There's nothing more beautiful than a sleeping baby.

My good friend Deanna had her 4th baby not too long ago and we got to take her portraits the other day. Everytime I've ever seen this little lassie, she's been asleep, but her mother says she's quite alert during the night.

(As baby hungry as I get sometimes, I sure don't miss that part.)

But she's just so sweet. I was loving the black and whites from this session, so here are a few:

sleeping......


sleeping.....



sleeping.....

still sleeping.....


sweet sleeping feet....


And then she finally woke up just long enough to hold Mom's finger and cuddle a little....



She even slept through big sister's cuddling.

Amazing. I did NOT have one of those sleeping kind of babies.


She also has 2 big brothers who love her very much. But her big sister, from all accounts, just REALLY loves her and wants to hold her all the time. Maybe she's just so darn happy she didn't get another brother.


Thanks, Dee, for letting me play with her for a while. If you ever want to drop her by - while she's sleeping - I'd be glad to cuddle with her for an hour or two.