Santa Barbara Newborn Photographer - Anja Jasmine Firestone - US Weekly

I woke up awaiting the big text from Andrew and Ivana Firestone letting me know the exciting news if they had welcomed a baby boy or a girl into this world. To my surprise, it was a girl!!! Anja Jasmine Firestone was born April 15th, 2011. I was so excited and went straight to the baby store to find the cutest little pink dress I could find.

You never really know how the first sibling is going to react to the new addition to the family. I was pleasantly surprised to see Brooks, who is now 2, welcome his new baby sister with open arms. While I was at the hospital visiting them, Brooks kept repeating her name over and over again with the biggest smile, while giving her lots of little kisses. They were now one big happy family!

I think this family was born to be in front of the camera. Anja, who was under 2 weeks old for our shoot, was already the perfect model. She slept soundly through most of the shoot and when she decided to wake up she just opened her eyes and gave me the sweetest little grin.







I give the Firestones credit for this series of photos. Brooks played along with it perfectly :)















Picture perfect!



































And I'm super excited that US Weekly decided to use my photos in this week's issue