Welcome to the World, Lars! | Newborn Photoshoot | Menifee, CA


Once upon a time, there was a girl named Margarette, and I–I mean she, went to a high school with a great Associated Student Body. Her class advisors, who helped advise them on class activities) consisted of two amazing women, who they collectively called Parslar! One of the women and her husband recently gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, named Lars (which she informed Margarette to be a name that is popular in Scandinavia)! With the birth of this brand spanking new baby, she and her loving husband decided to hire Margarette to photograph little Lars! :) And thus, we have the story of how Margarette Sia Photography had the awesome opportunity of photographing her very first newborn baby photoshoot! :D

But really, this story isn’t about me, although I’ll admit that I was very nervous to meet this Lars character, and photograph him. ;)

Lars was only 15 days old when I got to work with him! :) When I arrived he had just fallen asleep after being fed and I was excited to start photographing him! But as babies can be quite unpredictable, Lars woke up and was pretty antsy! For a 15-day-old, I was shocked to see him already forming the strength to be in position to crawl and to even rock himself and hold up his head! I thought babies couldn’t do that until they were older!

What an amazing experience it was working with little Lars and his wonderful parents, Nicole and Dave! :) Through the little slip ups, like crying, peeing and pooping, on set, I was able to see the patience and love the both of them had for their baby boy!

Lars! Welcome to the world! :) You are incredibly loved!

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Little Lars was pretty knocked out at first! Or at least it seemed as if he was!

 

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“Who are you?”

 

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Baby in the basket! :)

 

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Time for Lars to be held!

 

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I love how happy Dave is while he looks at his new son! :) Such precious moments!

 

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Nicole and Dave’s love for each other shined throughout their photoshoot, making them look so natural before the camera! It was hard to believe that they had never really gotten their photos taken before!

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And their shared love for Lars was something that moved my heart as I edited through all these photos! :)

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The mother of Nicole’s best friend, Mikaela (the Pars- part of Parslar), made little Lars an awesome Raiders beanie! So awesome!

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She even made Lars a beanie in Raider colors of his NAME! How sweet is that??

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This bassinet has been in Nicole’s family for quite a few years, so we definitely had to photograph it! I should mention also, that Dave and Nicole made the wooden background out of palette wood! It doesn’t look that heavy, but looks can be deceiving! Regardless of how heavy it was, it was absolutely awesome! :) I LOVE DIY projects and when people actually do them! :D

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Once Lars went back to sleep, we snuck to their local park and took a few in the field to end the photoshoot! :)

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If you want to see more from this photoshoot, check it out here! :)

 

Happy Friday everyone! :)