Blakely Gray - Newborn Shoot with Hillary Wheat Photography

I realized I never posted these beautiful pictures of my newborn baby girl. It took me so long to get into a routine with two little ones. I'm just now realizing that I never posted this newborn shoot we did with Blakely (and I haven't yet written her birth story down! Need to do that asap!) 

Looking back at these gives me all the feels. I remember this day so vividly. I remember watching Hillary shoot Blakely and just standing there watching, melting into a puddle! She is 7 days old here and the sweetest little snuggle bug. I never got professional newborn pictures like these taken of Ryder and it's one of my biggest regrets! 

Hillary has a little studio in her basement (in Stapleton) and she was soooo good. I'm so grateful my husband understands my deep desire for pictures (of pretty much everything). Prepare your uterus for what you're about to see. You may want to have another baby, against your better judgement, after seeing these delicious photos of our darling little girl. 

I will forever cherish these sweet photos of my baby girl fresh from heaven. My heart is exploding and about to burst at the seams!!!

Hillary Wheat Photography

Blakely Gray - 1 Day Old

Our sweet little angel baby is here! Blakely Gray was born July 30th at 7:33am – 8 lbs 3 oz – 20 inches long. 

We have had family in town helping us adjust to our new bundle of love. My OCD self can’t handle the thought of posting things out of order! I still haven’t even written about Ryder turning two, his birthday party, etc. But then I realized no one gives a flip (except me). LOL And, if I don’t just jump back on the blogging bandwagon because things are “out of order” I may never write on here again! Ha! So bear with me while my blogs are random, short and completely out of order for a while. 

I’ll write about Blakely’s birth story in the near (hopefully) future. But for now, here are some pictures taken at the hospital when she was just one day old. I didn't love the photographer we got (we used a random photographer through the hospital). She was squeezing us in and I felt very rushed and it was stressful with the whole family there! A lot of bodies in a little room and Ryder wasn't exactly willing to sit and pose quietly and calmly for pictures (what can you expect from a two year old?!). Blakely was awake and hungry but I didn't have time to feed her because the photographer was in a rush. So she was awake in these pics and kinda one-eyeing the camera in almost all pics. So I was kinda bummed with how the pictures turned out but still thrilled we were able to get some! I remember not loving the hospital pics we took when Ryder was born at first, for different reasons. But now a couple of those pics are my all time FAV!!! And this time I felt like I was comparing these pictures of Blakely to the ones we got with Ryder thinking "oh, I wish the photographer would have done this or that". Ugh, I annoy myself! LOL I'm so picky and just need to shhhhhhh!!! HA! I know I'll look back at these pics and just melt at our teeny tiny brand new baby. She's just the cutest and sweetest... Oh, my heart!!! 

I just LOVE pictures of yawning babies!

Tim and I LOVE this picture. It perfectly captures Ryder's feelings in this moment. LOL The only way we could get him to sit semi-still to take a picture with us was by giving him a sucker. And even then... Look how thrilled he looks BAHAHAHA! The three of us are in love and Ryder's just over it already LOL!

She’s such a good baby and has all of us wrapped around her finger already! Well, maybe not Ryder. LOL He’s still adjusting. ☺