Charlies First Year
Bailey and Charlie booked the Belly Baby & Beyond package when they were in the beginning of their journey to parenthood!
We planned on Maternity photos, First 48 photos in their birthing place, newborn photos, Santa photos, 6 month photos, and cake smash photos!
Throughout this blog, I want to show you how much growth that first year really is!
We were planning for Yaddo Gardens in Saratoga NY, however with the hours and covid guidelines, we decided on Congress park in Saratoga!
We arrived before the sun was fully up, for a sunrise session! (YES that is an option if you are an early riser!!)
We utilized the whole park, walking from area to area getting a large array of scenery for their beautiful maternity photographs!
You could truly feel and see how much love they had for each other and they were going to be bringing this little man into such a wonderful family!
After their session, we planned for the reveal session shortly after and then did that!
The photos are absolutely gorgeous (as you can see!)
Traveling around for the perfect area that works for your family is what I love to do!
A couple of months later, Bailey texted that she was in the hospital giving birth to baby Charlie!
We chatted for a bit about times that work best for them, and ultimately decided on an early afternoon session!
I arrived at St.Peters hospital in albany and hurried up the elevators to the labor and delivery unit to see this handsome little munchkin!
I will always remember his little face and how much he preferred to be swaddled in his blanket! :P
We spent some time documenting these beautiful and raw details and photos of him finally being earthside!
Getting truly emotional photographs of both parents and baby interacting isn't possible to do by yourself without being behind the camera so maybe that's why I love these so much!
There is such a difference from first 48 to newborn photos, and I think this is going to explain it best :P
We planned baby Charlies newborn photos in the studio for a few days later, and already look how much he's changed!
First 48 photos are more raw and un posed photographs, in the hospital right after birth or in your home if you had a home birth.
Newborn portraits, are done in studio and are more posed, using props, wraps etc.
Planning his newborn session was easy, mama chose neutrals, blues and she definitely wanted family photos to showoff this munchkin so that's what we did!
The family photos melt my heart every time, seeing mama and daddy with their newest member of the family just shows all of the growth from before parenthood!
He slept like a dream, and honestly how stinking cute is he?!
We did a large array of poses, different wraps, backdrops, hats, etc. before coming to an end knowing our next session was at 6 MONTHS!! :)
HELLO SIX MONTHS!
Seriously suchhhhhh a ham!
We chose to do a few outfits and simple looks, and work on capturing some photos of that sweet little face!
And with him only a couple of weeks away from leaving for Disney, what better outfit than a mickey shirt?!
Obviously with their love of Disney, we had to do a Disney and Mickey Mouse theme for this little dudes cake smash!
We stuck to neutrals, golds, blues and it was beautiful!
We got a ton of solo portraits, family portraits and then it was time for the cake smash!
He wasn't sure about the cake at first but ultimately he had so much fun!
We always end the session with a bubble bath splash session, which tends to be babes favorite part (and a huge bonus to parents that don't want to use wipes to scrub greasy buttercream out of each little finger toe and crevice LOL!)
He splashed, and even put Pluto in the tub with him!
I can't even believe this year is over, it truly has FLOWN by!
If you are interested in doing the same and capturing all of your munchkins growth in their first year, please reachout and we will go through details and start planning your sessions!
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