When Lila was just a few days old, we welcomed local photographer Melanie Underwood to our home to take Lila’s newborn photos. My goal was to get mainly candid photos that showed how life was like for our family of three, so we decided to make the shoot super casual in our bedroom and Lila’s nursery.

We also wanted to get a holiday-themed portrait of Lila to use in a birth announcement/Christmas card.

I love how the images turned out so much that for her birth announcement we had to go with a design that allowed multiple photos because we just couldn’t choose. Thank you Melanie for capturing our baby’s first days!