Tayden's First Day in Photos
Braggy aunt alert! My nephew is super cute and his mom (my only sister) kicked birth’s ass. He’s now 4 days old and even cuter than he was on days 1,2 and 3. I’m so thankful I was able to be here for the occasion, that she had the support of friends and family and that everything went as well as it did. One of my greatest dreams and goals is to be able to shoot birth stories all over the world.
Nothing is more beautiful and powerful to me than the birth of a child and there’s nothing I love more than telling a story with photography. My hope is to one day to be able to capture the story of a hundred different births and show the beauty in all of the pain. The joy in all of the misery.
Of all the births I’ve photographed, or will photograph, none will ever be as near and dear to me as the birth of my sister’s first son and only nephew on my side of the family.
While parts of my mourns the fact that I didn’t have a photographer at my own birth, I’m so thankful it’s a gift and talent I can share with others.
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Wanna Dance?
In a moment between contractions, my sister's husband asked 'Wanna dance?" and they did. It was really cute.
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Leaning
One of the last positions we found was having her lean over a chair. It allowed us to press on her hips really well.
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Contraction
She had to get back into the bed to be checked and she hated being in a seated position.
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Resting
Sitting on the birthing ball, leaning over the bed. She did such an amazing job at moving positions and listening to her body.
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Support
Her husband was amazing through the whole process. They were both exhausted but he took such good care of her. Made me happy.
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Counter pressure
"HARDER!" she would yell, even though we were sure that if we pushed any harder on her we'd break her pelvis.
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Quiet
She finally got a moment to rest before she had to push, she was still so uncomfortable but able to close her eyes between contractions.
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By Addie
My oldest brought her a drawing to help her feel better. It's one of the best drawings she's ever done,
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Tayden!
He finally made it after 2.5 hours of pushing with a full head of dark luscious hair.
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Dad's adoration
The only thing as good as new babies is new dads. The pride and happiness on their face is spectacular.
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Strong grip
"He's got a strong grip!" his dad said with pride when Tayden grabbed his finger for the first time.
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NINE POUNDS
No one in that room ever saw a nine pound baby coming out of my tiny sister. Somewhere around 110 pounds when she's not pregnant we were all shocked when the scale said 9 pounds. My mom had them double check.
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Footprints
Getting his big old froggy feet printed for posterity.
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First time
This was the first hand off to dad so he could take him over to my sister.
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First family photo
My sister was still so overwhelmed and exhausted, but she had done it. She had her baby.
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Hi!
Once everything had slowed and settled down, she was able to really meet her son for the first time. She was in love.
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Meeting his cousin
We brought Addie back later that night to meet her new cousin she had waited all winter for.
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Happiest cousin ever
She loved him so much. My sister loved having Addie's beaming smile and contagious energy around.
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Grandpa and GiGi
Meeting his great grandma and his grandpa for the first time. He's a handsome boy (I may be partial.)
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Kisses
I DIE. Kids meeting babies may rank right under new dads as the cutest of cute.
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That family photo – she is just absolutely glowing! I’m so jealous of the visual record, and so happy that all went well and you get to just sit back and enjoy him now!
Um, I hereby officially invite you to come photograph my birth(s) in Arizona. (You know, once I get pregnant and all.)
I have a huge lovehate with birth. But you make it look awesome, i can speak from first hand experience.
What incredibly beautiful photos! Congrats to all. Tayden is sooo cute! Thanks so much for sharing these with us.
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I am very jealous that she has this wonderful recording of her birthing process. Wonderful!
Can I reserve you to photograph my wedding? And my babies’ births? And order one of your ‘it’s okay that you’re your own special kind of crazy’ talks with a side of grilled cheese sandwich?
Did I mention I luuuurve you?