Today’s POTD is one that is really special to me.  Little Robbie (Robert Michael) is the brand new baby boy to our good friends Andy and Mindy.  They were married just a few months before us, Nick and Andy have played music together for years (in at least 3 different bands), and I photographed Mindy a long time ago – long before she ever met Andy or I had met Nick.  Robbie’s Bris was a few days before our session and Nick and I were honored that they asked us to carry Robbie into the ceremony.  There’s something so special about seeing your friends become parents and seeing this beautiful baby boy after months of waiting.

Mindy said something that has really stuck with me, which I think all first time parents can relate to.  She said, “We can’t believe that he is ours.  We made that!”  It is quite amazing to think that we are capable of making little humans who think and move and eat and poop, and grow and smile and learn and love.  Congratulations and mazel tov, Andy and Mindy!

Andy is a drummer, among many other instruments he plays, and Mindy is a singer.  So I knew that we had to incorporate music into their session somehow.  When I came up with the idea of using Andy’s bass drum for the session, they laughed at first.  They thought I was kidding.  Nope!  Totally serious.  I love that I was able to incorporate their favorite shared interest into the session and I can’t wait to see the progression of drum pictures as Robbie grows.  How cute is this!?

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