Little Miss C visited my studio in Langley on the weekend but we only got ONE shot of her the whole time she was there! Yup she was being a little stinker and wouldn’t stop moving and absolutely would NOT sleep! So I had her lovely mommy bring her back yesterday for us to try again.  Well I gather she was up all morning fussing for her mom but right before the session she nursed and was put into her carseat with only her diaper on.  After the short car ride to the studio she was asleep and ready for me to work my newborn posing on her!

Little Miss C didn’t wake up once the entire session and allowed me to change her headband and hat and blanket multiple times.  I was probably the happiest newborn photographer in all of Vancouver yesterday when I opened the images on my computer!  I sat up last night editing instead of doing my laundry just because I was so excited about the images!

So without further ado here is the lovely Miss C!  Please leave some kind words for her mommy and daddy to enjoy!  Also if you like what you see I encourage you to hop over to my facebook fan page and like it so that you can keep current on my work!

When I work as a teacher I have to have my kids up and out of the house on the way to daycare by no later than 7:15am or I am likely to arrive at work late.  That being said I try and get everything I can ready the night before.  Lunches are premade, clothes are laid out, backpacks are organized and left by the door and anything needed for after school sports or activities has already been put into the car.

Well like everything in life sometimes plans don’t happen exactly as you imagined.  Usually one morning every two weeks ends in a near disaster! Not the car blows up kind of disaster but a full on tears and meltdown kind of disaster.

Today was one of those mornings.

So I bet you can’t wait to hear what went wrong this morning?  LOL Believe me when I assure you that it isn’t nearly as glamorous as you probably think!

1. Don’t ever sit down on the couch once the kids are in bed unless EVERYTHING is already prepped for the next morning.

This was the first issue as I sat down last night and fell asleep on the couch meaning I woke up at 1am and instead of making sure clothes were out and bags were ready I headed right to bed!

2. It really is time to get up when the alarm goes off for the 5th time and you reach to push snooze yet again!

I know this seems obvious but I always think I can just lay in bed a little bit longer.  It doesn’t even seem to matter if I go to bed at 9pm or midnight I ALWAYS want to sleep longer when the alarm goes off.  Unfortunately just because my body feels like it needs more sleep the silly clock keeps moving forward regardless and I end up being late!!!

3.  Don’t rely on your kids to put your yummy homemade Rhubarb Cake into your lunch bag and then remember to put it on the counter like you asked.

This said lunch bag was on the floor next to the backpacks.  They put the yummy cake into the bag but failed to move the bag up onto the counter.  This resulted in Bella – the lovely scrounge dog taking the cake out of my bag and eating it in about 2 seconds flat.  This all happened while I was blow drying my hair of course!  Fortunately we had another piece so I wasn’t without a snack.  Bella is cute and incredibly good with my kids but man has she eaten or bitten an awful lot of things in my house!!! LOL

4. Under no circumstances should my kids wear tie up shoes when we are in a rush!

Mollie has recently learned how to tie shoe laces and she truly is good at it; however when we are in a rush a different type of footwear is ESSENTIAL!  She first struggled with getting her foot into the shoe as it wasn’t loosened off enough.  Then she couldn’t tie up the laces and have them stay tight.  She ended up trying and trying while in the car on the way to daycare.  Then when we arrived and I opened the door to get her out she burst into tears!  Poor bug was upset she couldn’t do it on her own.

5.  Mommy hugs make almost everything ok!

The rushed crazy morning ended up finishing with big hugs and reassurances that life would go on despite the leaving the lunch bag on the floor and not being able to tie shoes well enough.  Both kids were all smiles again when I waved and shut the door of the daycare.

I hope everyone gets their own fill of kid hugs today!

Now on to the photos!  Don’t forget to book with me early to ensure that I can fit your little newborn in for their session within the first two weeks of life.  This is the optimal time for portraits as your little one will sleep longer and more soundly in addition to still being very nice and curled up!  Newborn portraits are a life long investment as your little baby will never ever be as tiny and fresh as this again!