Kellyanne is finally here!!! Sacramento Newborn Photographer, Hospital Photo Shoot

Kellyanne is FINALLY here! I personally have been excited for her to get here the day my past bride Ali texed me about the news!!! Ali and Greg were married last October, when I met with them regarding their wedding I knew they were looking for a photographer that they would have be apart of not only their wedding day but apart of their future big life milestones too. Matter of fact, when I dropped off their wedding album they made sure to mention that they would see me for a maternity photo shoot in the near future. You can view Ali's pregnancy photo shoot blog post right below this one. This hospital photo shoot is actually one of the first ones I have done professionally outside of my family, so I was excited to add this to the list of family photo shoots that I do! And I just adore Ali and Greg!!!

Before I show you the first shot of Kellyanne I must say, this type of photo shoot takes about a half an hour and was taken when she was about 28 hours old. Now I was there for about an hour and talking labor AND HOLDING THIS PRECIOUS DAY OLD BABY! But the actual shooting was no more then 30 minutes.

When we took Kellyanne out of my arms and laid in moms for the shoot this was her first pose!!! So I just had to get it from both directions!!!

Ok these next few photo's are of her hands! I just LOVE newborn hand photo's! In this one she was just holding them in her little lap! Can't wait to do her first birthday pictures and have her fold her hands just so!

Mom and Dad holding each little hand!

And next are the FEET!!!

This is my favorite picture of the whole hospital photo shoot!

Kellyanne's little head! In both Mom and Dad's hands...

Right after we got all those little details, we wrapped her back up and she just looked right at me! What an alert 1day old! The next few pictures are Kellyanne's one day old expressions...

Here is Kellyanne with Dad...

She just loved this...I love this because it reminded me of the picture my mother took when I was a few days old with my dad holding me just like this.

Here we are with mom...

And here is the new little family!!! I have so many pictures of Ali and Greg kissing on the forehead and such in their wedding photo's and their maternity photo's. It was so special to add Kellyanne to the kissing forehead lineup!!!

I hope you enjoyed Kellyanne's first photo shoot. The next post on this blog will be in about 10 days or so...I will be going to Ali and Greg's home to shoot her 10 day old photo shoot! Just a note to anyone out there who is viewing this blog and is looking into photographers for their life's milestones( weddings, babies senior pictures and yearly Christmas photo's) You may not realize the role your photographer can have and SHOULD have in your families lives...choose someone you not only want to capture your moments and do a good job doing so, but most importantly...someone you want to bond with your family. I count it an honor that I am chosen for these special events with my customers and I love watching their families grow and watching and capturing their happily ever after! I am privileged to have a job that not only touches others...but in return they touch my life too!!!

Professional Maternity Photography - ALI AND GREG ARE HAVING A BABY!!!!

Ali and Greg are two of my most favorite clients and just all around favorite people!!! I still joke with them that they were the hardest wedding to book EVER!  Back about a year and a half ago when I first met Ali and Greg when they were planning their 2009 October wedding, they had just had a very bad experience with the FIRST wedding photographer they had hired so they were VERY cautious! But it wasn't just that...they wanted to make sure that who they chose to hire as their wedding photographer was going to be the person they go to for all of their future photography events. We still  joke about the questions they asked in the hiring process in about about 10 emails back and forth and AFTER we had already met and AFTER they already made a pro and con list and had NO CON's AT ALL..and it actually pertains to this very shoot. They wanted to know if I was a professional maternity photographer, a professional newborn photographer, and well you get the idea! Obviously they chose me to be the one to photograph their wedding. Now an advantage to hiring the right wedding photographer who transitions into doing all types of photography is I KNEW ABOUT THESE GORGEOUS, FUNKY, SEXY SHOES!!! As soon as I saw this floor throughout their home I know right away what I needed to do with it!!! There are other advantages to me photographing them before, when it came to doing these first few shots, Ali trusted me. She knew I would make her beautiful in these somewhat vulnerable poses! I am honored to have been their wedding photographer last year and I am honored again to come to take these pictures of Ali and Greg...I look forward to middle of October when I get to meet them at the hospital to take "Baby Squeaks" first photo's!!! Congrats Ali and Greg!!!

I just love this pose, Ali has a pose in these shoes on her wedding day posed similar to this...

My second favorite of the shoes...

There is just something BEAUTIFUL about this one!

Now here is a sneak peak of the rest of our awesome photo shoot. This really shoes the relationship Ali and Greg have with one another...

Here is the bellies close up...

There is a story behind the name "Squeak" that is very cute. It was Greg's nickname as a baby and Ali is a collector of rubber ducks...hey PERFECT MATCH! But the reason behind the pictures below is, Ali and Greg are keeping the sex of the baby a secret! SO early on in the prenancy they started loving refer to the baby as "Baby Squeak". Now I personally have known for months the sex of this precious baby but have been sworn to secrecy! They KINDA have a name picked out with a couple variations so we did take pictures just like this with the babies REAL name...but those will NOT be publicly released until after Baby Squeak is born!

Again congratulations to Ali and Greg who will be excellent parents...I am looking forward to meeting Baby Squeak in about 6 weeks!!!