There's a new girl in town! Meet Addison! She has THE cutest face! She is my little sister's FIRST grandbaby! And, I might add, Leslie is beside herself with joy! We are all so excited to welcome her and play with her . . . a lot! Leslie assures me she will be bringing her over a lot to hang out with us. That should be very fun! Okay, so her dad got this tattoo in his younger, wilder years (my sister and I lamented about it when he got it) BUT, when they brought Addison over, I told him I'd never thought it was such a great idea . . . until now. Haha! Anything for a great photo op, right?  I think Addy thinks so too! We had a few new hats and things to try out with her - she is the first, you know? The little headbands are made by Dear Polly - so cute! And my friend Carol in Seattle is knitting little hats for me. I just hadn't had a little girl in such a long while that we had to make little Addy work it!
I recently went to a workshop to learn a few more newborn posing/handling skills and needed the practice. I'm not so big on posing teenies. I just really like to watch them and let them just "be". Those are my favorite moments   I'm pretty sure we'll be having lots of favorite moments with Addison in the months to come! Congratulations Dustin & Crystal on your new baby girl! AND congratulations Grandma and Grandpa!

Saxon was welcomed into the world late-night on April 14th with all the fanfare of a circus and even though no 'real' elephants were there to greet him, he was met by a couple of Bouviers that are large enough to qualify. (At least in a baby's world).  And, of course a couple of grandmas who can dress him up like an elephant whenever they want to. His beautiful mom, Kristin, created a darling little circus-themed nursery for himSaxon was just 2 days old here and was still a little miffed at all the poking and prodding (and snipping!) he had endured in those 2 days. So sweet. So tiny. So very, very precious.  Welcome to the world, Saxon!

When former brides have babies it's the greatest thing in THE WORLD! Chances are we cried at their wedding (almost 100%) and when I see them with their new little baby, it makes me tear up again. It's such a powerful emotion - motherhood. It's probably a good thing you can't have them anymore when you get older because they are kind of like crack - it doesn't matter how long it's been since you've had one, and you think you're over it, but when you see it and hold it, you want another one! Even if it's just for a minute, you know it's true, you want one! Nancy was a favorite bride of ours a couple years back and I was so thrilled when she brought little Alex in for his newborn session. Alex was born January 22, just a few days before the blizzard and once again we were scrambling trying to get him in before he grew too big!  The personality of this little guy is amazing! From the top of his little mohawk hair to the tips of his perfect toes.  He's very chill and has some of the cutest faces! I can't remember the last time I saw a 3 week old baby just stretch out with his arm over his head and just look around. He made me laugh a lot.  I did try to talk his mother into leaving him - if even for a bit. She said 'no'. Can you imagine? I asked her what she'd been doing and she said "mostly just sitting around looking at him all day." I can't fault that. I could do the same thing. He is perfection. He is GRRRREAT!
I know it's all the rage to put babies in little hats and hang them from trees and all and I think that's so cute for a few shots and I always think I'm going to do a bunch of those and then I see this new little person with the mama - who's totally in love - and I am mesmerized.  So, who am I kidding? It's all about that LOVE! So happy for you!

You may remember this beautiful mom from a few posts back (here) and I mentioned that he would be an Aquarius IF he waited until January 21st. Well, he didn't wait and THEN they changed the zodiac signs on top of that so . . . under any circumstance, he's a capricorn now! Which is an awesome guy by any measure! January 20, 2011 and Michael just couldn't wait another day to meet the parents. And it is certainly a match made in heaven. They all got snowed in together shortly after so they've had plenty of bonding time without too many visitors to get to know each other. We squeezed his session in between the two snowstorms that hit this month and I'm so glad we did. He was a couple of days past the 14 for official newborn and look how strong and alert! Already pushing up and wiggling all around. Michael is one lucky little guy. Not only does he have parents who can't put him down but as soon as they do, he has a guardian - George (I like to say it with a French accent) - a Great Pyrenees. I predict they will become good friends.

There's just nothing better than a tiny baby.  I love the way they feel in your arms. I love the way they smell (most of the time). I love the way they seem to just be soaking it all in. I love just the tininess of them - their little hands, their little feet, their little ears...just their blessed littleness. This tiny boy belongs to two very young, teenage parents who love him so very very much. They may be young but they are both committed to their son and have tons of support from their families.  Bryceton is getting TONS of love!  He was only 3 weeks old here but I have never seen a baby that was more focused on his parents! He never went to sleep, little stinker! No matter how hard we tried we couldn't get him to close his eyes for a minute.  And he has the biggest, brown eyes ever! Three weeks old and he was looking right at my camera. Amazing! You guys are one of the sweetest families!  I just know you're going to make it work!