Evergreen Birth Story Photographer | Baby L Birth Story

Evergreen Birth Story Photographer

The birth of a child is truly the most amazing event that can happen to a couple, changing the whole dynamics from a couple to a family. I was honored to photograph this wonderful birth story and watching this couple become a family for the first time.  Seeing the love between them, watching them fall in love with their beautiful daughter and capturing the moments when parents become first time grandparents brings me great joy!

After corresponding back and forth I met with mom on April 16th. She looked amazing and is such a sweetie we talked how the birth story session worked here due date was just a couple weeks away set for April 29th. On Monday April 21st mom sent me a text at about 4:15am to let me know she was at the hospital, at that time she was dilated 1.5 cm. We continued to keep in touch throughout the day at 6:45am she had progressed  to 2 cm. By 1:30pm she had made it to 3cm. It was a slow progression for her. By 9:15 she had dilated to 5cm, I loaded up my car and headed on down to the hospital. Mom had gotten little sleep during this whole time, when I arrived she was finally getting some much needed rest. Mom had family all around  to give her support and at 1:48 a.m. she gave birth to a beautiful baby girl.

Mom did amazing! Congratulations to the two of you!

 

Please enjoy this birth announcement video and the images!

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Carrie Edwards Photography specializes in maternity, birth, newborn, cake smash and 1 year milestones in Denver Foothills, Evergreen, Colorado and surrounding areas but not limited to Arvada, Littleton, Golden, Morrison and Conifer.

July 28, 2014 - 5:28 pm

Karey Ronnow - Wow. Just wow. So beautiful. If I am blessed with another child, I must have a birth photographer. So beautiful. XoXo

July 27, 2014 - 6:46 pm

Jyn - Love

July 25, 2014 - 11:03 pm

monica - amazing! what a memory to always have

July 25, 2014 - 7:03 pm

nicole gulick - such a powerful set of images! love all the emotion you get looking through these! gorgeous job!

July 25, 2014 - 6:16 pm

Caitlin L - You’ve captured moments this family will cherish forever.

July 25, 2014 - 5:31 pm

Ingrid - I can feel the love and raw emotion. gorgeous!

July 24, 2014 - 5:45 pm

Leandra - You did an amazing job! It’s so beautiful that they will be able to look back on those images and relive those moments.

July 23, 2014 - 6:57 pm

Kerrie Forrester - wow! what an amazing job you did capturing their whole story! love this!!

July 23, 2014 - 5:42 pm

Kelly - WOW!

July 23, 2014 - 1:19 pm

Ashley Durham - What a beautiful little family, congratulations to them!

July 22, 2014 - 6:16 pm

Jenny - Precious! They are so lucky to have these images to remember this special time!

July 22, 2014 - 2:20 pm

Kristina - Wow! Love the details you captured – so wonderful!

July 22, 2014 - 1:21 pm

China - Such an amazing gift to capture this special time for this precious family.

July 22, 2014 - 3:42 am

Jamie - I love these type of sessions. My fave of yours is the close up of her smiling and holding the baby and the baby is crying. It was just “that moment” was captured perfectly.

July 21, 2014 - 9:10 pm

Carrie Beasley - Awesome!!

July 21, 2014 - 9:02 pm

Cris Passos - WOW, adorable images!!!

July 21, 2014 - 3:35 pm

Jessica Svoboda - oh wow! what a beautiful birth! you did a fabulous job!

July 21, 2014 - 3:21 pm

Chesley - There’s just nothing like having these moments captured!!! Beautiful!!

July 21, 2014 - 3:04 pm

Ronda W - Beautiful and raw! Love it!

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Evergreen Newborn Photographer

I love when clients contact me through referrals, seeing my work around town or from my business card. I ran into this mom at my children’s school during an auction fundraiser a few months back. I remember mom telling me baby A was taking her time as her due date was April 20th and she was already 5 days past her due date,  mom was completely fine with it. I was ecstatic when I received an email that they were ready to schedule her newborn session. At 9 days new this beautiful little girl was perfect. Carrie Edwards Photography|Evergreen Newborn Photographer ~ Carlson Family_002 Sometimes the simplest poses are the sweetest. This image was taken after we removed her off the posing bean bag. She was so comfy and sound asleep when I transferred her to the floor and just had to capture this image.  Carrie Edwards Photography|Evergreen Newborn Photographer ~ Carlson Family_001

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For just a moment she opened her eyes.

Carrie Edwards Photography|Evergreen Newborn Photographer ~ Carlson Family_005 It makes my heart happy when parents are willing to let me photograph them with their little ones. Tender moment between mom and baby.

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Carrie Edwards Photography specializes in maternity, birth, newborn, cake smash and 1 year milestones in Denver Foothills, Evergreen, Colorado and surrounding areas but not limited to Arvada, Littleton, Golden, Morrison and Conifer.

July 21, 2014 - 2:29 am

monica - So precious!

July 18, 2014 - 9:27 pm

Cailtlin L - What an adorable baby! Great job!

