Capturing a moment

I thought it would be fun to have Bowen photographed as a newborn.  You know... sleeping, scrunchy-faced, buck naked except for a silly knit hat.  Google found a photographer nearby who specializes in newborns, Capture a Moment Photography, and she had an opening a week after Bowen's delivery date.  Melody is so great with little ones.  She cranks up the heat in the studio, plus she has a space heater nearby, so the baby slept through most of the 3-hour session. 

"Why three hours?" I thought.  But Melody has done this before and I haven't, and she did use up a whole morning with scene changes, patiently adjusting his arms and legs and letting him settle, propping up his arm a little more, smoothing out his scowl, adjusting the lighting, feeding the baby, changing diapers, cleaning up when we didn't use a diaper...  So while Steve, Olivia, Grandma and Poppy were at school doing the Halloween parade, Bowen and I spent a quiet morning with Melody.  I am thrilled with the results.  Here are some (it's hard to choose)...