Our First Family Photos

Irelynn is 4 weeks old today...it's crazy to think she's already been with us almost one month! When she was just over two weeks old our good friend Tim Smith who owns shutterhead PHOTOGRAPHY arrived at our home on a Sunday morning for an impromptu family photoshoot. I use the word 'impromptu' because that's honestly what it was. We literally made the arrangements only a few days prior because I hadn't planned on doing newborn photos or family ones for that matter until Irelynn was a little older...that all changed when she arrived on Canada Day.

As many of you know Canada Day is also our wedding anniversary so when our little girl decided to make her appearance on that same day, we were beyond excited. Months ago I had saved a photo on Pinterest of a newborn baby sleeping on her mother's wedding dress and I recall thinking at the time, how special and significant it would be if we took a similar photo, especially if her birthday was the same day as our anniversary. That being said, I saved the photo with little hope of it ever happening...while it was a nice thought, I figured that's all it was.

Fast forward a few months and it's almost as if it was meant to be. I immediately thought of the photo and realized how much I wanted to re-create the image...and now we had a perfect reason for doing so. I called Tim and discussed my ideas. Although he doesn't specialize in newborn photography he was willing and excited to give it a go and thankfully he was able to squeeze us in.

Of all the photoshoots our family have done with Tim, this session was one of my favourites. He captured our family in our most natural setting...our home, and when I saw the photos for the first time I was almost in tears. Seeing our family of six together for the first time in a photograph made me realize how lucky I am (we even managed to get one with the dog looking -ha!). Since I was a little girl, I had always dreamed of having a big family (4 kids to be exact) and here we are...my dream come true.

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Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

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