.{charles hudson little}. .{newborn baby photography}.

there has been a recent addition to the bluth side of the family.  courtney and austin had a little baby boy last week. his name is charles hudson little. he was born on july 1st at 4:35 am. he weighed 8 pounds and 7 ounces. he was 21 inches long and had a full head of hair.  courtney was gracious enough to let me take pictures shortly after he was born and she's been letting me release the shutter ever since. my very first nephew.

bryan and i got a text that court was being admitted to the hospital rough 8 hrs after being "induced." it was just after 9 o'clock at night. we quickly gathered up what we would need to stay the night up at robyn and steve's, jumped in the car, and drove up to the hospital. by the time we got there she was ready for her epidural. court was a trooper. i hope to remain as calm as she was that night when/if it's my turn.

we stuck around until midnight. then retired to the house until it was time for charlie to arrive. at this point he was nameless and the suspense was killing me :). at 3:55 am robyn text me and told me it was time to go! ahhhhh!!!!!! this is really happening. he's coming. finally! those left at the house jumped in the "explosion," thank goodness it started.

as we arrived outside the room a faint cry could be heard. he's here. he is really here. he had the best cry. soft. but noticeable. he had entered the world and let everyone know it without being intrusive or loud. about 10 minutes later we were all invited to see him behind one of those hospital curtains as the dr attended to courtney. austin in the mean time did just as well as courtney. austin isn't one for blood and such and he stayed by her side and didn't faint. :)

thirty minutes later the little bundle of joy was being passed from family member to family member. i have pictures of those as well. i haven't gotten to editing those yet.  we stayed for about an hour and then it was time for the Little family to move to a recovery room. for the rest of us, it was IHOP time. when we came back court looked amazing! no make up or hair touch ups. she just had this glow about her. i again, shot some more pictures of the new family. working on those too.

bryan and i took a hiatus from the hospital for a few days. during this time we put an offer on our first home and took in a round of golf on the hottest day on record this summer. it was 118 degrees. wow. lucky for us, not to long after getting started clouds rolled in and we got a small shower and light breezes to cool off the day. we are in the process of countering for our home and more details to come.

yesterday we celebrated the fourth of july with the bluths and the new baby. i talked to court about doing a mini photo shoot with charlie that day in celebration of independence day. it turned into less of a patriotic shoot to just a plain ole cute baby shoot.  here are some of the images captured during our time.

 to "style" this little mini shoot, i just gathered up whatever i had laying around the house. i used the letters that i painted from the shower. i had just purchased a navy blue tray from ikea for a steal at $7.99 and used that. i had fabric left over from quilting projects for texture (thanks to my mom). the chair i just purchased last week with a desk i am re-doing from craigslist. i wish he was more natural aka naked in the pics. but we are waiting for certain "healing" to take place before taking the nudes. so stay tuned for more pictures.

all the pictures above were taken with a cannon 60D with a 50 mm f/1.4 USM lens. they were all edited (very armature like) in adobe photoshop elements. thank goodness for 30 trials as i work out which program i want to invest in. this is my very first "photo shoot." if i can do it, anyone can. pick up your camera and start taking pictures.

enjoy.