Apparently Yashvi is not the only baby who wanted to prove me wrong. 

On Tuesday (yes, a Tuesday. There are definitely perks to being a photographer/teacher) I headed to my coworker Bobby's house to take pictures of his newborn, Charlotte. 

This is the third time I've taken pictures of an infant who was past the two week mark, and in the photography world this is considered a risk. Babies who are less than two weeks old tend to be a lot sleepier and cuddlier. Once they grow past that, they are much more alert and ready to let you know how much they do not like to be posed.

However, Charlotte proved to be an excellent sleeper. She gave me so many great shots! Again, I felt silly for having warned Bobby and Amanda that it might be a challenging shoot. 

She was a dream.

My infant sessions seem to either take hours or almost no time at all. Charlotte's proved to be the latter. She was so deeply asleep, I was able to get a great set of photos of her in a short amount of time. Adorable photos, by the way. Very easy with such a precious subject.

By the time she woke up and decided she was no longer ready for her close up, I had all the shots I needed.

Despite all these amazing things, I would say one of the most amazing things about this shoot was how well behaved the family dogs were! I would say dogs seem to enjoy the limelight a lot more than babies, but other than a few curious sniffs, Jack and Lucy kept their distance. Which, thankfully, meant that Charlotte was able to sleep!

I can't wait to see Charlotte grow up. Maybe in a few years we'll do a family shoot and the dogs can have their moment.

They always say babies and pets make liars out of us. You tell your spouse the baby finally rolled over and she sits there doing tummy time like it's her favorite thing in the world and she never wants to move. You try to show someone your dog's new trick and he sits there with his head cocked as if he doesn't even know you let alone did tricks for you a few minutes before. 

During the Asarawala family shoot, an 18 month old made me a liar.

Whenever I do a session with a child under the age of three, I warn his/her parents that most children have a limit on the number of times they can be told to say "cheese" or "puppies" and oblige. 

Oftentimes, they last less than an hour.

But Yashvi was resilient and lasted a full two hours. I was so impressed! She kept smiling and laughing the whole time. We did take a few breaks in the air conditioning and that might have helped. Honestly though, we all needed that; the heat was nothing but the humidity was something else.

We had a great time wandering around their yard, and even taking a few fun photos in their living room. We spent the last 15 minutes on the playground that's a mere 5 minute walk from their backyard and clearly a favorite of Yashvi's. 

She fell asleep rather adorably on her Daddy's shoulder on the way home. 

She may have made a liar out of me, but I got a lot of great photos out of her. I hope to work with them again!