little bundle of goodness (aka “the gup baby”)

Oh my god! Not only does this little family have the BEST story ever, but the baby is just scrumptious! Had the best time shooting them this morning. I have about a thousand favorite pictures from this session, so just be forewarned…there are lots below.

Ok, for the short version of the BEST story (being told with permission)…I met the mom in my scrapbook class where a few of the moms in the class were expecting. Everyone was discussing when they were due. When C said she was due in February, I said something like "wow, you could never even tell you are pregnant". That’s cause she wasn’t. Well, not directly. They had a lot of trouble holding on to a pregnancy after many tries, so they decided to find a surrogate. The baby is all theirs, the surrogate was their "oven" for 9 months and did a fabulous job cooking up this little muffin. Here comes one of my favorite parts…when the two families (the parents and the surrogate) were looking at eachother’s profiles and trying to see if it would be a match, do you know what the one standout feature was? They were both scrapbookers! And that kinda sealed the deal. So 9+ months later, the Gup family has a wonderful little baby girl thanks in no small part to their wonderful surrogate. They were even able to make it in time for the birth in a neighboring state and have been with their baby since the moment she was born. How fabulous is that??!! Best story, right?! I don’t think I have ever seen two happier parents. Ever. All the work and expense (both monetarily and emotionally) they put into this baby has paid off a zillion fold. They are just on cloud 9. It was so wonderful to see and I hope I did that love some justice!

Caught a little baby grin.