Little miss Cassia is quite literally a miracle baby. She was born 7 weeks premature and this shoot was on what would have been her actual due date week. SO, even though she is technically 7 weeks old, she is just now hitting 7 lbs, so still a tiny little peanut!
Besides being a miracle, she also happened to be a complete and total angel with me throughout the duration of our lengthy shoot and I was therefore able to get so many incredible poses/shots out of her. She has this old soul awareness to her and was just really ZEN throughout the shoot. I even got to do a pose that I have been trying to do *forever* with a newborn but could never get a newborn to let me do it because it's not really the most comfy position. But little Cassia granted me my wish :)
Now, if you were to take Cassia's mommy's light, creamy skin tone and blend it in a pot with daddy's dark, rich skin tone, you'd end up with a truly luscious golden cinnamon-y color...which, lo and behold, is exactly her skin tone. And, wouldn't you know it, Cassia means Cinnamon! Honestly, how cool is that?!
Without further ado, here is the little sweet pea.
This is that pose I'd been trying to do. OMG so cute!
I just love this stretching one in mom's arms!
What I love most about this one is that mom is nursing in the backdrop, you'd never know but she'll always know when she looks at that photo. So tender.
look at that flirtatious, charming smile!
heart, melting.
