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Charlotte Ashley

Jordyn | A Birth Story

Baby· Birth· Newborn

12 Mar

Not too long ago, I documented Jay and Nikki’s maternity session.  Last weekend, I had the awesome pleasure of welcoming their beautiful little girl into the world with my camera in hand! This was my first ever birth session and I KNOW it won’t be my last. It wasn’t until my friend and fellow photog Carrie of Carrie Workman Photography so beautifully documented the birth of my son that I even thought about photographers being present for this type of event.  I’m the shy type, but when it was all said and done, I knew I wanted her to do this for us so that my husband would be able to absorb all that he could with the birth of our child without having to run around the delivery room snapping pictures for me.  Because I would have wanted him to; you know, since that is just one event you can never re-play.

It was so hard to pick only a few images to share with you.  Jay and Nikki, Jordyn is one lucky little girl to have you guys as parents! Blessings to you, as you embark on the most awesome journey of your lives!

Here is mommy’s first embrace. I’m just so glad these were in focus because I was shedding a few tears of joy myself. tehe.

Loved this.  As I rounded the corner to announce that Jordyn had arrived safe and sound, this is what unfolded.  Here we have Jordyn’s proud grandparents!

While Nikki was still in the delivery room, daddy Jay was summoned to the nursery for Jordyn’s first bath.  While the nurse prepared everything, Jordyn was screaming, but daddy came to the rescue.  And she knew who he was and was comforted.  And again, all of us on the other side of the window were BAWLING.

Jay, you will make an amazing father.  Hands down.  Don’t you worry. 🙂

Three generations.  Love this!  And they all look alike!

Jordyn loves her daddy.

The beautiful Jordyn Kate.

The proud new parents 🙂  Nikki you are beautiful.  You don’t even look like you just had a baby!  No fair.

And here I am… the proud new auntie! 🙂 Yay!

Amen; Amen; and AMEN!

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Hey, hey friend! :) I'm so glad you're here! God gives me all the strength to navigate this crazy, beautiful life of mine; and this is my attempt to keep it somewhat documented and organized! My family and I believe we are called to be stewards of the land and try our hardest to live a biblically-based, holistic life. You'll discover a whole lot about nature, photography, and being a creative entrepreneur if you poke around a little bit on the site! Enjoy. More about me...

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