Colorado Springs Lifestyle Newborn Session at Home
Sacred is being invited into someone’s home during those early newborn days, the ones that feel suspended in time, where everything slows down and sharpens all at once. This in-home newborn session in Colorado Springs with Kaylee, Chris, and their baby boy, Theodore, was filled with that exact kind of quiet magic. The kind that wraps around you like a favorite blanket and lingers long after you’ve gone.
I first met Kaylee and Chris on a winter day last year, photographing their extended family in the stillness of Strawberry Fields down in Cheyenne Canyon. It was the kind of session that felt like a warm pocket of time, sweet, connected, full of laughter and love. At the very end, almost like a whisper, they shared that Kaylee was pregnant. A few months later, they reached back out… and this time, I got to step into their home and into this next season of their story.
A Nursery Full of Light and Love
The moment I walked in, I could feel how deeply thought-out every detail was. Their nursery was full of earthy tones, soft textures, and woodland animals lovingly placed here and there like little guardians of the space. The light poured through the windows in just the right way, and while I always take time to scout for light and pockets of shadow when I arrive, their room held everything we needed: warmth, calm, and space to simply be.
Theodore was still tiny, folded into himself, sleepy and soft and new. We took our time, moving slowly, pausing often, letting the session unfold gently. When I first got there, I noticed a small patch on his forehead and quietly prepared myself to edit around it later. Ha, jokes on me! It wasn’t dry skin at all, it was a tiny, damp square of paper towel, placed there by Chris’s mom and dad, a sweet tradition from his heritage meant to ease newborn hiccups. I laughed, softened by the intimacy of a remedy passed down through generations, and how these little pieces of who we are show up in the most tender ways.
Generations, Chairs, and the Heart of Home
Chris’s parents were visiting and joined us for the session, another layer of love folded into the morning. His mother gently asked if I could take a photo of Grandpa holding Theodore in the nursery chair, and I’m so glad she did. There’s something about that image, this strong, quiet man holding his grandson in the soft light, that holds a kind of reverence I can’t quite put into words.
And of course, their dog made sure to be part of it all. She padded gently through the room, curled up close, and stole her own sweet moments in the frame. Sessions like this remind me again and again: family looks like so many things. A new baby. A pup who’s been there through it all. Parents who show up to witness the next chapter. A home that holds it all together.
Why I’ll Always Love In-Home Newborn Sessions
These at-home newborn sessions are some of my favorite to photograph, because they’re so honest. You don’t have to pack up the baby, or worry about forgetting something, or rush to get anywhere on time. You just get to be where you are, with the people you love most, while I move quietly through the space and make sure you remember what it felt like to be here.
To Kaylee and Chris, thank you for letting me witness this part of your story. It was soft and true and full of presence. And that will always be enough.
