Wyatt {newborn} Session
Cute little Wyatt was a doll at his newborn session! He made me work for the sleepy shots but once he was settled on his tummy he was out like a light!
Nursing {snow day} Minis
Lets just say snow in our part of Arizona is a rare occurrence. Extremely rare. And 6-8 INCHES of snow? Insanity.
I knew as the snow poured from the sky New Years Eve day that I had to do something special in all that amazing pure white stuff. And what could be more pure than a mama nursing her babe? So I threw out a quick model call and got quite the response. So Perfect Chance Photography and I decided what the hey? lets make this extra fun! So we teamed up to photography some sweet mamas and their adorable babies in the beautiful winter wonderland on New Years Day. It was an epic start to our year of capturing Motherhood!
(Now for the concerned observer I will let you know this IS Arizona - so while there may indeed have been 6 inches of snow on the ground it was a about 54 degrees while we were shooting - I wasn't even wearing a coat! All babies were snug and warm at mama's breast!)
Rachel {maternity} session
Rachel went into labor a little earlier than she had expected so I met her on a Sunday afternoon to take a few pictures to commemorate her pregnancy. Between contractions Rachel rocked out some lovely pictures and less than 24 hours later her sweet little man was in her arms!
Orion {newborn} session
Oh Mr Orion! You are too cute! And oh so hard to get to sleep! Photographer's child syndrome right from birth! =)
Sweet dreams little fox-baby!
Andrew's {birth} Story
I have known Gina for quite a while but it wasn't until this summer when I took her maternity pictures that I began to really have a friendship with her. As her pregnancy progressed I learned more about her past pregnancies and all the emotion wrapped up in this little man's arrival. I knew that Gina's goal was a VBAC, but after a wild false start to labor, including a late night run to Phoenix, she began to settle her heart with a repeat c-section. So it happened that a week before the scheduled date Gina asked me if I could come and document the experience. I am not a birth photographer, in fact I work closely with a fabulous birth photographer, but she was booked for the weekend and Gina assured me that her trust in me as a friend and photographer evened out my lack of experience in this area.
So, on a Friday morning, I and my camera joined Gina, her husband Larry, and their doula, Rachel, at Verde Valley Medical Center to record the entrance of Andrew to the world. It was emotional. It was beautiful. It was a million emotions wrapped into one. Special arrangements had been made for the surgical curtain to be dropped so Gina could see Drew's entrance into the world and as the doctor brought him up into the lights of the OR Gina started to cry and so did I. It was an experience I will never forget and I am so blessed that Gina and Larry trusted me to capture it.
Drew is beautiful, healthy and the moment he was placed onto his mama's chest I saw healing begin. He is a miracle and a blessing! Welcome earthside, baby Andrew!!
