Celebrating Abbey | Baby photography, Wilmington, NC

Sometimes it's nice to be wrong - and this time, Abbey proved me wrong. When her mom contacted me, asking for a newborn session - with her daughter already 5weeks old - I warned her that it would be difficult to get typical newborn shots at her age. You would think, just a month old isn't too old, but for newborn curliness - it often is - especially since I advise moms to get babies to me before they are 10 days old. Often times, I'll even encourage parents to wait a bit longer for the session until baby is actually stronger (holding head up and stuff). Well, it's a good thing we went ahead with this session. She was a DREAM to photograph.

I got there and she was already asleep.

And then she let me unwrap her - and continued to sleep some more - would you look at those eye-lashes and head of hair! This is pure sweetness!
And then she woke up - and tried to figure out what was going on - she wasn't too sure of me at first.

But then, oh my, she just started smiling and almost laughing - she was having a great time!

So, after some food - she konked back out - and look at this - I would NEVER have thought I could get an almost 6week old to do this!

Ahhhh - so sweet!

I'm so glad I got to meet Abbey and her parents - what an awesome experience. I can't wait to go through the rest of her portraits! Thanks mom and dad for giving me the opportunity to capture this time in her life! Don't forget, I love comments!