Addiline | RUSTON LA NEWBORN PHOTOGRAPHER

Addiline had no idea the world she was entering into when she was lulled to sleep in her mother’s tummy while she worked. Inside her world was quiet, comforting, and familiar. But outside her momma knew the stress the whole world was under. It was most definitely not quiet. Anxiety riddled homes with uncertainty. And I think many us as can attest we were sailing uncharted waters. But even when she entered into the world all she needed was her mother’s embrace and familiar voices to keep her steady. That’s the difference between her and us, perspective. It’s amazing for me to think back to when I was a kid. At face value thinking back the world was perfect and had no issues, but honestly it had it’s own set of problems but I was ignorant to the nasty world around me. Same with Addiline and I’m envious of that perspective.

Can you imagine sleeping so soundly in such a world? But here she is, soundly sleeping the day away. Or so you would think? Poor Addiline was not a fan of me and my moves. If you’ve read my blogs in the past you can read some instances of different newborns during sessions. There are newborns who crush their sessions, don’t make a peep, don’t bat an eye, fall into poses with ease, and some even peep and poop in the diaper break between set changes. These are definitely the rockstars. There are some that are on the complete opposite side of the spectrum and hate everything about their sessions, they take some extra TLC, you have to talk reverse psychology to them and tell them how really they love to pose when they really don’t, they immediately pee on you and everything else when you take their diaper off, they’re gassy. They take a lot of patience, I’m usually grabbing for my ICY/HOT for the spasms I’m having in my lower back, but thankfully are very rare. And then there are many like Addiline who are somewhere in between. They usually HATE to be moved, cry during any movement but once posed sleeps like nothing ever happen. She was another baby who did not want to do the froggy pose. That was 2 in a row which I was super bummed about because again I’m stubborn and work really hard to get each pose and each pose well. But this girl absolutely loathed it and had the set of lungs to show it. But once we found our groove and I tired her out, we were cooking with grease.

And look how cute she was when she let me do my thing! And look at how beautiful her and big sister are together. It’s unreal to think I took big sister’s cakesmash pictures when she was one year old. I remember thinking how much I loved being a photographer and how I dreamed of seeing my babies grow up and be able to say “I took your baby photos” and they would be old enough to understand. I can’t believe that day is already here, it’s surreal. What a wonderful gift God has blessed me to do something I love. I’m so glad I’m able to be back at work to enjoy these moments once again. So happy you’re apart of this crazy world Addiline. I promise there is a more perfect place beyond this life and it’s the world we are striving to run towards. Until thing I pray we have a more relaxed and trusting perspective, like yours, in this life now while we wait.

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