Asher's Birthday

I was honored that Steph asked me to be in the delivery room while Asher was being born to take pictures.  I had never watched a birth before but I felt pretty prepared for the experience having given birth to my own child 20 months ago (in the very same hospital room, by the way - so crazy!).

Well, nothing could prepare me for something so beautiful.  Looking back, there's not really a word that describes the experience better than "holy."

Watching a child enter the world, take his first breaths, scream his first screams...I was shaking and crying and taking pictures all at the same time.  Very discreetly and calmly, of course.

The miracle of new life is so, so precious, and I was thrilled to be able to capture Justin and Steph's very first moments with their precious Asher.

 

It was really sweet to watch Justin support Steph while she was in intense labor.  

 

 

 

And this is Justin's face right when Steph was holding Asher for the first time.   

 

  

Getting cleaned off and weighed under Daddy's watchful eye. 

 

 

 

All of Justin's kids have the same nose as him.

There's nothing like the first few moments with your baby!