Ian

Meet little Ian. Almost two weeks old and oh so perfect!

I drove down to Tucson for this session and it was so great to spend the afternoon with this family.

Ian's mom, Viviane, is also from Brazil and prepared the most delicious brazilian meal for us. Thank you so much, Vivi! The left over pao-de-queijo didn't even make it to the end of your street :)

Sorry, food always distracts me. Back to the pictures. A close-up of his perfectness. If that's not a real word, it should be, because that's the only way to describe this:
and this would be perfection:

I'm running out of words... How about... perfectly gorgeous family:

This melts my heart:
Is that a smile?
Seriously! How cute can one be!?!!
I had to post this next picture for three reasons:

1. These are Ian's dad's, David, old shoes (which makes it really really special and therefore blog-worthy)

2. They say RUFF STUFF in the back (which made me smile and I hope it makes you smile)

3. My husband couldn't stop laughing as he pointed out to me that even during a newborn session I find a way to photograph shoes (and I thought that might make you laugh too).

Vivi and David, thanks again so so much! You guys are so great! I wish we lived closer as I have a feeling we would be BFFs :) I hope I get to see you all again really soon.

Aliyah

Every time I do a maternity session I always hope that I'll be able to meet the baby. So I was super excited when Leeana called me to photograph Aliyah. Aliyah is so perfectly beautiful! She has the most gorgeous eyelashes and the most perfect little smile. Grandma was also there and it was great to be able to capture 3 generations of beautiful women!

baby Ryder

I felt so special to be able to meet little Ryder after just 2 weeks of life. It was so fun to meet the baby I've seen everyday for the past nine months. By the way, I was totally wrong because I thought it was a girl...

He is certainly a boy, a very adorable little man:

While Denise was pregnant, Steve sent her flowers at work and they were addressed to "Mamma Llama", so here I present to you the the new Llama Family:
Speaking of nicknames, Denise calls Ryder "Littles" and in such a sweet way!
Here's a rare Ryder moment where he is not totally alert (it only lasted about 0.145 seconds).

"Littles" doesn't even know it yet, but he is one lucky baby born to wonderfully loving parents.

Thank you Denise, for inviting me into your home and letting me spend time with you and Ryder.