I’ve been meaning to share these for a few days now, but being on my own with two kids has taken up all of my time. I try to get myself to bed as soon as I can since Berend is up multiple times in the night yet.

These were also taken by my sister, Becki, of Vander Warf Photography. Just a few weeks after she drove down to take my maternity photos, she drove back for newborn photos! Berend arrived on a Tuesday, and Becki let us know she’d be coming down that weekend to take photos of our little guy, so all the photos are of Berend at only 4 days old.

We started with some family photos, since I figured Gerrit would have a very short attention span for posed photos. Plus there was a fun event at the children’s museum that day that he and Andrew were going to, so both of them were anxious to leave the house!

This next one seriously cracks me up… Becki captured the moment when Berend started crying at the perfect moment:

Once the guys left, we switched gears. We took over Gerrit’s bedroom, since it had good lighting and was probably the warmest. Becki brought lots of props to use, and we did our best to try them all out. Berend was not the most cooperative subject, haha, but Becki still got some really cute shots of him.

I had gotten photos of Gerrit with Andrew’s uniform when he was a newborn, and at that time Andrew was still enlisted. But now that he’s a pilot, I really wanted photos of Berend with Andrew’s flight suit.

And last, but not least, Berend’s birth stats photo:

All the photos turned out so nice, and I’m so glad we were able to get them done while Berend was so tiny! Babies grow so quickly, and I’m so happy to have these to remember those early days.