When I was 5 my grandma took me to Disney for the first time. My grandma is still awesome and decided to take Summer this year for her 5th birthday. Since Cannon and Lena are still free, Gram gave us an early and very very special Christmas gift and took the whole gang of us to tag along! Here are just a few of my favorite moments from the day :)
St. Augustine Family Photographer | Cannon 4 months
My sweet sweet boy is already 4 months old and tipping the scales at 16lbs 11oz. Man oh man how I love this little boy! Being that he's the third kid and life has been nothing short of crazy we almost didn't take these. But anyone who knows me and my OCD with traditions and all things scrap booking knows it had to be done! So here he is!
Dear Cannon,
At four months old you're becoming an active participant in your environment. Looking around - interacting with us. You're stingy with your laughs but are the happiest most smiling baby I've ever met. All anyone has to do to get a giant grin from you is simply look your way and you give you giant crooked grin. Your expressions are hilarious. Your eyebrows are almost always raised. You love your toes and feet. And putting them in your mouth. You make it obvious where the happy baby asana comes from. You're so active already - always kicking and punching and flailing about. You never sit still. You're also a super speedy grabber of anything within reach - your big sisters' hair, or dinner on the table. And in typical baby fashion it always goes straight to your mouth. You can sit up for a few moments - but then you fold forward. You are such a happy light in our lives and I cannot thank you enough for all the love and joy you have brought us already. I love you so so very much Mr. Man.
Your Stats:
Weight: 16 lbs 11 oz (75%) | Height : 25.5 inches (50%) | Head Circumference : 43.5cm (85%)
Jacksonville Birth Photographer | Home Birth | En Caul
in Birth
Life. I just can't even seem to put it into words lately.
I recently made the plunge and dove head first into the world of birth photography.
My first birth was extremely special in ways I can't disclose. This was my second ever birth behind my camera and my first home birth. So powerful. So, so powerful.
A fast labor - I arrived less than 20 minutes before baby was born. There was no time to ask questions or get my head together; when I walked into the room I could tell by the silence we were nearing the end. I knew I wouldn't have much time (though I didn't realize how little time I would have) - so I tried to find my place in the mix and take in as much as I could.
These days - with cameras always at our finger tips - it's pretty standard to want to capture amazing moments. Especially as a photographer - the more amazing the moment, the more I reach for my camera. It can be a curse sometimes - struggling to live in the moment and not capture it - a balancing act for sure. But imagine a moment SO amazing, SO beautiful that it takes your breath away - and silences your pestering need to document it. That's birth.
There is no denying that there is a steep learning curve photographing births. Everyone knows the lighting is tricky - however I am finding not standing back in awe but instead being active in capturing the moment to be one of the more difficult aspects of this field.
This momma ROCKED her labor and delivery. It was incredible to see her breathing change without instruction to birth her baby. And her sweet boy was born en caul (translation: her water never broke and he was born in his amniotic sac). Incredibly rare (around 1 in 80,000 rare) - and incredibly special.
Support team:
Midwife: Shea, from Birth Center of Jacksonville - learn more HERE
Doula: Rebecca McKinney - learn more HERE
The removal of the amniotic sac from baby
