A couple of weeks ago, my mom’s work held a holiday party for their employees and families where they offered free photos with Santa. We totally lucked out on these – no long lines and better yet, the photos were FREE!
We’re looking forward to this being a tradition every year and hope we can get Pearl in them too!
Because of the photo light therapy, we decided to hold off on the newborn photo session until Drew was better. That said, these photos are of Drew at two and three weeks old. It’s fun to see the subtle changes in his growth – mainly his weight as you can see he filled out more. I absolutely adore his chubby cheeks! 🙂
Photography by Sahara Coleman Photography
In my previous post about Drew’s first doctor’s appointment, I mentioned that we opted for the in-home photo light therapy vs. hospital stay. What we thought would be a day or so of Drew on the “tanning” bed turned into six days.
The idea was to get Drew on the bed as much as possible. The more feedings and light exposure he received, the more likely the bilirubin would be pushed out of his system and lower his level. Those six days were a little rough in terms of sleep for Keith, Pearl and I (although we expected that with a newborn), we did our best to follow the doctor’s instructions. We woke up almost every hour or two for feedings and diaper changes.
The nurse came by everyday to check on Drew’s vitals and obtain some blood. Each day he showed improvement and even got back to his birth weight plus more! By the end of the therapy, he had gained a whole pound! And our poor little guy handled the daily heel pokes like a champ – he’s one tough baby!
Here are some photos from that week. We all decided to sleep in the family room since it was more comfortable and convenient for Drew…not so much for the rest of us. 😉
On Drew’s first day, we opted to have newborn photos taken by Bella Baby Photography even though we had a separate newborn photo session with our other photographer. After all, the session itself was free and we weren’t obligated to buy any of the photos. Of course once we saw them, we had to buy them!
Drew just hit two weeks on Friday and I can already see some changes. Wish they could stay this size forever but at least I have these photos to look back on.
Keith, Pearl and I had a great time during our maternity photo session. We had to break the session up into two days as the first day was crummy outside and got dark fast which didn’t help with lighting. The photos were taken when I was 37 and 38 weeks pregnant. It’s crazy how quickly the baby bump grew within a week!
Photography by Sahara Coleman Photography
Keeping Up With The Carpenters 