It’s hard to believe it was over four years ago that we photographed the lovely backyard wedding of Rachel & Chris. Their Brewster wedding was an elegant, but casual, celebration of the love they share. They said, “I do,” under the family’s pear tree, with their closest friends & family members surrounding them. It was a beautiful day, filled with beautiful sentiment.
We’d kept in touch over the years and were thrilled to learn that last year they’d given birth to their daughter, Sabine. Earlier this summer, they contacted us about doing a Bello Life session, a candid documentary-style shoot to capture the love they share and the joy that Sabine has brought to their lives.
We met back where it all began for us…under the family’s pear tree. Sabine is a total lovebug, with a curious, happy spirit. It was nice to reconnect with our old friends and make a new one. Here are our favorite moments from our time together…
Seriously? LOVE this!! To me this photo just screams childhood and all the innocent joys that come along with that…like catching drops of water with your tongue….priceless!
Getting a push from mommy…
I really like this next moment with Sabine & her mommy, as they check out the coy in the fish pond…these were some seriously happy koi. You could actually pet them as you fed them…never seen anything like it.
The best moments in life are often the simplest ones…like this next one. Can’t you just feel the joy?!!!
These next few are some of my favorites…a naked baby on a hot summer day….just delicious!!
Does it get much cuter than this? I think not!
Okay, maybe it does….marching to her own tune! Love it!!!!!
Sabine gets a kiss from Daddy as she tries to figure out what to wear next….
When you love a child, you want to shower them with gifts, give them plenty of toys to play with. But, really, sometimes it’s the little things, like opening and closing a gate….dozens of times…that really captures their interest.
Little miss goofball decided it might be fun to put her skirt on her head. Hysterical!!!
I love this series of Sabine with her favorite mousy & lamby.
She had such fun smelling the roses…again, simple pleasures.
Is she munchable or what?
So sweet….
A quiet moment with mommy…
After 3 hours together, Sabine was starting to get a little tired of all of the attention and needed a snuggle from mommy.
Lovely….
I really liked this next one when I first saw it. Andy captured this really sweet moment of Rachel handing Sabine an apple she’d picked from the apple tree. I love the position of both of their hands. It feels very biblical to me, very Michelangelo and sistine chapel. There is just such a sweet innocence about it that I really like.
Getting Sabine to sit still wasn’t easy, but counting apples seemed to do the trick.
Our happy family under the family pear tree, where it all began…
Big thanks to Rachel, Chris and Sabine for being so much fun to be around and photograph. You guys did GREAT!!! And it was so wonderful to see you again and to finally meet your little lovebug! Thanks too to Susan (Rachel’s mom) for being a perfect hostess!!! It was so great to see you again too and we’re sending healing wishes your way!!! We hope you all have a fabulous end to your summer and that we get to do this again soon!!! Big love & hugs, Christine & Andy xoxo