

How sweet is this peanut?  She wasn’t really having any of the sleepy shots, that’s for sure!  This girl wanted to be a part of the action – but beautiful awake shots of newborns are hard to come by – so kudos for mom and dad!

She is so beautiful you guys – enjoy all that yummy scrumptiousness that is a new babe!!

International Babywearing Week

Happy Bambino helped Madison celebrate International Babywearing with a babywearing fashion show this past weekend.

baby hip sitting in an adjustable cotton pouch

mama wearing a toddler on her back in a soft structured carrier, and a baby on her front in a stretchy wrap.

baby being carried on the back in a ring sling

small babe being carried in a woven wrap

toddler being carried on her papa

1yo being carried on her mama

members of the madison babywearing group who came in as models

a belly and a baby….

These two mamas were beautiful during pregnancy, birth, and in that glowy afterwards….

Congrats beautiful mamas!