July 18, 2014 - 1:04 am

Jenny - So adorable! I love the last one!!!

July 17, 2014 - 3:06 pm

Nicole Gulick - So so adorable! Gorgeous setups for a gorgeous little lady

July 16, 2014 - 8:19 pm

Ronda Wollard - Adorable!

July 16, 2014 - 9:01 am

Carrie Beasley - Precious! You have a gift for newborns!

July 16, 2014 - 3:15 am

Jamie - Beautiful baby!

July 16, 2014 - 1:10 am

Ashley Durham - What an adorable little one!

July 16, 2014 - 1:08 am

liz - These are just adorable!

July 16, 2014 - 12:51 am

Mandy - Such a sweet baby <3!

July 15, 2014 - 6:54 pm

Becky - Sweet baby goodness!!

July 15, 2014 - 3:31 am

Kerrie Forrester - Beautiful!!

July 15, 2014 - 12:52 am

dena - Sweet baby!

July 14, 2014 - 11:34 pm

Lindsay Quigno - So pretty. Love newborn shoots!

July 14, 2014 - 11:27 pm

Kelly - How precious!

July 14, 2014 - 10:11 pm

Jaime - So sweet! I love the open-eyed one. 🙂 Great job

July 14, 2014 - 8:48 pm

Cris Passos - Beautiful!!!

July 14, 2014 - 7:28 pm

chesley - what a gorgeous babe!!! great work!

July 14, 2014 - 5:50 pm

Maura - Absolutely precious! Love these newborn photos.

Evergreen Newborn Photographer| Baby Q Milestone

Evergreen Baby Photographer

I would have to say next to photographing newborns I love photographing milestone sessions! Seeing their little personalities, the expressions they make and being able to capture them is a pure joy. Mom and I had been waiting since February to photograph this little cuties session, baby Q took her time learning how to sit up and is now officially a pro. I just loved this session! I know, I say that with every session but what is there not to love when you see the cuteness of this precious little 8 month old.

Carrie Edwards Photography|Evergreen Newborn Photographer|Doyle Family_0016 During our viewing session mom saw this image below and just loved it, she said little Q had never done that gesture before coming to my studio. While we were viewing baby Q’s image session she was sitting on the floor being so good and wouldn’t you know it she did this same gesture again. Mom and I both started laughing, mom told me that baby Q only does that for me. You see these are the little treasured images I get to give families and yes mom just have to have this image on her wall.

Carrie Edwards Photography|Evergreen Newborn Photographer|Doyle Family_0017 The hardest part is narrowing the images down, mom loved  them all the images. I also had so many favorites from this photo session, it made it hard for even me to choose. I am looking forward to photographing her again for her 1 year session in a few months.

Carrie Edwards Photography|Evergreen Newborn Photographer|Doyle Family_0018 Gotta love those expressions! Carrie Edwards Photography|Evergreen Newborn Photographer|Doyle Family_0022 Carrie Edwards Photography|Evergreen Newborn Photographer|Doyle Family_0020 Another favorite image of mine, above image baby Q looks like a little doll.

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May 20, 2014 - 3:04 am

Tina Joiner - Oh.my.goodness Carrie! Simply adorable! Great work! <3

May 19, 2014 - 6:29 am

Julie Paisley - So cute!!! I love the one with her making the squish face!! 🙂

May 18, 2014 - 1:04 pm

China - Oh man isn’t she a cutie?! Love her sweet little outfit!

May 17, 2014 - 12:54 pm

Ashley Durham - Too cute!!

May 16, 2014 - 2:47 am

Jamie - What a sweet baby!

May 16, 2014 - 12:03 am

Maura - Beautiful photos! I love the way you’ve captured expressions!

May 15, 2014 - 4:36 pm

gmager - super cute!!!

May 15, 2014 - 4:00 pm

kaity - Her little faces are perfect! great job as always!

May 15, 2014 - 2:52 pm

Monica Reynolds - so adorable!!

May 15, 2014 - 2:37 pm

Marisa - So cute! I love photographing this age! So much personality!

May 15, 2014 - 1:31 pm

Heather Cox - Beautiful!

May 15, 2014 - 11:52 am

Lora - My favorite stage…sigh…awesome captures, she’s so sweet! xo

Evergreen Birth Photographer| A Birth Story

Evergreen Birth Photographer

A Birth at Avista Hospital Louisville, CO

Do you know the most amazing event in a couples life is the birth of a child? Think about it, creating a little human being, the process of that child growing for 9 months and the birth of that child.  This is when a new couple becomes a family for the first time or when a existing family is expanding their family, their history in this world. Life is amazing!  Whether I am capturing those moments for a first time mom or a fourth time mom this amazing event is a precious gift for me to be a part of. So much goes on during the birth, mom is concentrating on her breathing, the support person is concentrating on coaching mom and taking care of her needs to help her be comfortable and I get to be the fly on the wall capturing the story of baby making its way into the world. I just love when a client sees their images for the first time! They relive and experience those feelings those emotions and get to share those stories with their little ones when they get a little older.

