Welcome to the World Sawyer Catherine!

This was supposed to be a blog post filled with pictures.

After all, I photographed Sawyer’s parents announcing the pregnancy, as well as the final month of the pregnancy and I was supposed to photograph the birth at home.

However, Sawyer had other plans and made a quick entrance into the world in the wee hours of the morning before her awesome mommy even had a second to think about pictures. You can check the website for more details.

She was born at 3:38am on November 14, and she is amazing.

I met her for the first time this afternoon as I brought some baked goodies over to the house.

I figured new parents wouldn’t be getting much sleep, so a little sugar rush could be helpful!

When I arrived, Brittany and Vince greeted me warmly and put their sweet little girl in my arms.

Freshly swaddled by her adoring dad, her precious pink face peeked out at me as she slept peacefully.

Though I’d brought my camera in my purse with me, it lay on the floor the whole time I was there.

I sat cross legged on the bed next to Brittany and listened to the amazing story of Sawyer’s birth.

I was so proud of her for having the home birth that she’d wanted all along and it was so sweet to hear Vince speak with such awe about how strong his wife was during labor.

While I was visiting, Brittany’s sweet mom came over to visit, and brought her lunch in bed, complete with a cheerful candle so she could see better in the dimly lit room.

I held Sawyer for a while, rocked her when she fussed, and repeatedly kissed her cute fuzzy head.

I marveled at her ten perfect fingers and breathed in her yummy baby smell.

I didn’t take a single picture.

I got the chance to really enjoy my first visit with this beautiful baby and experience all the wonder that comes along with a new life.

I didn’t need to figure out the best spot to put her so the light would spill onto her face perfectly; I didn’t even want to turn my camera on.

I’ve become so used to thinking that I need pictures to remember something that sometimes I forget to stop and actually experience it fully.

Years from now, I’m sure I won’t recall everything that Brittany and I talked about or what blanket Sawyer was swaddled in.

I know that I will remember feeling that there was so much joy in that room that no photograph could ever capture it fully.

You have to really feel a moment before it can become part of your memory.

I’m so glad that in this instance I did.

There are some things so great that they don’t need pictures.

This was one of them.

Congratulations Britt & Vince! I’m so glad that after all this time you finally get to hold your sweet Zulu Bean in your arms.

All my love,