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I think y’all already know I LOVE this family!! I have loved documenting them for the almost two years and watching their family grow!
Last year we took Lincoln’s 9 month milestone photos here in these flowers, and during that session we did a gender/pregnancy reveal! A year later and that little babe is 6 month old Grant! Ahh!! So much sweetness!
Grant is an absolute DOLL!! He is his mama’s twin, and he is such a chill baby! I can’t wait until his 9 month session!
I’m just two months late with this personal post haha! But here are some of my favorite moments from Connor’s first month!
The moment Adaline met Connor will forever be my favorite memory. Adaline was SO excited to meet her baby brother and it was absolutely precious to watch her interact with him for the first time. I tear up just thinking about it! She has done so well with this transition, and these moments were the beginning of that! I couldn’t be more proud to be her mom! (A big thank you to my BFF Whitney for taking photos for me!!!)
Day 2 and 3 after Connor’s birth were probably the worst for me! It was pretty painful to move around those first few days after the c-section, but I was so incredibly thankful for my husband who was by my side the whole time! We had a great stay in the hospital and we went home on Jon’s birthday. Connor’s favorite thing to do was scratch his face, and since he is the second child we used socks for mittens on the way home! Haha! :) That first week was spent as a family of four (with my mom helping when she could) and it was such a sweet time together. I will always cherish these memories!
On Connor’s one week birthday I made us all dress up and do a photoshoot in Connor’s nursery!
Jon was able to stay at home with us for two weeks which was amazing! The first week he had to pretty much help me with everything physically. Getting in/out of bed was the worst!!!! But after a week I was able to do everything by myself, which was such a relief. I’m honestly so thankful for the healing process. I was back to my normal routine less than two weeks after my c-section. I was able to lift Adaline again and just do normal things, like pick up toys off the floor. The healing process of the c-section was my greatest fear and I was so happy with my experience.
Within those first two weeks Adaline ended up getting a stomach virus. It. Was. Horrible. She has never thrown up before so it was so sad to see her get sick and not understand what was happening. Luckily it didn’t last long and she was back to herself in less than a day.
We joked that we had every kind of bodily fluid in our home those first two weeks! Haha! It took us a while to get used to changing a baby boy’s diaper, so Connor peed on a lot of furniture/people haha! He also pooped on me and our bed… twice… within a few hours of each other. It was hilarious but also tiring!
Jon went back to work and his mom stayed with us for a week to help me get adjusted to our new routine and then I was on my own. Adaline did so great. She was definitely more whiny at times, but she loves her baby brother and I love watching them together!
I did a few photoshoots with Connor at my parents house and I loved the way they turned out! Adaline kissing Connor in the bluebells had to be my favorite photo EVER. It is hard to put into words how much I love these two!
I did these type of monthly photos with Adaline, so I wanted to do something similar with Connor! Since Easter was coming up I used plastic eggs to make the 1 and dressed him in his Sunday best :)
And just like that, his first month went by so quick! These two babies are my entire world. I can’t believe they are mine! I’ll have Connor’s Month 2 post up soon! :) Thanks for reading!
Happy Tuesday!
I’m finally sitting down and sharing my favorite images from Logan’s 9 month session! This was my first session after having Connor, and it feels SO good to get back into photography after the cold winter months!
I honestly can’t believe we are just a couple months away from Logan celebrating his first birthday! It seems like yesterday I was at the hospital photographing his Fresh 48 session.
Logan is just so precious, I can’t get over his thick hair!! He loves to be outside and loves grass haha! You might spot a blade of grass in his hands in some of the pictures! :) Whatever makes them happy! haha!
38 weeks!
I can’t believe that it has been 7 weeks since our lives changed forever and we welcomed our perfect son into this world! It is still hard to wrap my head around the fact that I have TWO children haha! But we have made it this far without going crazy so hopefully we can keep this up :) I want to try and document our lives here so I can look back at this blog posts and remember what our crazy life was like!
