I was so excited to get an e-mail from Becky just after Easter, letting me know that she and hubby Eric had welcomed a baby boy into the world on April 1st. After taking maternity photos for Becky and Eric in late March, I was more than excited to photograph them with the newest member of the family!

Baby Gavin was born at home on April 1st. For details on Gavin's birth, check out Becky's blog post here. I highly encourage you to read this post, as it is very moving. It made me all teary-eyed! Although Gavin was born at home, he did end up having to go to the hospital for a bit (and in reading Becky's story, you'll see that he's doing great). With all this commotion, a "true" Fresh 48 session was not in store, as Becky and Eric wanted to settle back in at home with Gavin, before scheduling our photo session, which made perfect sense. With Gavin having been born at home, it was understandable that Becky and Eric wanted their "Fresh 48" images captured at his place of birth.

Our session was scheduled for Friday, April 5th. Still pretty "fresh", as far as I'm concerned, and the wait was certainly worth it. Oh. My. Goodness. We had the most wonderful session. I'm pretty sure that the love between Becky and Eric that I witnessed during their maternity session must have doubled or tripled. And then expanded to encompass baby Gavin. If you're wondering what I mean, you can see it for yourself.

With having done the lifestyle maternity session in their Liberty Village condo, and being there again for the Fresh 48 photos, we decided to take advantage of this and take some similar shots this time around. The end result is best expressed in photos. You may remember Becky's awesome belly shot. Getting to meet the little cutie who lived there for 9 months was awesome. And look...I even got a shot of him with his eyes open! Score!

You may recall that during Becky's maternity session, Eric was reading stories to Gavin in utero. For the Fresh 48 session, Gavin got the same story, this time on "the outside". What  a treat!

And here's a baby-wearing shot. In the maternity shot, Becky was doing the baby-wearing. This time, Eric did the baby-wearing. Doesn't Gavin look nice and cuddly in there? :)

I must admit that we had a bit of fun with this one. Whereas the first shot was of Becky and Eric working away on the sofa, Becky's work focus shifted from her laptop, to the baby. My guess is that Eric's focus was on the baby too.

And finally, we re-visited the silhouette shot.

This was such a fun session, and I am so glad to be a part of Becky & Eric's journey into parenthood. Our next photo session won't be scheduled until summer or fall. Gavin will have changed so much by then, but I know that Becky and Eric's love will remain a constant in his life.