By Kat Knuth, Longmont Newborn Photographer

Holiday milestones are so precious when welcoming a new baby to the family. Every first has to be documented and celebrated! My girl was born in the fall, so her first major holiday was Thanksgiving!

When thinking about what kind of picture I wanted to take to mark the occasion, I thought of my younger brother. My brother loves when people put their newborns in funny places, like inside pumpkins (did I ever mention that was his idea?). One of our favorite childhood playthings wasn’t a toy, it was a granite roaster. We used to sit in it together, me in the bottom part and him in the lid, and giggle at each other. He’d often mentioned, after the pumpkin pictures turned out so well, that I should stick my kiddos in a granite roaster for a Thanksgiving picture.

However, my son was just past 6 months old during his first Thanksgiving. I put him in a stock pot instead:

But my daughter was still a very little turkey when her first Thanksgiving came along. I decided to try the hallowed granite roaster and prepared to stick my newborn daughter in it!

Coincidentally, my mother-in-law gave my a knit turkey outfit when my daughter was born. It was just the right look for this photo! I prepared it, the roaster, and some leftover dried corn from her pumpkin baby shoot. We were ready to pose her for some holiday fun!

To finish the set/look for this photo, I added some natural elements and added to her outfit. The autumn colors all naturally worked together. They even looked nice when positioned on a scarf I had just bought for myself! I love creatively using household items like that to create something magical.

With Easter coming in a few days, I’ve been racking my brain to see what I can do to take some new milestone pictures for another first holiday! Stay tuned for a special post this Sunday to see what I came up with!

Kat Knuth is a top newborn photographer from Longmont, Colorado. She is often exploring her journey through motherhood with her photography and sharing images of her precious kiddos on Instagram. To schedule your newborn or family session, please reach out by email to katknuthphotography@gmail.com or call (602) 741-8483.