Had a newborn session with 8 day-old sweet baby Alyssa and it was fantastic.  Finally the summer light is starting to come back (normally througout the year Vasili and I always find ourselves crammed up against poorly lit windows because of the unpredictably terrible Chicago weather)!   Though I don’t know what I was more happy about – the fact that it was a gorgeous day outside or that little A just naturally seemed to snuggle up into each pose.  And then, just when I thought she couldn’t get any cuter… I snapped the last photo, looked up at Vasili and said “Well, that’s it! I got all I need” only to look down and see her lifting up her arms into a big stretch as if she understood just as well that we were finished.

As usual I took her to mom & dad so they could dress her before having some family time.  I photographed them hanging out for a bit and then I began to hear a guitar playing from downstairs.  Apparently Vasili had found Chris’ guitar (though I should probably note that Chris & Kelly are our friends and so it’s not typical that Vasili would just rummage through people’s things lol).  We went downstairs and listened to V play a few songs and I asked Chris if he played as well.  He said yes and instantly I thought about getting some shots of him playing to Kelly and Alyssa but didn’t want to bother them to go back upstairs.. No, no. I want to get that shot, it’ll take me 5 minutes.. They had the same hesitation but then I impulsively said, “Nah let’s do it!”

I’m so glad I did 🙂