Merry Christmas!

Have a safe, happy and love-filled holiday! And since posts with images are way more fun than posts without, here's my final Santa baby of the 2009 season, Elise. See you all in 2010!

Sneak Peek: Emerson [Luling Newborn Photographer]

Little Emerson has to be one of the easiest little newborns I've ever photographed. It took a couple of tries to get him in a good sleep, but then he slept like a champ, waking up just at the end for a couple of open-eyed shots.

Sneak Peek: Camille [River Ridge Newborn Photographer]

One last sneak peek for tonight and... surprise! It's a newborn. :) I recently had the opportunity to meet sweet miss Camille. She was a bit older than most of my newborns but mom and dad worked really hard to get her sleepy for our session and it worked! Camille was a perfect little angel for us.

Sneak Peek: Shane [Algiers Newborn Photographer]

Welcome to another edition of newborn mania here on the blog today! This sweet little guy is Shane. He was 7 days old and soooo good for our session. He was wide awake (but oh-so-alert and content) for the first half of our session. And then he fell fast asleep, right on cue!

Sneak Peek: Isabella [Hammond Newborn Photographer]

I've known Isabella's mom, Crissy, for years... way back to when we were both planning our weddings on a "little" website called The Knot. So it was extra special to get to meet her new baby girl last week and photograph sweet Isabella.

Sneak Peek: Austin [Metairie Newborn Photographer]

Little Austin's sneak peek is a teeeeny bit late, but hopefully mom and dad won't mind too much. It's been a newbornpalooza around here lately! M + J - Enjoy the sneak peek. Your gallery should be ready right on time! :)

Sneak Peek: Ethan [West Bank Newborn Photographer]

Look at this little angel! Ethan was such a good baby for our session. He didn't sleep super-deeply, but he did sleep pretty much the whole time. Isn't he beautiful. I just love all that dark hair.

And those pouty lips...

And the itty bitty milk drool trail :)

Just cuz I love newborns... meet Ethan :)

Look at the cutie that I got to spend the morning with. How lucky am I? :)

Sneak Peek: Ava [New Orleans Newborn Photographer]

It seems like yesterday I was doing A + C's maternity session. And now look who's here! Sweet little Ava has arrived. And what a beautiful little girl she is with dark, curly hair and pudgy round cheeks. Little miss Ava was wide awake when I arrived (as you'll see below!) but patience and persistance paid off and we eventually got Ava into a nice deep sleep for the rest of her photo shoot.

A+C - I hope you enjoy your peek! And congratulations again on your new baby girl!

Sneak Peek: Hudson [Gulfport Newborn Photographer]

Have I mentioned this week how much I love newborn sessions? Oh yeah, I did. In Aiden's post. :) But never the less the truth stands. So needless to say, I was even more impressed that this sweetie traveled all the way from Gulfport, MS for his session. And I'm so glad he did. It took us a few minutes (okay, closer to 120 minutes) to get him to sleep. But once he conked out, he was the perfect little model.

K - Enjoy your sneak peek! I'm so glad we were able to work it into the schedule.

ETA: Fixed the pictures. Blogger did something wacky to the color.

Introducing Aiden Tran [New Orleans Newborn Photographer]

Welcome to an extra-special, extra-big sneak peek here on the blog.

You see, my friends Corine + Beebe Tran, of the fabulous Studio Tran, were blessed last week with the birth of their second son, Aiden. And of course I jumped at the chance to do a newborn session with the little guy. What can I say? I just adore newborn sessions. Those squishy little faces, itty bitty hands and feet, and curly little bodies. With two little boys of my own I know how quickly that changes! Soon he'll be alert, then smiling, laughing, walking and running. But hopefully these images will help preserve those first weeks and everything that makes a newborn special.

C+B - Congrats again on your new boy - he's beautiful!

Adorable green + Brown hat from my friend Jessica's Etsy shop.

Awesome blue bowl cocoon by my friend Carla.

Sneak Peek: Cooper + Cole [New Orleans Newborn Photographer]

Last week I got to meet these two beautiful new babies. At four weeks old they were already pretty alert and not to happy about being naked or posed. But that's alright! There'a always lots of options and we got some geat shots of these two sweethearts. Below is a quick preview. P+M - it was great to meet you and spend the morning with your gorgeous - and clearly well-loved - boys. :)

i've got my eye on you...

just 'cuz this cracks me up. :)