Newborn: Sweet Baby Savannah.

There is just something about them. Newborns, I mean. They are so peaceful, sweet and angelic-looking and you could spend hours upon hours looking at them. I feel like this is true for every newborn including Baby Savannah. Brad and Crystal were blessed with a baby girl last Thursday at 1:10 pm. Weighting seven pounds and four ounces and measuring at twenty and half inches, she was just perfect. Crystal was a champ and as she retold us the story of that Thursday morning, I told God how thankful I was that both her and the baby had a healthy and happy delivery.

Now, it's no secret that I obviously am obsessed with taking pictures. One day prior to Savannah's birth day, I wrote a letter to Savannah on Crystal's Facebook wall:

Dear Baby Savannah,

You don't know us yet although you will soon enough. Your Uncle Bryan and I want to meet you, so would you please hurry up and let your mum go into labor, so we can meet you! That would be wonderful. Thank you.

We love you.
Uncle Bryan and Aunt Shefy

P.S. If you see a lot of flashing when you open you eyes for the first few times, please don't be alarmed. Your Aunt Shefy has a problem and loves taking pictures. I apologize ahead of time.

With that said, Baby Savannah must have heard my request (so I like to think) and let Crystal, her mum, go into labor the following day! When we went to visit them over the weekend, Crystal asked me to take a few pictures. I turned a few pictures into a full newborn session, and we all had so much fun during the session! I think Baby Savannah got to experience what it felt like to have her Aunt Shefy's camera and flash go off constantly b/c she kept blinking every time it went off or would put her hands in front of her face. It was so cute! All I can say is Savannah is one lucky baby to have so much love from so many people!

Brad and Crystal, I hope you enjoy these!!! I love you both so much.

Newborn: Baby Natasha.

You might remember the Lyeshchenko family and how adorable they were. Right before Christmas, they received a beautiful gift, Baby Natasha. Upon meeting her, you fall into this spell of loving her and all of her beauty. She has eyes that makes anyone melt. Her hands and feet had me in puddle every time I photographed them. To Yuri and Dasha, she is perfect, and I would have to agree with them.

I think the biggest step for Andre, their two-year old boy, was going from the only child to being a big brother. I have to say he handled it with grace and accepted Natasha as his sister whom he will love and protect for life. I was so impressed with the way he showed his affection to Natasha. I remember when my brother was born how big of a brat I was. Let's just say I did not like someone else coming into our family and taking the attention away from me. There are family videos my dad took where he would be filming my baby brother. However, within minutes, I would somehow appear into the video showing my dad my best singing and dancing skills (which are nothing to be bragging about). We all laugh about this now, and I did warm up to the big sister role; I ended up loving Shalin and he is in many of my dearest childhood memories. It is so neat to see how children react to having someone else enter into their family. Andre is going to be an awesome big brother.

Yuri and Dasha, you both are so blessed to have two beautiful, healthy children and one another. I cannot wait to see Natasha and Andre grow together and individually. Have so much fun with both of them; they are gems! Enjoy some of my favorites; I just LOVE the last two pictures. Their expressions say everything!

Happy Tuesday! There is another snow storm headed our way tonight, which will make this snow storm #4 for Kansas City! I love our winters here! Stay warm and safe.

Newborn: Baby Kaitlyn.

There is nothing more precious than a newborn baby. Their tiny fingers and toes. The way they look when they sleep or when their awake and their eyes just wander around. The way they place their hands to make them look like little angels while they sleep. Most mothers say their husband and their world changes when they are blessed with a newborn baby. You learn to become selfless because you are now responsible for another person's life. You get the joy of watching them smile, roll over, crawl, walk, say their first word, go to their first day of school, have their first crush, go on their first date, graduate and go off to college and one day marry and have little munchkins of their own.

You might remember my first maternity shoot with Melissa about a month ago. Well, her baby girl was born two weeks ago, and she is seriously the most beautiful newborn I have ever seen. She was asleep for the first part of our session and awake for the other half, so it was fun getting all kinds of different shots with Baby Kaitlyn. My favorites are when she was asleep because she looks like a precious, peaceful angel. I know John and Melissa are going to be wonderful parents.

John and Melissa, I can already tell Baby Kaitlyn is going to be beautiful. Enjoy my favorite shots and your little blessing!

Newborn: Baby Logan

As I walked through the Stockwell's front door, there he was in Janae's arms. He was sweet and handsome. He didn't fuss or cry. His feet made my heart melt. He had the cutest sleeping positions. Every inch of him was adored by Tyler and Janae. Baby Logan was welcomed into this world exactly two weeks from today.

One of my favorite things to witness as a photographer is watching how much parents can't get enough of their precious newborn baby and are so happy being a family. Tyler and Janae are two people who fit this perfectly. I loved watching how they interacted with Logan. Not to mention, the love they showed to one another. I have to send a special shout out to both of them for being amazing parents who trust me as a photographer and person. As you can see in two of my pictures, I did some shots with Logan wrapped in a blanket in one of the shelves of the bookcase. Logan was only a week and half old when I did this session, so for them to trust me and actually let me do this was just plain amazing to me. It made me love them even more! Don't worry though because we were all just outside the picture frame ready to catch him incase he rolled over!

Tyler and Janae, I hope you enjoy some of my favorites below. They turned out great, and I hope you are having so much fun with your precious little angel! He's adorable and is going to grow up to be one handsome boy.