This is Skyler, my very first rainbow baby.

A “rainbow baby” is a baby that is born following a miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal death or infant loss. In the real world, a beautiful and bright rainbow follows a storm and gives hope of things getting better. The rainbow is more appreciated having just experienced the storm in comparison.

His mom contacted me to book a session kind of last minute and I’m so glad I was able to get her in. I didn’t know he was a rainbow baby until later. So when she arrived I kind of scrambled for an idea because I didn’t have enough time to order stuff prior and I came up with the first picture below. I didn’t even have time to correctly pose Skyler because he immediately started giggling and smiling once I put him down on the blanket. I grabbed my camera so fast, I’m completely shocked that my pictures even came out in focus! But then the belly laughs continued and I snapped a few pictures of him smiling like crazy! It’s almost like an older sibling was tickling him in his dreams…