Sarah Mahen Photographers

Seriously! Could Lukas be ANY CUTER? No, he probably couldn’t because if he was it would be too much for me to handle! He is such an adorable baby and I love that I get to take his picture for… well… the rest of my life.

Lukas was born on September 27th, 2008 and weighed in at a whopping 10 pounds 8 ounces. After he got home he had a little bit of the jaundice, so I didn’t get to take these pictures until he was almost 2 weeks old. But honestly, it worked out perfectly. It was such fun being around this perfect baby. Lukas is so even tempered! He just let me move him around and pretty much do whatever I needed. I love it when babies are like that!

Karlene and Shawn are very happy to have their beautiful baby boy home, and we are so happy for them. Lukas is a baby that means a lot to a lot of people. And I can’t tell you how happy I am for my friends. There is something incredibly special that happens when you have a child. I remember with the most clarity of any memory the feeling I had the day after Lauren was born. I remember watching Dustin walk through the door of my hospital room, and hearing Lauren breath as she slept on my chest, and there was just this feeling – like my heart would burst it was filled with so much love. “She makes me love you even more,” I told Dustin that day. “She makes me feel so much more love than I ever thought possible.” That was the feeling in Karlene and Shawn’s house as we took these photos of their beautiful baby boy. There was more love, more joy, more hope than anywhere else in the whole world.

We had a wonderful time taking pictures, chatting about his newborn personality and how things were going. It is entirely true that everything a baby does is fascinating – even the unpleasant things. But there is nothing unpleasant about this little boy. He is full of this wild hope – it just pours off his skin. I can’t wait to watch him as he grows. He is bound to be a reader with parents like his, and smart and inquisitive. He will question probably everything everyone tells him, and with any luck he will be a great guitarist because I have a little LJ of my own who is honing her drum skills to be ready to start their band in a few years.

Thank you to Shawn and Karlene for letting me photograph you during this really exciting time. I can’t tell you how grateful I am to be a witness to this stage. I love you both, and am so happy for you and your family. Lukas is a joy! I can’t wait to watch him – and you – grow!

Check out the slideshow below for more pictures of the fantastic Lukas! CLICK HERE to watch in its own window.