Meet baby {L}

Meet baby {L}. He was a sweet sleepy baby that did NOT like being on his tummy. But he didn't mind laying all different ways. I enjoyed being able to love on him. I am so glad that I can not have any more babies, because this job is very dangerous! It pulls on those mommy heart strings. Yet in the end, I don't mind giving them back up. Hee, hee. I do always hope that they go home and actually sleep good for mom and dad. I love some of the details and artistic shots that we were able to get with him. Can you pick out my favorite picture? It made it on the wall of the studio!!!

Meet baby {E}

A great compliment for photographers is a referral. This sweet baby came to me from a sweet friend. I enjoyed every minute talking with her mom, dad and Grandma. Little {E} was soooo hungry, she probably ate about 75% of the time that we were together. We could not figure out where she was putting it all. I am sure she wont be this little bitty baby for long. It is sad how fast our sweet children grow, yet amazing all at the same time.

{E} is a military baby so we made sure to get pictures of her on her daddy's Marine uniform.  

I always tell our mommy's that they are more than welcome to sleep while they are with us....in this case, Daddy is a night worker and was extremely tired. He napped on our sofa!

We couldn't finish without a quick picture of the new family together.

Im starting to realize that I shoot a ton of horizontal images. I need to shoot more vertical!!! :)

baby {Christian}

Another catch up post folks. Before you know it this sweet baby will be a year old and I am just now writing his blog. (Im getting better at this though.)
This is the sweet result of the birthing center birth I posted a while back. The whole birth was amazing. Christian did so good for me. He was not wanting to sleep a whole lot for momma and did NOT like riding in the car. However, I think he KNEW he needed to be good for me and he was. I love these sleepy babies!!!

Sweet baby {M}

 A while back I had the opportunity to photograph a sweet little boy. He stayed asleep however I was not able to move him as much as I like to move my newborns, but we still got some great images. I love that we incorporated something that his dad loved!

Meet baby {Ethan}

I am so glad that I can no longer have babies. Because these sweet newborns really make me miss my kiddos being this small. Ethan was so sweet and slept so well for us. I really enjoyed my time with him!

Hospital Birth

Look at me go! Two posts in one week! Im telling you...Im going to catch up!

This is a very special post for me as it is someone very near and dear to my heart. And she has had the hardest time delivering her babies! This is my best friend, my "soul sister" as we say. We have had a very interesting story and past and we have had LOTS of ups and downs. However we have always found our way back! Now we are just older and wiser and then are just a ton of ups and no downs!

Okay so let me tell you a little of our back history. We "knew" about each other when we were in 5th grade. I moved into a neighborhood just down the road from hers. We would soon be starting 6th grade in the same school. Her boyfriend lived down the street from me, however I did not know that it was her boyfriend. :) Needless to say he was a fifth grade boy and soon recruited me to be his girlfriend. We spent a ton of time playing video games and playing at the park. As much of a young boyfriend/girlfriend relationship as it could be. I soon found out about her and knew that she did not particularly care for me. So school starts and what do I do? I decide that I need to become friends with her. It was the start of a beautiful friendship! lol. She could't resist me, even though she called me Steffanie square Oval. My last name was Oles so she thought square oval would be a good name. I love how the 6th grade mind works! So fast forward MANY MANY years....we are the best of friends.

Alright, now on to her birth stories. She has very stubborn babies...as in they want to come out feet first. So C-Sections are the way she has had to go. The first time the anesthesiologists could not get her epidural in, and had to put her completely under. No one wants to do that and not see their baby! This time her water broke early and had to rush in for an emergency c-section. She texted me at about 4:30 or 5 I believe. I thought it was a joke! So I jump up and get dressed and rush out the door! We arrived at the hospital at the same time! Luckily when they got there, baby was not trying to hurry and come out, so they were able to take a little more time. She did not have to be put completely under. She was completely anxious about being awake but the doctors were amazing and completely talked her down. I walked into the room to get my bag just as they were walking in, it was SO hard to see my best friend so upset and scared. Thank God for great doctors!

Proud Grandmas!

I love this. Can you see her pajamas? She kept taking them off, so they had to cut the feet off the pajamas and turn them backwards! And since it was so early in the morning, they had to take her in them.

E was not sure what to think about her baby brother!