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Last week I was super duper blessed to be witness to the birth of Keegan Andrew. Sure it was the middle of the night, but holy moly it was worth it. Whitney and I had been texting all day as she’d been induced that morning. After all day of laboring and progressing, I finally got the “Get on over here” text. Dustin had my bag all packed and ready to go, and with a kiss and a reminder that we can’t have a baby for a while, I was off to Kaiser Morse. I arrived a little after midnight, and all I can say about that is I got some great parking. As I was was pulling into my princess parking spot I got a text saying things were getting ready to start! I was so happy! Maybe I’d be to bed by 2am! Yeah, and then I remembered that this is Whitney and Phil’s first baby, and first baby’s are kind of known to be a pain to get out… literally.

Whitney was nothing short of amazing! She had some serious back labor early in the day, and had opted for an epidural. (Let’s me be honest when I tell you, I would have had an epidural in the parking lot when Lauren was born… I am a fan.) By the time it was really time to get the birthday party started it was after midnight, and poor Whit was tired, and not feeling very good but she was lucky to have her cute hubby Phil and her delightful sister, Wendy there to champion her on. She pushed for a long time… 3 hours and 45 minutes long. This was a new experience for me, as the other births I’ve photographed have been pretty quick, this was not. THIS was LABOR. But in the end, it was very, very worth it.

Whitney and Phil thank you again for inviting me to be a part of such a monumentous occasion. Keegan is BEAUTIFUL, and I can’t wait to photograph him even more. I am so very happy for you, and your lovely family. Check out the slideshow HERE or below for images from Keegan’s birth day.

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I just wanted to quickly blog a couple of pictures from the blessed birth of beautiful Keegan Andrew. Keegan made his debut at 3:43am on Sunday, December 21, 2008. He weighed in at 7 pounds, 1 ounce and is 21 inches long. He is beautiful and amazing, and I can’t thank his parents, Whitney and Phil, enough for letting me be there with them to witness this incredible event. I will be blogging a full post and slideshow soon, but just wanted to share a couple pictures on his birthday.

And here they are… one happy family. This picture made me sob when I pulled it up on my computer this afternoon. There is nothing like a family… nothing.

Congratulations Whitney, Phil and Keegan!

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I am not afraid to admit this to all of you, my loyal and faithful readers - I am PROFOUNDLY baby hungry right now! And while babies are no good for eating, they are really good for holding and snuggling and smelling miraculous about 40-75% of the time. So with the crazy influx of baby portraits I have taken lately my husband has been hearing me coo about babies a lot. This has been met with a large amount of eye rolling. That being said, I just want you to take a peek at these pictures of beautiful little Rya and try with all your might not to get a little baby hungry yourself. Don’t be disappointed when you fail.

You may remember Melanie and Jason from their wedding last year and their maternity portraits from a few months ago. It means so much to me that they had me make these images of their family. My heart was just bursting with joy the whole time. I remember so clearly those first few weeks with Lauren, and it was just a delight to be around this little family during such a special time.





Also, I am DEEPLY in love with Rya’s room and wish it were mine. Melanie and Jason did an amazing job getting ready for the sweet baby. She sure is one lucky and adorable girl!
Big hugs to Melanie, Jason and Rya! Thank you so much for letting me be a part of such huge times in your life together. It just means so much to me! I can’t wait to keep photographing Rya as she grow! Congratulations on the birth of your beautiful baby girl!!

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You might remember our darling Nora Lynn from her birth portraits last month. I had the joy of doing some newborn pictures of her a couple weeks ago and had to share them with you! There have been LOTS of babies being born as of late, so brace yourself for an onslaught of baby blog posts. Personally, I couldn’t be more excited about it. Holding other people’s babies helps me fight off my own baby fever.

Nora is so tiny, and so adorable and well… so perfect. She is just the most beautiful little thing and I loved taking pictures of her while she was trying to decide if she was going to nap or not. When I see brand new babies it’s so hard to remember that my almost 2 year old was once that small (well… close to that small) and that she wasn’t always running around the house saying, “No Mama! I do it!” to just about everything. I think newborn portraits are important to mothers, especially about the time the child is two. They need to be able to remember the tininess of everything.

By the end of our shoot, Nora was ready to be left alone as you can tell from the image below.
Thanks again to Bethany and Mike for letting me photograph your too cute for words family! It is always a joy to be around you and your brood. We love you guys lots and lots!

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