Benjamin’s One Year Session | RALEIGH DURHAM NC BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

Little Benjamin has turned one!! He’s been a part of my Baby’s First Year package and I just can’t believe we’ve already hit his one year birthday. This year has flown by!! I’m going to miss seeing him every few months. Here’s a couple pics of sweet little Benjamin!

And Benjamin’s Mommy brought a cake for the end of the session. How cute is Benjamin chowing down on it? 🙂

Melissa is currently booking for Raleigh Durham maternity photography sessions and Raleigh newborn photography sessions in the Raleigh Durham Cary Wake Forest, North Carolina area for October 2014 and later. Be sure to contact her early to reserve your space!

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BABY DYLAN | RALEIGH DURHAM NC NEWBORN PHOTOGRAPHER

**Right now I’m booked up through my maternity leave, which will be starting at the end of June. I’ll be returning in September to photograph my Baby’s First Year Clients only, and then I’ll get back to business with newborns and maternity in October! If you’re expecting a baby this fall and want to get on my schedule, please book your session soon, because my space is already very limited. I look forward to meeting lots of new families after my maternity leave!**

This sweet little boy is baby Dylan — I photographed two newborns named Dylan within just a week of each other! And of course I have my own little boy named Dylan, so I’m partial to that name myself. 🙂 This Dylan was 12 days old for his session and was so perfect and sweet. I think my favorite shots of him were the ones on the blue flokati rug — just snug as a bug. Here’s a whole lot of cuteness!

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BABY ZACH | RALEIGH DURHAM NC NEWBORN PHOTOGRAPHER

Adorable little baby Zach came in at 3 weeks old for his newborn session. I had met his parents during their maternity session in January. I loooove when parents book my maternity/newborn package, so I get to meet them and get to know them before they come for their newborn session! I had fun seeing them again, and little Zach was just so sweet and laid back. Such a cutie!

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BABY AASHI | RALEIGH DURHAM NC NEWBORN PHOTOGRAPHER

The weather is finally getting warmer in Raleigh, and it’s been soooo nice! Right now I’m booked up through my maternity leave, which starts in June. I’ll be returning in September to photograph my Baby’s First Year Clients only, and then I’ll get back to business with newborns and maternity in October! If you’re expecting a baby this fall and want to get on my schedule, I suggest booking your session sooner rather than later, because my space is already very limited. I look forward to meeting lots of new families after my maternity leave!

This next baby I want to share with you is sweet little girl Aashi at just 9 days old. Her name means Smile, which is so absolutely precious! I had the pleasure of meeting not only her sweet Mommy and Daddy, but two of her grandmothers who flew in to meet her when she was born. She was so sweet, and a joy to have in the studio to play with!

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Baby Dylan | RALEIGH DURHAM NC NEWBORN BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

Just a quick scheduling note — for those who don’t already know, my third baby is due in early July! So I’ll be starting maternity leave at the end of June, and returning to shooting sometime in September. My months of April and June are already booked up. May is pretty full, but I may be able to take one more newborn session. Just contact me QUICK! 🙂

This sweet little guy I want to share with you all today is baby boy Dylan. This is the second baby boy I’ve photographed for this family! His older brother came to me a few years ago for his newborn photos, and I was so excited when his Mom called and asked me to photograph baby #2!! I had a great time with their whole family in the studio, even Grandma! And big brother cooperated for a photo as well! Here are a couple photos of the incredibly sweet little Dylan!

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Morgan’s Maternity Photos | RALEIGH DURHAM NC MATERNITY PHOTOGRAPHER

A few months ago I got together with my friend Morgan for a “fun” maternity session for her. She was expecting her first baby in April (who has since been born, yay!). We met at a special place to specifically do maternity silhouette photos for her. She brought along her dog, Roxy, and her husband Mike. And we were lucky to have a completely gorgeous sunset that evening, complete with all sorts of pinks and purples. It was just perfect! I took a TON of pictures, but here’s a few of my absolute favorites! 🙂

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Isabella’s 6-Month Portraits | RALEIGH DURHAM NC BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

Little Isabella came into the studio a few months ago for her 6-month portraits! We’d had to re-schedule twice due to snowstorms, which is sooo rare for us in North Carolina! I’m so glad that crazy winter is behind us. Isabella is a part of my Baby’s First Year program, so we saw her super cute newborn portraits back in August of last year. And of course you’ll get to see her 1-year photos this summer too! She is just so unbelievably adorable and smiley. We did tons of set-ups in the studio for her and everything was just so cute!

Melissa is currently booking for Raleigh Durham maternity photography sessions and Raleigh newborn photography sessions in the Raleigh Durham Cary Wake Forest, North Carolina area. Be sure to contact her early to reserve your space!

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BABY BOY ROBBY | RALEIGH NC NEWBORN BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

This sweet little guy is baby boy Robby, just 11 days old for his photo session. He is such a handsome little thing! Loved getting to meet him. Here are a few of my favorites from his session!

Melissa is currently booking for Raleigh maternity photography sessions and Raleigh newborn baby photography sessions in the Raleigh Durham Wake Forest, North Carolina area. Be sure to contact her early to reserve your space!

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BABY BRODY | RALEIGH NC NEWBORN BABY INFANT PHOTOGRAPHER

This adorable little guy, Brody, was another of my January babies from earlier this year. I’m finally trying to make some progress on my blogging! 🙂 It was a super busy January/February for me, so it’s been quite a challenge to get all caught up! This little cutie came to his session with a fan club – not only his parents but his adoring grandparents as well. And he did NOT disappoint for his first photo session. He let us do all sorts of cute set-ups, as well as one with his Daddy’s guitars. I had a lot of favorite pictures from this session, as you’ll see below! 🙂

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Shannon’s Maternity Session | RALEIGH NC MATERNITY PHOTOGRAPHER

I met Shannon and Jeff for their maternity session back in January. We were fortunate to have great NC warm weather (unlike this week in March, ha!). They were anxiously awaiting their first baby – a boy. Well, he’s since been born, and we just had their newborn session a few weeks ago. Major cuteness – wait until I share those ones!! 🙂 Here’s a couple pics of the lovely Shannon!