It’s easy to get snap-happy when you’ve got a super-cute new baby in you life. What’s less easy? Actually capturing photo-album-worthy moments that make you smile, melt, tear and laugh out loud. Here, the 17 shots we think deserve to be taken of every little bundle of love. It’s really flippin’ hard to get the whole family to sit still, look forward and smile. So don’t bother! Instead, lay down and let your feet be the star of the show. Snuggle up and shoot Some of the silliest and most precious moments happen when the whole brood is lounging in bed. Don’t worry about looking at the camera -- or looking perfect. Just lie so you and day are head to head and have everyone fill in around you. Simply snuggle and ask a friend to snap the scene from directly above. Take a better belly picture Now you see it, now you really see it! Snap the ultimate before and after moment. It also makes the perfect birth announcement picture. Profiles of love Nose-to-nose makes the big-little comparisons lovely and sweet. Sweet dreams Before babies smile for-real, they smile in their sleep. It is heart melting. Swoon over both your babes Men holding babies are hot. Your man holding your baby: Melt. No shirtlessness or even heads needed: Simply seeing manly hands cupping a teeny baby tush is enough.