Recently I was honored to document and photographed my sisters beautiful birth story.

My sister was so anxious to meet her newborn baby girl so much so that she was set on her being born on her due date and took castor oil to get the process going. This is something I would not recommend lol, afterwords said she would never do it again.  Grandma was ecstatic to see her first grandbaby make her way into the world,  I just love the expressions on her face when she sees her grandbaby for the first time. While my sister was recovering from birth my daughter and I were able to go into the nursery while I captured baby A’s first sponge bath the nurse asked my daughter if she would like to help. Baby A loved when the nurse was cleaning her hair so much so that she fell asleep. This moment I captured was something my sister didn’t get to witness but now has images that she can treasure forever. Welcome to the world my sweet little niece. You are so loved and such a beautiful baby girl!

 

Carrie Edwards Photography specializes in maternity, birth, newborn, cake smash and 1 year milestones in Denver Foothills, Evergreen, Colorado and surrounding areas but not limited to Arvada, Littleton, Golden, Morrison and Conifer.

March 5, 2017 - 9:16 pm

Tegan Keller - This is so great! That’s so awesome you were able to capture this.

March 3, 2017 - 8:12 pm

julia morgan - how touching! i love the slideshow…congratulations to your sister!! 🙂

March 3, 2017 - 3:47 pm

Sharee Davenport - This birth is so beautifully captured!

March 3, 2017 - 6:33 am

Angie - There’s definitely nothing that comes close to the birth of a child! They will treasure these photos forever!

March 3, 2017 - 4:57 am

Valeria - Congrats to the family! Wonderful moments captured 🙂

March 3, 2017 - 2:43 am

Allie - What special moments! Congratulations, aunt!

March 3, 2017 - 12:38 am

kyla hammel - So beautiful. What an amazing thing to get to capture and experience.

March 2, 2017 - 11:54 pm

Sarah G. - Amazing! Great coverage of her birth <3

March 2, 2017 - 11:32 pm

Savannah Chandler - That’s so special that you were able to capture this for your sister!!!

March 2, 2017 - 11:16 pm

Justyna - Awe…..what a story!!!!!

Evergreen Photographer ~ Snowflakes

Evergreen Photographer

Have you ever wondered how we got the idea to make snowflakes of out paper? I remember doing this as a kid but never really saw what a  real snowflake actually looked like up close until until recently. I remember trying to make as many different snowflake shapes as possible in school. This year I have seen several amazing snowflake images floating around on Facebook and couldn’t wait to capture one of my own.

Recently I got a new macro lens and when it snowed in Evergreen I was so excited to test out the new lens. I was over joyed with the beautiful snowflakes I captured. It is so hard to see the detail of snowflakes with the human eye but get a magnifying glass and look at the detail. Usually when it is the first snow storm of the season everyone is so excited pictures are floating all over the social media sites. I just love waking up to a crisp morning, the beauty of the freshly fallen snow on the pine trees with the sun kissing the tops of the Rocky Mountains.

We get so busy with our every day to day lives, every now and then we should just stop breath in the fresh air and look around us at the beautiful world we live in.  All around us are amazing little gifts God created for us to enjoy, from the snowflakes in the winter to the beautiful flowers in the spring. From the majestic elk and other wildlife to the beautify sounds for the birds chirping on a new spring morning.

As I know we are due for a few more snow storms in Colorado I know so many of us are ready for spring, stop for just a second next time it snows and look towards the mountains and see what a really beautiful state we live in. Enjoy the snowflakes, I know I will and probably will be outside trying to capture more images of the many different shapes and sizes that fall from the sky.

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Carrie Edwards Photography specializes in maternity, birth, newborn, cake smash and 1 year milestones in Denver Foothills, Evergreen, Colorado and surrounding areas but not limited to Arvada, Littleton, Golden, Morrison and Conifer.

March 16, 2014 - 2:06 am

Caitlin - Amazing!

March 14, 2014 - 3:49 pm

Kelly - Amazing!

March 14, 2014 - 2:07 am

Monica Reynolds - these are awesome!!

March 12, 2014 - 8:58 pm

ali - amazing!

March 11, 2014 - 5:00 am

Stephanie - WOW!! SO COOL!!

March 11, 2014 - 3:21 am

Kim L - I want to try this one day! Guess I need to leave FL!

March 10, 2014 - 10:56 pm

christine d - I have always been envious of people who live where it snows to get shots like these! I may just have to move…

March 10, 2014 - 5:11 pm

Brittany - Whoa, these are awesome!

March 10, 2014 - 2:21 pm

Ashley Durham - Love these, great job Carrie!!

March 10, 2014 - 1:41 pm

Laureen - So jealous.
Here in Florida, we have had to put on the A/C.
Very cool images.

March 10, 2014 - 11:50 am

Lindsay - Love these images, it’s amazing what nature creates and you captured these beautifully! I need to try this myself!