After sifting through recent photos, I realized I do not have many “good” photos of Hazel, where you can actually see what she looks like. I took time today to capture her sweet face. At 3 days old, she is swimming in her new layette, but beautiful anyway.
Hazel Jean
The jalopy is now 3 seat belts shy of being legal so the big boys waited until we came home to meet baby Hazel. Here are a few of the photos I snapped as they introduced themselves to their day old sister. PS-Thank you to all that have followed along on this journey, offering understanding, insight […]
A surreal moment as I watched Levi hauling the carseat to the truck before the sun was even up. We arrived at the hospital at 6:30am as planned and by 12:45pm my epidural was in and my water was broke. Two hours later our 6lb 11oz Hazel Jean arrived, sunny side up with her little hand next […]
In 1902 my great grandparents, Walfrid & Lina, traveled by ship from Sweden to the USA and started all of this. We have spent the last 2 days visiting with long lost relatives and reminiscing about the good old days. I have always thought that my cousin Lisa resembled my mom and I love how […]
Dear Jon & Sue, I am finally getting to your photos again and hope to have them ready in time to send home with your girls. Thank you for being patient with me. Here are a few of my favorite candid shots. I try to capture the true moments & emotions of life and it […]
Sabra snapped the photos while I yelled at the Saint Bernard to “Get out of here & quit slobbering on me!”, as a result I look angry in most of the snapshots. I added as much texture, burning & actions as possible to hide my many imperfections. These may very well be the last photos of […]
My bags are packed and I am going to Germany. Not really, but my grandmother’s generation would have said this as code for “going to the hospital”. Almost as if it was too vulgar to say you were going to deliver a baby. The same generation that would say “in the family way”. So old […]
Great aunt Marian from South Dakota came to visit us last Sunday. I hope I am still traveling the country when I am her age. I was awakened Monday morning by a frantic phone call from my aunt Becka. She was in labor and Uncle Tim was 4 hours away. We were due at the same time […]
We impulsively decided to sneak away before baby is born and figured our 17th anniversary was as good excuse as any. We stayed at the Cannery Pier Hotel on the Astoria water front. Astoria is the oldest town west of the Rockies, rich in Finnish & Scandinavian history and you know how I love history. The […]
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