I've got newborns on my mind today since I'm photographing one later this afternoon. I love newborns - their so squishy, squeaky, scrunchy! And I get my newborn fix when I get to photograph them. Ah... I miss that stage. It was a hard stage but I loved every minute of it. I knew my babies would grow in a blink of an eye and now I'm a mom of an 8 year old and 5 year old. How did that happen?! Each stage goes by so quickly yet when you're in it, sometimes it feels like a lifetime {the sleepless nights, the rocking -that I miss so much now, house chores wearing my baby in the Bjorn}. New moms, treasure these times because you will miss them {really, you will}. I do.

Not to long ago I photographed this little newborn and his family. We ended our session with some family photos in the desert nearby. Sadly this desert is no longer...they've cleared it to build houses :( My heart sank when I saw that my favorite little desert space was gone - I know, there's a lot more desert around here. But this was one I had grown to love. So now these photos are even more special to me since they are the last pictures I have of this beautiful desert area...and I was lucky that I got to photograph this beautiful baby their.