I’ll start with the birth story of Connor.
About two weeks before my due date Jon and I had a long discussion with my OB about my delivery. My labor and delivery with Adaline was pretty terrible haha! I had to be induced because of high blood pressure and it was just a long and very painful process. She was bigger than they expected her to be and getting her here was not fun! Lets just say my body didn’t do well delivering an 8lb baby!
We had this meeting with my OB and came to the conclusion that a c-section would be our safest option. Honestly, I was completely devastated but it didn’t take long for me to come to peace with the decision. There were too many risks to my health and the health of Connor that I couldn’t chance it.
So we scheduled my c-section for the 14th and spent the last two weeks soaking up time with our girl!
My surgery was scheduled for 12pm, but we got to the hospital around 9 that morning to get prepped. We were a little too early, so we did a lot of sitting around waiting. It was pretty windy/stormy that day, and earlier I had joked that I hoped the power didn’t go out during my surgery!
Around 12 the anesthesiologist came into the room and was discussing the procedure with us, and she went to the computer to do last minute checks. Then… the power went out! Hahaha! I was so thankful it was before I was in surgery, but it did push everything back while we waited for the power to come back on. (I still can’t believe that I called that ha!)
Around 12:30 they started wheeling us back to the OR, and they put Jon in a room to wait until my spinal block was put in. When the anesthesiologist put in my spinal, it ended up taking about twice as long as normal to take effect, which completely freaked me out! But thankfully it started working and my doctor came in and started the surgery. Jon was finally able to come in and sit beside me and hold my hand. The anesthesiologist was so sweet to explain what was going on for us.
All of the sudden she peeked over the curtain and then told us our baby would be born within the next 60 seconds! I didn’t know what to expect with the c-section, but I actually felt a TON of pressure when they were delivering Connor. It was very strange, but it only lasted a few seconds.
I heard the doctor say, “He’s got a ton of hair!” and then I heard his cry and my heart was overwhelmed with gratefulness.
My doctor walked around to where Jon and I could finally see our son, and my first thought was he WAS so big and looked like his sister! Jon went over to take pictures of him while the nurses cleaned him up, and then they brought him over to me. I remember his sweet cry and I was just so happy to finally meet him!
Jon left with Connor while they finished my surgery and I was reunited with them in the recovery room. I did start getting really nauseous about an hour after surgery and ended up getting sick with I got into our room, but they were able to give me medicine so it didn’t last very long! The worst part was the liquid diet! Ha :)
Overall, I was so happy that we made the decision for the c-section. Of course it was very painful at times, but my recovery has been amazing this time around too! I’m so thankful for a healthy pregnancy, delivery, and perfect baby!
Happy 2019! Here is the second 2018 Favorites blog post! I met so many amazing families and captured so many moments and milestones in 2018! It truly has been such an honor to be able to provide keepsakes for families that they will cherish forever! It was so fun to look back at so many sessions! Here are a few favorites from each family session I was blessed to capture this year!
Please enjoy and I hope you had fun celebrating the New Year! I can’t wait to see what 2019 has in store!
2018 has been so amazing! I’ve met so many amazing families and captured so many moments and milestones! It truly has been such an honor to be able to provide keepsakes for families that they will cherish forever!
I decided to take a look back this amazing year. I split my favorite images in two blog posts, Milestone babies and Family sessions, so here is the first post this morning!
It was so fun to look back at so many sessions! Babies change SO MUCH in their first year, and these sessions are just a reminder of that! I absolutely love being able to document a babies first year of life and capture all the details of each stage!
It was so hard to pick just a couple images from each session, but here are some of my favorite images from 2018! I’m so thankful for all of these families and their adorable babies! Look out for the second blog post later today!
I know that you have seen this beautiful family on the blog a ton! Hillary and Luke and such great friends of ours, and for the past year I’ve been lucky enough to photograph their family!
