Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs. From cute, almost adult-like poses to funny sibling rivalry, the shots capture babies in the early stages of their lives. The adorable photographs were taken by Alicia Gould, 32, when she decided to get into new born photography. 'I like the simplicity of photographing new borns,' said Alicia, from New Jersey, USA. 'My goal is really just to freeze that moment in time, the physical and the emotional. 'I want mum to look at those images ten years from now and see that overwhelming love she had for her new baby, the way they smelled, how tiny their fingers and toes were.
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .