The Coolest Way To Welcome The New Year In
This mom was past her estimated due date. It never dawned on either of us that she could have a New Year’s baby. I arrived to meet her in the Piggly Wiggly parking lot in Bamberg where she spent time walking to get to the hospital with her by 10:00pm. There was a riotous group of people outside the emergency room for a gunshot victim that had been brought in. That explains the police cars.
- Baby girl, Johnalyn Laurel
- 1.1.08, 2:22am
- 8 lbs, 4 oz and 21.5 inches.
Mind you - there is no epidural available at this hospital. Good going, mom! I also noticed a similarity between me & Jody - laughter when in pain! But, this whole family was just so funny and in good spirits the whole sleepless night! I chose the leading verse in the slideshow because that is what was on my mind the entire time I spent editing their images.
Beautiful family! For those that do not know, this is her 5th beautiful child. Her 3rd child and my 4th child were born 1 day apart and will be 4 years old in just over a week! Here are a few images for a sneak peek. The slideshow is below.
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January 6th, 2008 at 11:30 am
I love this whole slideshow Faith - great work! Especially that first image on your blog….seeing the baby before she’s all cleaned up is really like being there at the birth! And love the emotion shown in all the photos - especially the father’s! Beautiful Photography!
January 6th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Faith, I absolutely love this slideshow. Of course it is more emotional to me since I know the family. It is beautiful. You did an amazing job. You know I’ll be giving you a call when Isaac and I start having babies, mindful that it will be a while.
January 7th, 2008 at 12:22 am
Really nice work, Faith! You really captured the emotion of the birth.
Happy 2008!
January 30th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Yup, I’m with Kay. I LOVE the image where the baby isn’t cleaned up. I so wish more people would choose birth photography for their new arrivals. They will cherish the images a lifetime.
February 15th, 2008 at 12:04 am
I just realized you could leave comments…I just want to say that Faith Piper is the best birth photographer I have ever had, even though she is the only one
This is me in those photos. It was a wonderful experience and now I have the pictures to remember it by. Faith was so good, I don’t remember hearing the camera or didn’t even realize she was taking alot of these pictures…I guess I had “other” things to focus on! So to all you mommies-to-be…Faith Piper is the greatest!