I recently had a great time at a maternity session that included their family dog (aka “the first son”)!  Rusty, a handsome Labrador Retriever, is expecting to have a younger sister very soon!  He is my dog (Charlie’s) best buddy, who is very friendly, smart, and well-behaved!  His parents trained him with a new command – “lap” – just for this session so that we can capture these cute images of him resting his head on mommy’s lap!  Very impressive!  And so adorable!  Throughout the session, I kept wondering if Rusty could hear the baby’s heartbeat.  Dogs have the ability to sense things and hear things that we can’t, right?  What do you think?

We had a session right outside of their beautiful new home, which is still in the progress of being renovated.   Wow! I hope they get to move in before the little one decides to come out!  I am looking forward to capturing Rusty again with his new little sister very soon!   I am sure he will be a fabulous BIG brother!

Here are some of my favorite images from the session!  Isn’t Rusty cute? I have always loved the wrinkles on his forehead! =)