Keep an eye out for Finn's newborn photos, they have been taken and are currently being edited. And welcome baby Finn to the family!
My nephew Finn has finally arrived! We are all so excited to welcome baby Finn to our family! He was born Wednesday August 24th at 12:51am. I was able to go up to Everett to visit him within 15 hours of his birth and naturally I had to bring my camera with while vising with both my girls and my parents (our other sister joined after I had left). This was my first attempt at doing what is considered a fresh 48, a session that takes place within 48 hours of birth so something that is usually done within the hospital. My take is more on the change of dynamics within our growing extended family. My parents now have three grand children to love, two girls and now one boy. My girls now have to share their grandparents and their aunties and uncle's attention with the new baby. I love our growing family and I'm happy to stay close to my sister's while their family grows as well! Melia loves her uncle Mark and after this photos the two of them went to go play in the park for a little while. Melia and I made little Finn his own friend right before we left to visit. A build a bear of sorts but from Amazon, there was also a little birth certificate to fill out and I named him Huckleberry. Grandpa wearing Melia for the first time.
Keep an eye out for Finn's newborn photos, they have been taken and are currently being edited. And welcome baby Finn to the family!
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5 Days New: Baby LeoWelcome little brother Leo! He was such a great little guy to work with, made me work hard to get his photos, but no the less still a great little guy! I also took his big sister Shaelynn newborn's photos, which can be seen here. Just like his big sister he did pee and poop while naked. Little Leo is so loved by his moms and his sister! Welcome baby Leo
Baby Ethan's newborn photos were taken when he was 8 days new. Such a little handsome guy! Took a little bit of time to get him fully settled into being in the sleepy state, but once he got into that sleepy state he rocked it! Big brother wasn't all that excited about having his photo taken, but he warmed up to the camera after a little break and we were able to get some adorable photos of the two brothers and the family all together! New babies are always so exciting, crazy, hectic and amazing!
I recently look a friend's 2nd daughter's baby photos at 5 weeks of age. This little Abbey is just so adorable! A thick head of hair and big eyes! We got her into a few different outfits including a Seahawks outfit. Her big brother also joined in the photo session and I got a few with him and little sister. I was able to take a few nursing photos! I always love being able to take a few nursing photos, it is such a special bond between mother and child and I love being able to capture that fleeting time. This photo was taken in honor of her young cousin that past away at a young age and loved to wear purple converse. Love little babies, especially friend's little babies!
This week is World Breastfeeding week and I'm proud to share that so far I nursed my now 3.5 year old for 2.5 years and I've been nursing my 11 month old as well since birth. I've been nursing for almost 3.5 years! Woohoo! Now I want to give a little back story about my nursing journey with my 2 kids.Thankfully both my kids have taken to nursing and are champ nursers, we've had no major issue, just some over supply issues which was easier to handle the second time around. My first Melia, I nursed from birth to 2.5 years, ironically I decided to wean her and she had her last nursing session the day before world breastfeeding week last year. So while everyone was celebrating nursing their babies, I was mourning the decision to wean her, but I was also celebrating that decision too. Since I was pregnant with my 2nd nursing and while pregnant nursing had become a painful, horrible and hormonal task. Considering I always loved nursing her, even though we had the days of me being tired and touched out overall I loved nursing her, so to be hating nursing while pregnant was a new experience and not a happy one. Coupled with her skin issues and my distaste for nursing I decided to gentle wean her. It was a good decision for us and at times I was sad I didn't get the chance to tandem nurse, but then glad I didn't have to nurse a 2nd child. My 2nd nurser Emery, has had her own challenges! Unlike her sister she is not a boob baby and has been a very finicky and distracted nurser. While I don't mind at all nursing in public, this kid will not nurse in public unless she is super tired and super hungry and will finally give in to taking milk. Emery mostly only nurses before she sleeps, sometimes I can get in another nursing session between naps, but not all the time. I have to kick out big sister from the room, keep it quiet with her sleep sounds, dark and have her sleep sack on. She drives me crazy many days with nursing! When I was wanting to get a nursing photo of us, I really wasn't sure I was going to be able to pull it off! With the camera's timer noise and the extra light I had to bring into the room I wasn't sure if she would nurse long enough for me to get a photo. Well she did! Thankfully! For my photo I wanted to capture what our nursing sessions look like! While usually completely dark, to capture the photo I did have to open the curtains and let in come light. I did have to turn on the sound machine to help cancel out the timer noise and put her in her sleep sack(zipadee-zip). I mostly nurse her sitting on the bed and then she will either fall asleep in my arms nursing or I have to bounce her and then lay her down on the bed. In the background I do have a nursing session of Melia that was taken by a friend photographer Sherri O'Neil. Here is my nursing self portrait with my 2nd child. I've loved that I've been able to nurse both my girls and I love the nursing relationships I've had with both of them! May my 2nd nurse even longer! Happy world breastfeeding week! |
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