Oh what a beautiful morning it was hanging out with the Cascios last Saturday. It was truly an honor watching these two work together to bring their SIXTH baby into this world with so much love and grace. Completely natural, absolutely beautiful. ❤ I love this sweet momma, and her incredible example of rockin motherhood and […]

Wowza, my sister in law is my hero. On Monday morning she went in for her 39 week check up and didn’t leave. Due to high blood pressure, she had to be monitored and induced. It was a LONG day of excruciating headaches, puking, hunger and pain. At 4pm they started her IV of magnesium. […]

Oh my heart. Yesterday was a beautiful, perfect day. I woke up at 6:00, looked at my phone and saw texts from my sister keeping me up to date on the entire night. Labor started at 1. Contractions got consistently painful by 3. They left for the hospital at 5. AHH! Freaking out, I jumped […]

Oh how I love these cousins of mine. Steph and I were “best cousins” growing up. We had the best of times playing on our grandparent’s farm, inventing the Island of Kapoopoo, doing all sorts of country life things in their little town (Grace, Idaho) and have hundreds of incredible memories. We played games –school, town, war, […]

1. Be prepared. Packing your camera bag for a birth story is very similar to a wedding day. Sometimes birth stories can take even longer than a wedding day. Pack extra memory cards, extra batteries, your phone charger, your camera charger, your back up body, snacks, and water. 2. Be on your toes. A birth story […]

What a crazy birth story. Jenna messaged me a few months ago to book her birth, but we didn’t book the date because I knew I would be in Washington over her due date. Last Tuesday she posted on Facebook to get suggestions for a different birth photographer since I would be out of town. Hours […]

Jason and Shandi were so excited to welcome their sweet baby into the world on Independence Day. Jason was insistent on the 4th of July so the baby could have fireworks on his birthday every year. It took a bit of convincing and scheduling to get the doctors and nurses on board with waiting one […]

Remember that AMAZING Surrogate Birth Story?! Well, after their birth story they decided to preserve these memories forever. They ordered two flush mount albums. These beautiful light blue linen albums are full of beautiful memories from that emotional special day! One for them. One for their surrogate mother. I wish everyone in the world could have an […]

Brennan and Austin arrived at Logan Regional hospital around 10:40 AM to prepare for the delivery of their baby girl. The nurses got B gowned up and Austin scrubbed up. They started Brennan on fluid and connected her to all the monitors. I showed up just after 11. We spent the next two hours chatting […]

Yesterday I witnessed a beautiful miracle. The miracle of modern medicine, amazing doctors, selfless acts of service and second chances. Bob and Ang flew in from New York last week to be here in time for the birth of their sweet baby boy. They’ve made this trip many times over the past several months for doctor’s […]

Brandi’s water broke at home on Saturday morning. They cleaned up and headed to the hospital in the early afternoon. When they got to the hospital, Brandi still hadn’t started having contractions so they decided to start her on pitocin. Several hours later she got her epidural and the waiting game started. She made slow progress […]