Ashton’s First Birthday! | Rhode Island and MA Baby Photography

It was a super warm, party cloudy evening at the beach, and Ashton flashed us some smiles for the shoot.  It was so great to see everyone again… and to see how much of a little model Ashton has become!  Dad’s parents came for the shoot as well.. I cannot tell you enough how happy I am when grandparents join in on the session!

Mason’s First Birthday! | Rhode Island and MA First Birthday Cake Smash Photography

I have met Mason three times now.. and each time his mom has brought the MET’S  hat!  (just a little note here.. Masons mother is completely disappointed in me because I previously had that written as a “yankee’s” hat.).

During his newborn session, we got a great shot of him wearing it on his adorable little tushy.

Mason was not interested in his awesome birthday cake, but he flashed some smiles when we played outside and with his hat to finish off his first year of photos!

Newborn Camilla | Rhode Island and Newport Newborn Baby Photography

“My husband, a commercial pilot, was in Houston for upgrade training for much of the five weeks before our daughter’s due date. Although he had given the little lady strict orders to stay put until he returned, we were very worried he might miss her birth. A good friend had accompanied me to my birthing classes and was prepared to help support me during the delivery, but I just really wanted my husband by my side and I knew he would be devastated too if he wasn’t there for our daughter’s birth.

As if she were waiting for the perfect moment, the night he came home from his final day of training, my water broke not five hours later. A little more than five hours after that, Camilla Jade Pels was born. She arrived at 8:46am on July 12, 2012 at 8lb, 12 oz and 21 inches long, following a quick but intense natural birth at the Alternative Birthing Center. When the midwives placed her in my arms, I was in awe of what an amazing and beautiful little person we had created.

After nine long months of anxiously imagining her, I was finally looking at her and I’ve hardly been able to tear my eyes away from her since. In just six days, she has become the absolute love of our lives. And what an upgrade for my husband — Captain and Daddy all in one day!”