Baby C makes boy number three...

I had the pleasure to meet the J family this morning. They were such a wonderful family! Mom contacted me a few months ago to book the newborn session and they waited to find out the gender, so I was very excited to find out as the baby arrived! Pink or blue hats?

Baby C was born on Dec. 19th and joined a now trio of brothers. They are so sweet and courteous little men! I hope my two guys grow up to be as sweet and kind. It gives me hope that the craziness that I hear down the hall right now will calm a bit in the coming years ;)

Thank you!

ETA - I had to add another one!! I can't stop looking at this guy!

They are here!!!

Anyone that knows me well, knows that this day has been anxiously awaited for a while now...

The twins are here!

My bestfriend in Charleston and her husband were blessed with the arrival of their new baby girl and boy on Thursday. Dad was working in Columbia and of course I live here as well, so once we got the word we hopped out of town as fast as we could... of course dropping 2 kids in the lap of the best neighbor in the world took a little bit of extra time, so I was about 30min behind Dad.... In typical me style, I was running in at the buzzer. Literally - RUNNING - an out of shape preggo lady... I just about hyperventilated... good thing we were in a hospital just in case! :) I'm really glad the highway patrol on I-26 were not out in force!

They waited for the first cut for me to get there, thankfully. My friend blessed me with the chance to be in the OR for the delivery (with the camera of course!). The doctors were so great and put up with me bobbing and weaving around the action. The two doctors in the room delivered each of my boys, so they know me well!

The delivery went wonderfully and the babies are beautiful. Mom & Dad are doing great and trying to enjoy time in the hospital before they go home to Big Brother!

Baby A - girl - weighed in at 5lbs 9oz and 17 1/2 inches. She is doing amazing and mom is enjoying holding her newest baby girl.

Baby B - boy - weighed in at 6lbs 8oz and 18 3/4 inches. He is doing well, but is on a little oxygen and an IV for fluids. They are keeping him stable and hopefully tomorrow will try to bottle feed. Please say some prayers for him and for Mom & Dad. After all that they have been through I pray that they will not be home too long without him!

These aren't ALL of the pictures I took of course, but I tried to eliminate the ones with the most blood. ;) Most of these after the delivery are baby girl since baby boy is still in the nursery being taken care of... just to help you figure it out. It's harder with TWO!

Patience Please...

.... that's what I want for Christmas. Patience and understanding over the next two-three weeks. I will be out of my first trimester and hopefully this exhaustion and sickness will lessen.... and we will be out of the holiday season. I'm hoping to finally get my head above water with email responses and orders. I am very grateful for my wonderful clients!!!

To thank all of you for a wonderful 2008, I will have another photo contest! Keep an eye out here on the blog!


For now, an outtake from our Christmas card photo session. C was trying to help and get R to turn his head, but of course it looks like he's taking him out. :) Brothers!

News

Well, I think I've waited long enough to spread the word....



In about 7 months we will have more kids than I have arms! ;) Yes, we are expecting baby Hobbs #3 in July!! So this may tie together all of the recent comments about being tired and hopefully grant me some forgiveness in slow response to emails. Tired doesn't even begin to describe this go round!! The morning sickness has being coming and going all day, but lately hits me the most in the evening (when I typically work!).

Thank you everyone for your patience! I'll be out of the first trimester by Christmas and hopefully get that burst of energy back - I need it!

So - What this means for you is that next summer, things will slow down a bit around here. I'll still blog of course, but if you want a summer session, please contact me now and book your dates before June or after August. I have opened my calendar and I'm already accepting sessions into the fall.

:)

We survived!

I'm sorry I have been MIA and haven't posted in over a week. We took a much needed family vacation! It's been a long time since we went somewhere to just have a vacation and not for an event or to specifically visit someone at their home. We met up with my husband's brother and his family at DISNEY WORLD!! We all had a great time! We spent 3 days at the parks and I think it was a perfect starter trip. We still have plenty to do the next time we go back, too. The kids were great and despite missing almost all of the naps, they were pleasant and made it a nice trip.

There will be more pictures to come, but I'm slowly getting back to normal life and client orders that came in while I was gone. I hope you all are enjoying this last month of the year - Can you believe it will be 2009 before we know it?! I haven't even attempted Christmas card pics for my own kids yet - New Year's cards are acceptable, right? ;)