Griffin had a two hour car ride from Albert Lea, MN for his newborn session. He was 10 days old on the day of his session and cute as a button. Griffin’s parents, Scott and Mariah, announced their pregnancy around Christmas time with a picture of some chocolate chip cookies and a clever tagline: “something sweet is on the way.” She baked some cookies and brought this cute sleeper with a cookie print with the hopes of creating an image that would be perfect for their birth announcement! It was so perfect that baby even opened his eyes for that shot! Mariah actually gave me the cookies after the shoot (so, yes, technically I ate the props)! Mama was really hoping to get an image with baby’s eyes open.

Scott and Mariah experienced a couple heartbreaking losses before Griffin came along so we incorporated my sweet little rainbow prop to signify this. A rainbow baby is a name coined for a healthy baby born after losing a baby due to miscarriage, infant loss, stillbirth, or neonatal death. The name “rainbow baby” comes from the idea of a rainbow appearing in the sky after a storm, or after a dark and turbulent time.

Mariah didn’t have any color preferences and I picked out and set up sets with a bunch of greens and teals before they all arrived to the studio. Griffin was actually dressed in these colors when he showed up buckled in his car seat and I knew instantly I made the right color choices for him! I love the idea of close-ups or macro shots hanging as a group in the nursery so it’s common for me to capture these types of images, whether or not parents request them.

Newborn pictures are some of the most important photos you’ll take in your lifetime and when a family chooses to bring their baby to my studio I feel really honored. It’s even more special to know sometimes people come from very far away, like the 2-hour trek these guys made from the Mankato, MN area to my St. Cloud, MN Newborn Studio.

Thank you for allowing me to capture Griffin as a newborn for you and for driving so far to make this happen. I know you will cherish these images for a lifetime.

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