{Life is a Many Splendored Thing}

High on the list of my most amazing life experiences is being in the room through the

entire process of labor and delivery as a tiny, miraculous human being takes it's first

breaths of air. Words can't describe what it feels like to watch parents meet their child

for the first time, knowing they'll love that baby more than anyone else in the world.

I've gotten to do it twice, thanks to my camera.

It was my honor to witness Barb and Jason as they ushered Gavin into the world in

the summer of 2008 -- a delivery that started with induction through Pitocin, went

through three hours of pushing and ended in cesarian section. I was granted special

access for all of it in order to preserve the moment with photos.

I thought it was going to be a once in a lifetime opportunity. That is, until Jenny and

Anthony asked me to do the same thing for them when their baby, Amelia, was born.

Obviously, most of the photos I captured on that day are private -- just for them -- but

I thought I'd share a few from before and after the delivery for my own documenting.

I couldn't resist taking a few quick pictures of Miss Amelia, just for fun, when I stopped

over to deliver the disk of birthing photos. She's so beautiful. So much so, in fact, that I

didn't even blink an eye when she urinated all over me during the diaper-off portion of

our mini shoot. :)

I'll never forget the moment I saw this little one be born. Pretty special stuff.

I wish her and her parents a lifetime of health, happiness, bonding, and love.