Children Archive

I was originally supposed to fly to Indiana the weekend of Thanksgiving…but I am so glad the wedding got pushed up a week because it snowed there this week!!! 

I already posted the blog of the wedding but here are a few other photos I took of people I met up with!

I have known Heather since first grade.  It i so strange to think that her son is older than that now!

Here is Cody having fun during lunch at Old Spaghetti Factory in Lousiville, KY.

Cody and Heather:

Sunday night i met up with the fab photo duo, Cathy and David for some dinner and photo chat! (In Bloomington, Indiana)

My friend Rachel lives down there as well, so I got to meet up with her and shoot some Christmas card images with her hubby!

Their baby, Lacey

I enjoyed my trip back to the midwest!  I’ll be back out that way next year too.

XOXO,

M

I can’t believe it’s been a week and a day since the birth of little Rayce.

I headed up to the Chapp home to grab some photos for his newborn announcement.

Of course, I can’t help but taking some photos of Riyen too!

The happy family

Jodi’s one request was a feet shot! Rayce didn’t quite know what was going on!

He slept most of the time I was there. Only stopping to eat and cry. 😉

Rayce justs get more and more precious every time I see him!
XOXO, M

On Monday, I got the honor of photographing the birth of baby Rayce.  This was my first ever experience with birth (other than my own, of course) and I am so glad that my friend’s Jodi and Adam trusted me to photograph this miraculous event.  It was a long but rewarding day.  A healthy baby boy was born at 3:59pm, weighing just over 8lbs and 20.5 inches tall.  It was a very emotional moment, even I shed some tears from behind my viewfinder.  

Ok, I’ll admit it.  I shed some tears editing these photos today.  It was an amazing experience that I am having trouble putting in to words.  It definitely did not scare me off of having my own children (in the future, not anytime soon).

And thank you to Jodi for allowing me to share these special images.  I have the more graphic ones on lock and key, but I want to show you the emotions that go along with the labor.

I got there early, so it was just me, Adam and Jodi for the first few hours.  They had just induced her at this point.

Listening to the babies heartbeat

And the contractions start….Adam is watching the seconds hand.

And she is starting to feel them…

I got pretty good at watching this machine.  It shows when she is having contractions…as if she couldn’t already tell!  The top line is Rayce’s heartbeat.

The family showed up mid-day

She was still smiling between the pain

This is just 55 seconds before he was born.  She pushed for under 3 minutes.

Welcome to the world!!

We had a bet going to how much he would weigh (their daughter was 9.9lbs!)  I guessed 8lbs, so I was the closest! 

Proud papa Adam

While everyone got their turn holding him, Jodi was texting the news to everyone else not in the room!

This is Rayce’s big sister Riyen meeting him for the first time!

I love this because Riyen is looking at Adam like, “Dad, I know what I’m doing here.”

Riyen turned to Jodi and said “I like him”

One of my favorite shots of the day.

Wow, here i go again, I have something in my eye…
Jodi and Adam (and Riyen), I am so happy for you and your healthy baby boy!  I am looking forward to seeing him again next week for his newborn photos!!
XOXO, M

Just a quick update before I crash in to my pillow!  I photographed Baby Rayce’s birth today. A first for me.  Mommy and baby are perfectly healthy and had a great delivery!  

There are many more to come, but I wanted to share one shot that was taken within minutes after he was born.

It was amazing.

More soon, I promise.

I feel like such a blog slacker!  Life has taken a turn for the busy lately…I have a lot to blog about though!

When I was in Portland I met up with an old friend, Gena and her lovely family!  This was my first time meeting her hubby, Chris and their newest addition, Samantha!  

We met a small park in Tigard.  These guys are troopers, it was over 100 degrees that day!  Unheard of in the area!

Sweethearts.  Carson (almost 2), Addison (8.5) and Samantha (2 months!)

The beautiful couple!

How adorable are they???

Thanks for letting me capture your family, Gena and Chris!  You were awesome subjects, can’t wait to photograph the kiddos in the future!

xoxo, M