Jillian Bickle Photography |Cobourg and Northumberland Area Photographer | illustrating your life story

Hope everyone has a fun night trick or treating! I’m guessing this little Frankenstein is just going to be sleeping this Halloween!

Another  newborn in the studio! They just keep on coming! I tell you, everyone had the Holiday Cheer last year   Harper was 10 days late to begin with, and was 2 weeks when she came to the studio, so was not as sleepy as I like, but that seems to be the usual lately! The newborns just seem to want to be awake when they visit me, and well, that just means I get extra cuddles. Here is a sneak peek!

Ok, these twins just left (literally, mommy and daddy are still loading them up in the car infront of the studio) but I had to post this photo of them (there will be more, but they will be posted in order, after my other sessions still needing to be posted). Alexandria and Brayden were born at 32 weeks, weighing just over 3 pounds. Tomorrow is actually their due date.  For premies, they were a bit more active then I had thought today….they didn’t want to touch each other much, but with lots of patience we got some adorable photos. My sister made these hats for this session (she’s on facebook, Happie Cappies by Erica) and I was so excited to get this shot to work. I won’t lie, twins hold a very special spot in my heart, and even though these two cried a good amount, I had so much fun with them and can’t wait for them to come back three more times this year!

I’ve been photographing Cody’s sister for the past year, and now it’s Cody’s turn for his photosessions. Mommy is going to have her hands full with these two, they are pretty close in age! But I’m sure Riley is going to be a big help as the older sister, whether Cody likes it or not!

I’m very sad that Lyla’s birth photography slideshow is not working, but her mom is anxious to see some photos, so it will have to get a post all of its own once it is working. Lyla was not my typical fiesty little girl. She slept pretty good, would open her eyes here and there and then close them up for awhile. Her big brother has been coming to the studio since he was three months, and I had forgotten that he didn’t come as a newborn, so I didn’t explain as much during this session. Then after some comments about how neat it was the different ways I could pose her hands and feet and hands, I realized that Keith and Holly hadn’t seen this before! Oops! I love her hair, and I think she looks just like mommy. That’s what her daddy thinks too. I’m excited to watch her grow….(the bunny shot is one of my favorites right now!)

Birth photography and Newborn Photography are ‘my thing’. I love them. They give me butterflies and fill me with excitement each time. Photographing a birth gives me one of those natural highs that just makes everything else better. It’s hard to explain why I love it so much, but I do. And then when they come visit just a few days new all squishy and edible (yes, sometimes I want to just eat them up!) I can’t think of a better way to spend my morning.  Grady’s birth was even that much more exciting to me since his mommy and daddy are very good friends of ours. I’m pretty good at holding back the emotions, but this one made me cry. I have been bugging Matt and Kristen to have babies since the day I photographed their wedding, so I’ve been patiently waiting for this. (If you ask Kristen she would probably say I wasn’t all that patient). It was a hard labor for Kristen. Her water broke at 2am Thursday morning and after having contractions all day and all night but not much progress, it was decided to do a c-section. Probably a good idea since the cord was wrapped around his neck twice! He looks so much like Matt, but I do see mommy in there too. I’ve been bugging her to let me have him for a sleepover, and I’ve finally got her convinced! I mean, what mom doesn’t need one night of uninterrupted sleep to feel like she can tackle the huge job of being a mom. I remember those nights of no sleep (actually, I still get them often) and so I am so happy to get to have some time with Grady and let Kristen sleep, she deserves it! (I think she’s doing it cause she knows I don’t take no for an answer. I would just keep insisiting, or kidnap him myself).

So here is a video of Grady’s first moments. And then his first photo session….

When I was in the hospital doing a birth photography, Faith was also in there with her mommy and daddy. She’s just a little tiny thing. I think she’s a pretty good mixture between her the two of them, and for a tiny little girl, she was pretty good for me. Usually they are the fiesty ones that fight their sleep, but Faith was so good for me! Thanks Dustin and Sherry for bringing in your newest, lovely addition! I am in newborn heaven right now!

At 10 days new, James is loved. Tessa is so gentle with him, and enjoys snuggling with him. I did his maternity session 11 days ago, glad we got it fit in! Soon he will be headed back home to Minnesota. I sure hope they come back for family photos down the road!

Newborns are everywhere this month, and I can’t say I mind one little bit. I was actually doing birth photography last week and Ava was getting checked up while I was in the hall (and another little newborn that will be posted very soon was also in the room across the hall) and I got so excited cause I was going to be photographing her within a few days. Her mommy was shocked when she came out with dark, full head of hair…but most of the time they come out looking like daddy! I did their engagement photos a couple years ago, and love when they come back for baby photos. Thanks Sara and Jesse for letting me capture Ava’s newborn squishyness!

I was at the hospital the night Shannon went into labor, and the look on her face as her and Phil walked down the hall brought back memories! We all thought this little one was going to be a boy, but she surprised us! That’s ok, I’m sure they have pink john deer things out there Phil! Here are a few sneak peaks. She didn’t want to sleep too much for us, and when she was awake, she had quite the different expressions going on!