ellie’s newborn pics

oh my goodness! i am in love with ellie’s newborn pics! tricia always does the best job!

tricia has been our photographer since olive has been in my womb. we love her work and we love her! she is so easy going and fun to work with, plus she captures our family in the most delightful way.

we got to tricia’s house bright and early. we were given instructions on how to prep ellie for her photos…um, better read then done! a 45 minute car ride with a newborn and trying to keep her awake was almost impossible! you want a baby to be sleepy for her photos because you get those cute pics that way! so, i tried my best to keep her awake {fail} but ellie was a pro regardless!

the day was so darn hot and humid. very humid. tricia keeps her studio warm because it keeps the baby sleepy but combined with the humidity, we were dying. i, honestly, never really sweat and i was sweating! the first part of the session, tricia likes to get the sibling and family photos done {so the parents and kids can relax after that and she goes full force into the newborn pics}.

of course, olive was resistant and uncooperative. she didn’t want to lay down with ellie and take pics. she didn’t want to do anything. gahhhhhhhhh, i was like, really olive?! c’mon! after a bit of coaxing, tricia actually won her over! i was shocked! olive cooperated, giggled, and did what tricia wanted her to do! oh my goodness! i couldn’t believe it!

the photo session just flew by after that {even though it was three hours long and add in that we got there 15 minutes late, and i fed ellie when we got there, so we were there for over three hours}. it didn’t feel long at all! hc, olive, and i just relaxed and had a great time hanging out in tricia’s awesome child friendly wait room while she did her magic with ellie. plus, we love tricia…i love talking with her and she is a great person and easy to get along with. i highly recommend her if you are in the chicago area…she is so great at what she does!

as you can see, ellie’s pics turned out fantastic! we are always so, so, so pleased with her work! she captured us, olive, and ellie so wonderfully! thank you tricia for always producing the most wonderful pictures of our family.

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[this…is.my.favorite.]

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[i love this one…but i will say that about every pic during this session]

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[dem cheeks…in love]

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[how precious is this?!]

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[that sweet smile]

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[are you kidding me? so in love]

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[i love her]

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[she was so darn smiley for her pictures]

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[oh my heart]

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[precious babe]

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[oh those rolls]

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xoxo

fresh48 sesh

fresh48: it’s something i thought about doing with olive but didn’t but i decided to do this with ellie. i love the idea of capturing the baby right after she was born, hence the name fresh48! our photographer, tricia, used to offer fresh48 sessions but decided to drop that option due to her kids and schedule.

i decided to book our fresh48 with lemonade stand photography, a photographer i was originally interested in when i was pregnant with olive. i had researched several photographers for Olive’s newborn pics and couldn’t decided on who to go with…a friend recommended stephanie and another friend recommended tricia. i loved both their work but it only made sense to book with tricia with her being in chicago and us being in chicago {stephanie’s studio was too far away}!

anyhoo, with tricia not doing fresh48 sessions anymore, i contacted stephanie and she was available! i was very excited! i couldn’t wait to work with her. well, the day had come. i went into labor and contacted both my photographers…one for the fresh48 and the other for the newborn pics, i get so darn excited over pics!

stephanie confirmed she would be out to the hospital on sunday {36 hours after ellie was born} to capture the sweet pictures of our newest baby girl. i was so excited and nervous…again, over olive cooperating! who knows how this babe reacts in these situations. usually she becomes very stubborn and fussy…

well, stephanie arrived right at 10am. the rain and darkness had cleared and it became a much brighter, sunny day! phew! just in time for pictures! of course, as i had thought, olive was soooooo fussy. she was not having it.at.all. she didn’t cooperate, screamed, fussed, and didn’t want to take any pictures with ellie. ugh. i was sweating. she has been this way since her freakin’ newborn pics! she still holds the record for being the longest newborn session with tricia!

anyhoo, stephanie was so patient and great to work with {no surprise, since they deal with kids as their profession}. she was calm and tried her best with olive, although olive totally gave her a run for her money, i was so incredibly pleased with our pics! she captured so many great moments between all of us and managed to snap some sweet pics of olive and ellie.

i absolutely loved that we were able to document our newest addition to our family, sweet little ellie, just being 36 hours new! memories captured that we will cherish forever. welcome to our world beautiful baby girl!

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[name banner by hooray everyday]

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[sweetest babe]

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[sisters]

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[that smile]

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[i love this family pic]

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[another favorite]

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[she’s so sweet]

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xoxo

happy birthday olive harper!

happy birthday to our little baby girl!

olive harper

born on 11.27.13

at 4:13am

weighing in at 7 lbs. 10 oz.

measuring at 20 inches!

wow!  i obviously took a small hiatus on blogging {i have a few posts to publish that are a bit behind but never the less worth a current post!} to spend time with my family.  it’s been such a roller coaster of a ride!

as crazy as it sounds, i published my last blog post while i was in labor!  i know that sounds crazy but it was already written {it was legit and i did want to share, since i really did make it to my 40 week mark!} and all i could do was sit at home, through my contractions, with nothing to do!

i’m going to write olive’s birthing story soon {can’t wait to share}, i definitely found giving birth a totally amazing experience.  i have this new found lens of women, women being pregnant, and women being able to give birth to a life that changes everything.

this baby girl came into our world and it just makes life such a happier place.  she’s so sweet and we love her so much!!!

i am sooo excited to share her baby photos!  thank you, thank you to tricia from patricia anderson photography!  she was absolutely amazing.  her photos are so sweet and beautifully shot.  of course, having the cutest little subject does help!

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[a sneak peek at tricia’s studio]

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[love this, it makes me cry]

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[tired mom hanging out while the babes is getting her first photos done // i love the backdrop]

 little olive was not being cooperative, even though we kept her awake before the photo shoot, fed her right before, and did all we could to tire her out…yet, little baby girl had her own agenda {just like her mom}.  she was not having it.  she was fussy and not falling asleep!  she wouldn’t feed and momma was sweating up a storm we wouldn’t get her photos done.  oy, it was so stressful!  i had been looking forward to this photo shoot and it was not starting off well.

olive finally gave in to a feeding {her belly was full!} and snore away she did!  thank the Lord!  i was so nervous she would never settle down so tricia could capture the sweet photos she does.

here are a few of the lovely, sweet, beautiful photos {she is 6 days new}…enjoy!

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welcome little olive harper, she has changed our world and makes her momma cry happy tears!  her cute munchkin face is so precious.  we love her so much and can’t wait to have her meet everyone!

xoxo