Troy and Bow have a baby girl

My dad used to tell me that beautiful people have ugly kids...then joking-ly say "too bad for you kids that me and mom are so good-looking." At least, I hope he was joking. But, alas, I don't believe him for a second because, time after time, I see beautiful people with even more beautiful babies. Troy and Bow who rocked their maternity session a month ago are now the official beautiful parents of an even more beautiful baby girl, Mikaela.

Mikaela has tons of soft, silky black hair and I caught her sneaking some smiles in her sleep. These pics were taken in the family living room and accented by the tantalizing smell of what appeared to be home-made meat jun cooked by proud grandma, visiting all the way from Thailand. Mom was on hand to help me pose little Mikaela. Scott and I don't have kids yet so I'm still nervous handling such small little newborns. They look so delicate. Everytime we got her where we wanted, I could finally breathe again. Seriously, this session was just practice for me...and it was way harder than I thought it would be. I was sweating bullets. And the pink box pose, at one point, she started to wake up and roll off...whoa nelly. Bow didn't freak out which I was thankful for, I think I was more nervous.

And the first two are shots that I really like from other photographer's streams and was real excited to try. I spent forever trying to find a beanbag which I read is the key. But, then I got lost. After putting the baby on top of the beanbag, she would immediately start sinking into it. What to do? I had to cheat and put books under the beanbag to try to make it more firm and then I ended up adding a little pillow. Hmm, I may have to ask people. Seriously Bow was so helpful. I would show her what I was trying to go for and she would try her best to pose Mikaela. And even though they just fed her before i got there, she was fidgety and hungry until they fed her again and then she fell deeply asleep. So much easier once she was full and asleep.

Here is little Mikaela...