Dogs and newborns

does not get much cuter than that… 🙂

Are you ready to see a for real beautiful baby? This peanut is a doll and I loved every minute I got to spend with her.  Mom had booked me for a posed session with a lifestyle add on. I am so glad she did, as sometimes new babies are not having it while at the studio. We were having a hard time as she was just not getting full and had a hard time getting sleepy. Come to find out she had a bit of a tongue tie (totally common, Zachary had one) and is doing fabulous now. But at the time of the session she was ready to party! 🙂  So the majority of our shoot we spent taking some loose awake shots, but did manage to grab a few posed shots super quickly when she let us 🙂  This happens more often than people would think. Even the sleepiest babies wake up.  Newborns are not a fan of being naked. Even though the studio is kept at a balmy 85 degrees, they just would prefer to be swaddled up and snuggled. Can’t blame them!

So when we ended our studio session, I told mom we would spend extra time at her lifestyle session to make sure we got a ton of shots. I am SO glad we did.  She has dogs! Anyone who knows me, knows I am a sucker for dog and newborn photos. More often than not, our dogs were our first “children” and they deserve to be in the photos too! 🙂

So…..do you think mommy will still give us carrots? 🙂

Emily Lucarz is a nationally recognized, award winning and published newborn photographer in St. Louis Missouri. Emily specialized in newborn, lifestyle, children and family photographer serving the Saint Louis area. Contact her now though the contact me tab to book a session. Emily also teaches lifestyle workshops to photographers. Click HERE for more info.