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

I love to put the big sisters/brothers in some shots with their newest addition to the family. Elliana hadn’t really held Adelyn yet, so she was excited to do so. She was so good with her, even when Adelyn decided to grab her nose a few times. I think that mommy is going to have her hands full now with Elliana wanting to hold Adelyn! I think this little series is adorable!

I thought this photo deserved a post on its own (don’t worry Yvonne, Adelyn’s photos are coming!). Not a lot of mommy’s are looking this ‘together’ after three weeks – me being one of them! I thought this photo turned out beautiful, a great way to show mommy and baby’s bond, don’t you agree?

My biggest fighter yet. Isaac is two weeks old, and his parents say that this was the fussiest he’s ever been, he normally sleeps most of the day. It’s my fault, I recently was telling somebody that my boys are usually really good, it’s the little girls that give me the fight. The first hour was spent feeding and soothing and waiting. Then when I finally got him asleep, he lasted for about 10 minutes and was awake again. So probably another hour or so went by to try to get him back asleep….however, even though he fought me, we still got some really cute ones. And would you look at that hair!?! Isn’t it to die for!? I am in LOVE with it… Isaac is a Bebe Collection, so he will be coming back from Ottawa in a few months, can’t wait to see how much his hair has grown…

emily just left the studio, and today she is 1 week. actually, she isn’t even supposed to be born yet, not for another week. and for being early, she is feisty and alert. it always seems like the little girls give me the most fight. but once i got her sleeping, she let me move her around pretty good. the last photo i laughed at. she woke up when we were going to do some hand shots, and decided to grab her daddy’s nose.

That’s how many weeks Sarah has had to build up her fight and determination!  She was a bit more of a challenge for what I have had lately; startled easily, woke easily, didn’t like her being on her belly….but after lots of patience and a few feedings, I won.

He is a week old today, and this is his second photo shoot. I will be doing another one later on in the week of him and his daddy, so keep watching for more photos! I can’t believe that a week has already gone by, it makes me want to just stop the clock and savor every moment I have with my children. Time passes too quickly.

Normally I dread photographing my own children, since anyone who knows them, know they only stay still for 5 seconds before they are gone again. Well, Kaleb has just been wonderful in the studio, one of my best newborns! Sleeps the whole time, no fuss. I’m sure that will change very soon though.

Elijah has been wonderful, like I knew he would. The girls have graduated to his ‘big babes’ and Kaleb is now his ‘little babe’. He tells me continually throughout the day, ‘mom, I love my big babes and I love my little babe’. He loves to hold him and kiss him, and he makes sure the girls are gentle with him. They like to pat his head, Gracie likes to pull his hair sometimes though. But they have all done very well with him. I can’t stop smiling looking at all four of my children. I am so blessed to have them. They make my heart swell will love every day. I know that it is going to be very busy now, although it was before hand! But at least it will all be worth it.

My husband turns to me last night and says, “you know, if you take the first letter of the children’s name, it spells ‘geek’, that’s kind of funny”. Of course, that’s what he comes up with!

this is the first photo I took. Elijah saw me setting up so laid down for me….love it!

wait until you see the bloopers from this set-up!

i’m just finishing up charlotte’s newborn photos, and wanted to share a couple more. i just love looking at a newborn sleeping, they are so peaceful and beautiful. i think a sleeping newborn is pure innocence. and like i said in the first post on her, she didn’t sleep for long…hence the last photo…we saw a good amount of eyes!

As promised, here are a few more from yesterdays session. Katelyn decided to make her mommy and daddy wait 16 years before she decided it was time to arrive.  But by the looks of her and her wonderful little personality, the wait was worth it (yes, easy for me to say!).  And her mommy is another very smart mommy. She knows how important that first year is to capture all the changes and milestones, and I will get the pleasure of photographing her three more times this year since she is now part of the Bebe Collection.

I think that newborns are turning into one of my favourite ages to photograph. They’re just so new and innocent and lovely.  Although they change out of that newborn stage pretty quickly!

Thanks Tammy and Denis for being so laid back, it always makes the session go so much more smooth!

Katelyn just left the studio, and for a one month old (well, she’ll be one month on the 11th) she did amazing! she slept the entire time and let me move her and prod her and pose her and scrunch her…I didn’t think it would be as successful of a shoot as it was, because normally at this age, the newborn poses just don’t work as well. But she was my perfect little model, and only peed slightly on one little blanket (the rest was on the floor). I’m posting this one photo right now (got this new prop on the weekend) but will be posting more later on. She has the most adorable mohawk, so I will be showing that in some photos. Can’t decide which version I like better, so I posted both!

that’s the nickname that her mommy has given her, so we made sure to get some photos with the little bear hat. leigha turned two weeks on saturday, while she was having her photos taken. she was a very gassy girl, and managed to poop on 5 of my blankets! but we got some very cute photos, even though mommy got peed on, although somehow, daddy managed to stay clean! i’m excited to watch leigha grow, since her mommy and daddy realize how important that first year is, so have enrolled leigha in the bebe collection. here are a couple sneak peaks…