bonnet by Persnickety’s Knits.

headbands by Lauris Creations.








Stephanie Cotta is an award-winning newborn and family photographer based in St. Louis, Missouri. She photographs newborns and families in her St. Louis photography studio and also travels nationwide.
bonnet by Persnickety’s Knits.

headbands by Lauris Creations.








… you unload your memory card and find all of these precious moments.
With 60 degree weather in January, we headed outdoors for a last minute unexpected mini shoot during sunset for Jacob’s Valentine’s Day cards.. and by unexpected I mean at 4:47 pm, I made a mad dash for Jacob’s closet and threw this on him, threw my camera, sparkly dust, and the little one in the car, bee-lined to the park and sprinted (yes, sprinted) to the last slimmer of sun splashes at my favorite spot. Thank goodness I had my husband there to assist in this operation. The final v-day card to be shown later!




but the best moments of the day? the ones that are completely unposed. now that, my friends, is true love.