The adorable Valentine's baby portraits that will melt your heart

Valentine's Day is fast approaching - and what better way to celebrate the feelgood vibes of romance than with a photoshoot that will melt even the hardest of hearts.
A photographer has taken pictures of adorable sleeping babies, some only a week old, dressed in various knitted Valentine’s-themed costumes.
Norfolk-based Shellie Wall, 38, took the pictures as part of her £85 sessions, where she spends up to four hours patiently coaxing the tiny newborns into the perfect shooting position for her clients. 

Adorable: Primrose, the Valentine baby is photographed sleeping on a red trunk, cosy in her knitted red hat

Angelic: Olivia, sleeping while cocooned in a blanket, wears a wreath of tiny Valentine's roses

Delightful: Olivia rests peacefully in her little heart bear hat, in a picture that could melt the stoniest heart

From bouncing two-week-old Harrison resplendent in a red dickie bow to sleepy Poppy in a woolly heart hat, these British Valentine babies are guaranteed to make your heart melt.

 

In order to capture the infants in such tranquil and endearing poses Ms Wall says they must be no older than four weeks when she photographs them, but for the best results the sleepy stars have to be under 12 days old on the day of session.
This is because the deep sleep of the newborn allows Ms Wall to gently position them into the delectable poses with ease, and they are likely to stay still once in them.

Captivating: Bouncing two-week-old Harrison wears his red dickie-bow proudly

Heart-warming: The tiny infants are kept warm and comfortable during the shoot by hand made knits and a creamy fur rug

I only have eyes for you: Besotted parents can capture their child's first weeks and keep the pictures to treasure for ever

Shellie, who began her baby photography business in 2009, is so inundated with requests, parents-to-be have to book a slot when they have their 12 week scan.
Ms Wall, who describes herself as a leading specialist in newborn photography, says newborns 'can be the most difficult to photograph'.
And while the famous adage warns 'never work with animals or children', clearly Ms Hall has the magic touch.
She says that she hopes to capture the baby's delicate features, wisps of hair, and their idiosyncrasies.
Ms Wall says on her website: 'These early days should be captured and always remembered.'

Delightful: Baby Olivia was captured dreaming sweetly in one of the four hour photo sessions

Inviting: The babies look so angelic and peaceful on their clouds of white fur, wearing adorable Valentine's knitwear

Charming: The Valentine's day hat and matching booties seem to suit baby Primrose

Darling: Baby Olivia is so young that she will stay asleep in the poses

Snuggled: The pictures are sure to fill the viewer with plenty of love, just in time for February 14th