At 7 weeks today, Izzy continues to be a delight to us. She’s super strong and is starting to sleep through the night. Hooray!! I love taking photos of her. She’s getting a little too old to lull to sleep in crazy poses, but I was glad to slide a few more in last week . . .

I love the crazy hat. Just a couple more with her sleeping:

But then she woke up and was WIDE awake.

I hope she keeps her blue sparkle eyes . . .

The newborn stage is going so quickly! Our baby Izzy is already one month old. She’s becoming more alert and active, and smiles when we smile at her! She’s such a joy . . . I have some more photos that I want to edit, but I thought I’d post these favorites before too much more time passed. I think she looks a lot like her big sister.

My little Christmas baby! She’s three weeks old in this last photo and getting so strong.

It’s been such a fun and busy Christmas for us! Our own little Elizabeth Anne arrived on December 23, weighing 7 lbs, 2 oz, and 19 1/4″ long. She’s healthy, strong, and super sweet! We have lots of late nights but I’m soaking up the snuggle time . . . Big sister Abby likes to be a helper and runs to get a binky when Izzy cries.

I’ve really enjoyed taking her newborn photos. It was hard to choose some to share – so there will probably be a couple installments of baby photos as I find time to post.

This last one was taken just two days after Izzy was born . . .

Yes, I’m still officially taking a break from photo sessions, but I couldn’t resist when my friend asked me to take pictures of her new little boy. Hopefully Judah and my little one on the way will grow up to be good friends! Judah was super alert when he came over, but we got him to sleep and my favorite photos came in the sleepy stage . . .

I can’t decide which version I like better – any thoughts?? And GREAT hat, Rosy!!