Their first son, Lincoln, was born in August 2017 and he is one of my milestone babies! During his 9 month shoot (which you can check out here) they announced their second pregnancy! Lincoln and Grant are about 14.5 months apart, and I absolutely can’t wait to watch these two brothers grow up together!
Grant was quite a surprise so Hillary and Luke decided to nickname him “Rocketman” during Hillary’s pregnancy, but little did they know he would live up to his nickname the day he was born!
Hillary woke up in labor at 5am and was holding Grant before 7am! He even made his arrival before a doctor could get to the room! How amazing! (Hillary is a ROCKSTAR)!
I rushed to the hospital a few hours later to get some of the sweetest images, the first time Lincoln met his little brother! These shoots are why I absolutely LOVE what I do!
I hope these images will be treasured forever! I’m so excited to watch little Rocketman grow and watch Lincoln be the best big brother!
On the blog today is the O’Banion family! Heather entered into my session giveaway that I had in May so here are some of my favorite photos from their session!
Heather and Shane’s daughter, Elyse, was so precious! She loved to run around and dance and sing, it was such a joy to capture!
Its always such a pleasure to meet new families, it is definitely a favorite part of my job!
I met the Vaughn family a couple weeks ago at Jackson’s Orchard in Bowling Green. It turned out to be a beautiful morning and I think this location was perfect to fall family photos!
Check out some of my favorites below! :)
I can’t believe it is already November! This year has flown by so far, but I’m so excited for fall and all of the holidays that are coming up.
You might remember Logan’s Fresh 48 I did back in the summer! He turned three months old at the end of September so here are some of my favorites from his Milestone Session! Logan is so handsome and was a trooper during the entire shoot.
This session is definitely one of my favorites ever! We took these pictures back in August, and the colors are just gorgeous!
My family owns a farm in southern Kentucky and this is where all of the photos were taken. The orchard was so beautiful and we headed down to the river to snap a few shots! Jase had so much fun at the river! He almost immediately jumped in, it was so cute!
Paige and Josh were so laidback and fun to work with! They had just celebrated their 3rd anniversary so we took a few couple shots while Jase was playing! :) They are seriously the sweetest family!
It is so crazy to me that Camryn is already 9 months old, she is such a doll!
We ventured out to Jackson’s Orchard in Bowling Green do to a fun fall shoot! And then we headed downtown to take a few photos on the square. Camryn was such a good sport and has the prettiest smile!
Check out more of the cuteness below!
There’s not better cure for a rainy day than a sweet family session like this! Etta is only a week older than Adeline, and we’ve been friends with the Carters for years! I always love when we get together to document this sweet family!
I can’t believe that Etta is two already, it is crazy how fast time flies by! Her birthday was back in August and we did this fun session to celebrate her birthday! I’m so thankful for these sweet friends!
I can’t believe I have documented Lincoln’s life for A WHOLE YEAR!! What!?!
I love this family so much! It has been such a joy watching Lincoln grow up, and I’m so honored that Hillary and Luke trusted me with documenting his first year! I seriously have the best clients ever, I’m so thankful!
Here are some of my favorites from Lincolns 12 month session we did back in August! THIS MONTH they will be welcoming their second baby boy and I can’t wait to start all over with this amazing family!
It has been a while since you’ve seen me on the blog! I have so many sessions to share, and I can’t believe that I had Logan’s three months milestone session this past weekend! So today I want to reminisce a little and throw it back to his newborn session!
This was such a sweet maternity session! Gabby and Alex and expecting their daughters arrival next month, and I was so honored they asked me to document this special time!
It was a HOT afternoon, but these two totally rocked the shoot!
Here are some of my favorites from their session!
This was truly one of the most precious photoshoots I've ever done! Logan was just over a day old when I took these photos, it was such an honor to document such a special time! I will definitely add Fresh 48 shoots to my favorites!
If you're a parent, you can relate to those first few days after meeting your little one for the first time. This brought back all the feels after see this sweet newborn!
Enjoy these sweet images of these new parents and their bundle of joy!
