Umm… a baby dedication!

This past year I made the decision to focus totally on wedding and wedding-related (engagements, bridals and trash-the-dress) events, really wanting to master what many consider a “niche” area in photography… that is until Scarlett brought little Waylan by and requested my documenting his dedication.

How can you pass up his cute chubby cheeks?

It was a beautiful day for a baby dedication! Calder Baptist Church in Beaumont is a gorgeous church here in the Oaks Historic District.

We began early with some family portraits, including a few of Scarlett with Waylan and beautiful natural light streaming through the windows. From there the church service began – Pastor Fuller brought the family up front, gave Waylan the grand tour (introducing him to all the families who will have a profound effect on his life), blessed the baby and prayed with the family. We can all use reminding of how much responsibility we have with our precious little ones.

Even big brother got to take part and pray for Waylan. It was a beautiful service.

From there we made our way over to the Beaumont Country Club where a reception awaited Waylan and all his fans on the porch. He dozed off and on but appeared to have a great time!

Perfect cake, I love the booties on top.

It was a beautiful day for a baby dedication! Good luck to Waylan’s family and church family and God Bless Waylan.

Melanie went into labor a bit early last night, so we went to the hospital to get checked, the doctor (Dr. Pieternelle) was walking up the hall as we walked off the elevator and said “there’s no use even checking you, you are less than 12 hours from the scheduled c-section, let’s go ahead and have her”.

Melanie’s eyes bugged, my mouth dropped and an hour later Elise was here! Just a few photos before I head back to the hospital:

Beautiful mama waiting for the arrival:

Yay! A little blurry, but everything was moving kind of fast!

Dr Prause (pediatrician) looking her over:

A quiet moment:

Mama getting an up-close view:

Getting ready to head to the nursery:

Did I mention she has LOTS of dark hair?:

7lbs 13 oz, and 20 inches long:

Visiting mama in the room, she has a cute beanie:

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I haven’t had time to put up my weekly installment on getting the most from your wedding photography, probably Thursday More photos to come for the grandparents and friends!