Photography by Angela Garmendia Blog

Ahhhhh, little Ariana!  This sweet diva LOVES arms!!!  She was PERFECT when we were holding her…sleepy and quiet and calm.  The second we would lay her down to pose she knew she was not being held and let us know asap.  Kimberly and I pulled out every trick we knew…bouncy swaying, nice warm room, full tummy, lights out, singing…nope.  Only wanted arms.  In fact, this was the first newborn shoot on record that I had to shoot in two separate sessions because after 3 hours and only 10 shots we weren’t getting very far.  Poor Denise and Aaron!  I know how exhausted it is to be a new mommy and felt so bad for asking them to come back.  But in the end we got some beautiful shots…lots of pink lately!  All these newborn girls, I’m telling you…something is in the water.  One of my favorites is the one below with the lasso from Aaron and Denise’s wedding…the lasso is one of my favorites parts of the wedding ceremony so I thought it was sweet to see a representation of what the symbolism of the lasso means.  Just beautiful.

How sweet is that smile below?!  I Love it!  And her momma brought these adorable little gloves that reminded both Kimberly and I of the 80’s…hello little diva!  Baby girl was just too sweet…

Every newborn is so different.  We have some come in that love being held all day long, most are sleepy then wake up for a bit and then go back to sleep, and then there are some who are just sleepy all the day long and let us move them seamlessly from pose to pose without waking at all.  Edith was one of those who just slept like a dream.  I was so excited to photograph her because I fell in LOVE with her beautiful long eyelashes.  They remind me so much of my daughter Summer.  I remember looking at Summer’s lashes the night she was born, when it was just me and her, and marveling at how long and gorgeous they were.  I didn’t sleep a wink that night…every time a nurse came in I would brag and tell them to look at her beautiful lashes.  That’s how I felt when I looked at Edith…such an adorable little piece of heaven.