Will’s Six Month Session | RALEIGH DURHAM BABY AND CHILD PHOTOGRAPHER

I’ve so enjoyed seeing this family so much the last few years. Little Will is their youngest and is a part of my Baby’s First Year package, and he has just turned 6 months old. Connor is the oldest, and went through my Baby’s First Year package not all that long ago! So lucky me has gotten to see these boys a lot, and I love it! I can totally relate to their all-boy household, which means a lot of crazy antics for sure. Neither of them was super interested in being still for a photo, hehe. But hey, that’s how it is with little boys!! I love all the spirit these two have! 🙂

If you want photos like this to remember your baby’s first year, please contact me! I’m taking bookings for maternity, newborn and Baby’s First Year sessions in the Raleigh Durham Cary Wake Forest, North Carolina area. Be sure to contact me early to reserve your space! I’m currently booking photo sessions for January 2016 and later.

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Will’s One-Year Session | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST NC BABY CHILD PHOTOGRAPHER

This handsome little dude is Will and he’s recently turned one year old! He’s graduating my Baby’s First Year plan, which always makes me a little sad. I’ve enjoyed seeing him so much during his first year, and watching him grow and change. From his itty bitty newborn stage, to sitting, and now walking aaaaall over! I swear once little boys learn they can walk, it’s not long until they’re running and exploring and we’re chasing them! I had so much fun capturing Will at his one year session. He’s such a happy, great little boy!

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Twins Ellie and Taylor | RALEIGH DURHAM NC NEWBORN BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

I love newborn twins!!! These sweet little baby girls are Ellie and Taylor. Just two and a half weeks old for their photo session. They were such perfection! Gosh, I have the best job ever. Right?! I did several setups up of the girls together, and then lots of them separately as well. Here are some of my favorites from their newborn photo session!

If you want photos like this of your baby, please contact me! I’m taking bookings for maternity, newborn and Baby’s First Year sessions in the Raleigh Durham Cary Wake Forest, North Carolina area. Be sure to contact me early to reserve your space! I’m currently booking for January 2016 due dates and later.

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Sydney | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST NEWBORN BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

This beautiful baby girl is baby Sydney. I had the pleasure of meeting her and snuggling her when she was a teeny tiny ten days old. I really didn’t want to give her back! 🙂 She was such a gorgeous baby, and has beautiful parents as well! She let me do so many fun setups, and I very much enjoyed my time with her! It’s always hard to pick favorites, but here are some of mine from Sydney’s Raleigh newborn session!

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Daniel | RALEIGH NC NEWBORN BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

This future little heartbreaker is baby Daniel! I met him and his sweet family at just 9 days old. His family is from Bermuda!!! They traveled here to Raleigh to have baby Daniel in the States, and stayed just long enough for a newborn session with me, before heading back home to Bermuda. It was such a blast meeting them. And I feel so lucky that I got to know them and photograph this special time in their lives. Baby Daniel is an absolutely stunning baby. So perfect and sweet!

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Ellowyn | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST NEWBORN BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

I was excited to meet this beautiful family for Ellowyn’s newborn portraits. Little Ellowyn has a big, loving family — even her grandpa and aunt tagged along for the fun. We had such a great time. The weather was perfect, so we got to take some really gorgeous outdoor newborn shots! They’re always my favorite! 🙂 Ellowyn’s Mommy and Aunt came with a lot of fun ideas for setups, so we had a fun time playing with her. And thankfully she obliged. She was one month old for her session, but was born really early so thankfully she was still nice and sleepy for her session. Here are some of my favorites from my time with her!

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Gavin’s Six-Month Session | RALEIGH DURHAM NC BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

This precious little guy is Gavin and he’s a part of my Baby’s First Year package. I was so excited to see him and his sweet family again for another portrait session. You may remember Gavin from his amazing newborn session, and my has he changed!! He has the greatest little personality – so happy and curious. And it was so sweet to see how much his parents adore him. They are such a beautiful family, inside and out. I feel lucky to get to capture this time in their lives for them. Here is a peek at their portraits!

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Baby Katherine | RALEIGH DURHAM NC NEWBORN PHOTOGRAPHER

This sweet little girl is baby Katherine. She came into my studio for her newborn session at 14 days old and I really enjoyed my time with her. Her Mommy’s only request was to incorporate some grey into the session, so I did just that. Baby Katherine is an absolute beauty and I feel so fortunate that I got the honor of photographing her. I had a lot of favorites from her session… 🙂

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Baby Ava Jai | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST NC NEWBORN BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

What an absolute pleasure little Ava Jai was! I was delighted to see her sweet family again, after having done both maternity photos for them a few years ago, as well as a newborn session for Ava’s big brother. Now they have this beautiful baby girl to round out their family. And boy, is she heavenly!!! An absolute doll. So perfect and beautiful. She was so fun to pose and snuggle, and I’m of course so honored to capture more memories for this family. Here are some of my favorites from Ava Jai’s gallery. Believe it or not, these are narrowed down from a whole lot more photos I took that day!

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Baby Ella | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST NEWBORN BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

This gorgeous baby girl with the prettiest hair is little Ella. I met her at 7 days old, and her family coincidentally lives right near me — we’re practically neighborns! Which we didn’t know until they plugged it into the GPS the morning of our session, and it told them I was 2 minutes away. So that worked out nice! Ella is the youngest of 4 children. Two older sisters and one brother. They are such a sweet group of kids, and I know she’s going to be well taken care of. Here are some of my favorites from Ella’s session!