San Diego Photographer / Pasheoni Photography & Design / Sheryl Paulino

I was very much excited to photograph a wee little 9 day baby this morning by the name of Tyler.  When I arrived at his home, I had a routine set in mind. We rearranged furniture for the most perfect lighting. I set up my heater, my white noise, and had all my tools laid out accordingly. I layered all my blankets accordingly – black blanket, a safety, a cream, then safety, then the brown. Safeties are blankets to catch little accidents and wont ruin my next blanket in line. Tyler was in the midst of dozing off, and we were READY! …or so I thought.

Little did I know, Tyler had his own scheme plotted out. I can honestly say this little boy was one of the most challenging newborns I have ever captured. As innocent as this little man may look in photos, he wanted to let me know who was boss, and of course, it was him.  Don’t think of any curly poses, or any shots involving me to move his feet, even. Mom told he he hates being naked, and you know what, she was right! I was nervous, and yes, I was scared, but then I remembered a blog post from Shawn. I needed to change my gameplan and work the magic the way Tyler was comfortable doing so. So I took a deep breath and dove in, trusting my eye, and letting all ‘just happen’. I’ve told myself and others many many times that I’ve always wanted to have a more lifestyle approach to shooting, and you know what, Tyler taught me that. I hate to have to admit that it took a little newborn to ‘push me off the cliff’ to learn, but he did, and yes, I did…and I can’t thank him enough for it.

Marigie and Tha, thank you so much for having me over to capture these moments, here are your teasers.

AND JUST BECAUSE I had to share a Raider Baby with my last newborn session, I have to represent a Charger Baby as well!

If this boy didn’t give me baby fever, then I don’t know! LOL. He was so tiny, it reminded me of when my little girl was born. Little Fabian was so good to me, he barely made a peep the entire time I was there. With him being a mere 7 days, he was such a superstar. This born model didn’t need any breaks, fell right asleep and posed himself most of the time. He’s very calm and collect, just like his dad.

Jorge, it was so nice to see you again, all grown up now! It was great to meet your wife and your little one. Enjoy your teasers!

..and as much as I’m a CHARGER FAN, I figured you’d like this.

I am completely ECSTATIC!!  Not only because I was able to photograph another newborn during this baby boom, but the fact that this little girl here is a baby of two of my friends from MIDDLE SCHOOL, Frances and Jason. Granted I have two kids of my own, It’s just amazing to see how much we’ve grown in the many many years we’ve known each other! Jasmine is such a CUTE CUTE CUTE little girl, I couldn’t stop taking photos of her. She was so good to me at a mere 5 days old.  I’d have to say, 5 days old is my FAVORITE age to photograph.  I know it’s hard to expect someone to come over and invade the house for a couple hours, but I promise you, if you were to want pictures as beautiful as Jasmine’s, it’s a total must!

Jason, Frances…THANK YOU SO MUCH for having me over on Sunday! It was great to see you both and I’m soOO happy to have met Baby Jasmine.  I can’t wait to see her grow and become as beautiful as you Fran (you too Jason!)!   Enjoy your teasers!

With great pleasure, I had the opportunity to photograph a boy named Jake.  Oh how tiny this little boy is! With his wee self came with a wee squeak which was just so darn cute! Granted he was breech, this made for a very curly baby! FUN! It was a full house there, with grandma and grandpa coming all the way from Philadelphia to visit.  I’m so happy the weather is just beautiful for them.  Maybe, JUST maybe, this WILL want them to move out to San Diego, right Lauren? Even though that’s just icing on the cake since Jake is here! hehe.

I can’t share too much since we are planning to create some birth announcements and I would hate to spoil it!  Thanks Lauren for having me over to meet Jake, you and the family.  I couldn’t ask for a more smaller, sleepier and curly little baby.

and because I REALLY had to show of this OH SO CUTE hat that Grandma made!!!

I had the honor today to photograph this little handsome boy named Tyler.  For him being 4 weeks old, he was a sleeper.  I’m sure the yummy 4 ounces he drank prior to my arrival, and another 4 ounces during helped me a little bit! His older brother, Brian was so much fun to play with also.  I just LOVED how curly his hair was.  Full of smiles, and fun to talk to, the little 7 year old just couldn’t keep his eyes off his brother. I can’t even imagine how much those two will have once Tyler starts interacting with him.

Thank you Tipa for having me over today. I enjoyed meeting the family and I hope you enjoy the photos!

My first baby girl of the year! Remember THIS belly? Yup, this is her.  I’ve been waiting as patient as I can for Baby Abby’s arrival (being 1 week late and all).  She was the sweetest and curliest 9 day old, I couldn’t stop taking pictures of her. I kept telling Sharon that I was COMPLETELY jealous of all that hair Abigail had.  At a whopping 10 months Kayla has less hair than Abby at 9 days! SO NOT FAIR!

Sharon and Kyle (and Hosky)…CONGRATS! Baby Abigail is simply beautiful.  Here are you teasers.

With the weather being down and out, I was sad that MAYBE I wasn’t going to be able to photograph my first newborn of 2010.  Mother Earth could just NOT let this happen and gave me light through the rainy clouds to shoot Baby Aiden. He is one of my older newborns, at a whopping 3 weeks, and was just perfect in every way! I love how he fell asleep as soon as I got there and let me do as I please.   Such an awesome boy!

In March, I get to see this young man and his mommy and daddy again as Daddy is going on his second deployment to Iraq. Thank you Daddy so much for fighting for our freedom.  My family thanks you! I can’t wait to see how much Aiden has grown by then!

For now, let’s relish in the moments of newness and embrace the tiny fingers and toes before he grows way too fast.  It happens, unfortunately . Here are your teasers!

Today I had the honor of photographing a beautiful, blue-eyed boy by the name of Walter. He is the sweetest little 4 weeker my camera has has laid her lens on! I can’t rave enough how nice he was to me AT 4 WEEKS! Yes, Liz, I was really nervous about this, but I’m proud to say, Ennis, told ya we’d get him to sleep!

As I was cleaning up in the room, I started to hear beautiful music coming from their living room! As I slowly crept out of the nursery, I saw this BEAUTIFUL grand piano! Oh how I miss playing the piano. My heart just melted. Ennis told me the story of his childhood piano and how they got this new one from his father. I could sit next to them for hours as he played. Maybe it’s time to get my rusty fingers onto my own piano! LOL.

Liz and Ennis, it was truly a pleasure to meet you and Baby Walter. Thank you Ennis for protecting our freedom, and I would hate to see you guys leave in July! Here are your teasers!

Without further adieu, we welcome Baby Ava.  She’s the wee one of the beautiful maternity session I had at the beach with Angela and Brett back in August.  This little girl was a little too comfy in mommy’s tummy and refused to come out! Nonetheless, the extra baking made her extra squishy!   She was such a good girl during our session, I couldn’t stop clicking away.  I think I clicked so much, she was giving me the stink eye..haha!

Brett and Angela, CONGRATULATIONS on a beautiful baby girl.  Makes me reminisce of the days when Kayla was that tiny! Here are your teasers!

9 Days ago our lives had changed. 9 days ago, there was peaceful nights (kind of). 9 days ago, Kayla came into our life. It’s been a hectic but rewarding 9 days. She is a GREAT baby (of course!). She eats well, sleeps well and is just to stinkin’ cute. Sorry if my blog ends up being full of my children, but they are my life, and my inspiration