All photography, all the time.

March 18, 2011 started just like any other Friday. I remember walking down the stairs that morning, checking my phone for any messages (like I always do) and to my surprise there was a text from Troy’s brother Matthew saying him and his wife Alicia were at the hospital, expecting the arrival of their first child. I yelled the news to Troy, I was so excited (not that I love babies or anything)! Needless to say not a lot got done that day. Troy’s mom and I emailed back and forth all morning seeing if the other had heard any news. A little after noon we received the message that Jaden Matthew was finally here! The rest of the afternoon was terrible, just counting down the minutes until we could meet our new little nephew. He was even cuter than the pictures we were sent that afternoon. So tiny and precious. I could not wait to photograph him!

The next week we made the trek up to Matthew and Alicia’s to get some great newborn photos of the little guy. The session turned into an hour of snuggling and talking, a couple of hours of photographing (with feeding breaks of course) and then another hour or so of snuggling (and when I say snuggling I mean I was the one snuggling Jaden, not Troy)! Jaden’s room has a monkey theme so naturally we needed to put him in a monkey themed onesie and sit him in a chair surrounded by all his monkeys! This might be one of my favorite pictures—the look on his face is just great. It’s like he knows what we were doing and will yell at us about it when he turns 16.

Below are some of my favorite moments from the shoot. I hope you enjoy them! We love little Jaden, Matthew and Alicia so very much and are so happy they are in our lives. Congratulations! We can’t wait to continue to capture many more moments as he grows.