Meet handsome Ari. Mr Ari surprised everyone, and made his debut a month early! So when I was able to finally meet him when his parents brought him to the studio, he was 4 weeks old. I met his mommy and daddy when I did their maternity session back in the Fall, and they are the sweetest family ever, I knew Ari’s session was going to be a good one from the beginning! When I first started working with Ari he did try to resist sleep 🙂 but only for a little while, and once he was sleep, he slept like a log! What a sweetheart he was, and he gave me some of the biggest smiles I have ever seen on a newborn, especially when I put him in his elf outfit 😉 He even giggled out loud! Ari is a proud Canadian-American too, so it was my pleasure and honor to use the two flags that his mom brought in for me to incorporate in his session… Loved him!

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