CAMDEN {newborn mini-session}

I was so excited to take little Camden’s pics because that gave me an excuse to come over and meet the little guy! He is the son of our good friends, Sarah (my friend of 30ish years) and KC, and it was so fun to see these two as parents.  It worked out that we were in town briefly before a vacation, so I could swing by and do a mini-session.  These are not your typical first time parents.  Sarah and KC have tons of babysitting experience and have a lot of friends with kids, so they’ve been around the block a bit.  They know the baby isn’t going to break with the slightest moment and they didn’t even look stressed at all!! They’ve got this parenting thing in the bag.  What I was most amazed about is how they got him to sleep.  When I showed up, Camden was wide awake, being carried around by mom.  As I was scoping out the home for where I’d shoot, he was still awake, and I started contemplating my plan of attack for an awake newborn (totally different than when they are asleep).  As soon as I was ready, Sarah laid him down, and boom, he was out.  Like a light.  I couldn’t believe it.  He even woke up partly during the session -it’s at this point the mom typically has to take the baby and go nurse him back to sleep, but not for Camden.  Sarah rocked him briefly and boom, back to sleep.  I was amazed.  I don’t know if it was Sarah’s mad mothering skills or the awesomeness that is Camden, but the combo of the two of them worked.