Meet Baby, Novah Claire.

Getting newborn photos taken was super important to this mama as she wanted to make sure she documented this special time in their lives. Having waited so very long for this little angel, newborn pictures were a must.

Mama always knew she wanted a baby, but after losing Novah’s little sister years ago, getting pregnant was not an easy feat. Years worth of fertility treatments yielded no results and after much disappointment, they stopped treatments and moved to a new city for a fresh start. Much to their surprise, God had a different plan for them and with His blessing, they got pregnant, completely unexpected and all-naturally. Wow, what a blessing!

Mom reports that pregnancy was great, even with an incompetent cervix, gestational diabetes, weekly progesterone shots, and a surgery thrown in.

(This mama is a warrior).

Novah was born at 39 weeks, and mama was thankful for that epidural! Finally her RAINBOW BABY!

Dad wanted to make sure he got to put his touch on the session as well and we put little Novah safely in his motorcycle helmet! It’s so fun to be able to personalize each session unique to each family.

Mom’s message to other moms struggling to get pregnant: “Don’t ever lose hope... we spent a lot of time .. money and heartache to have a baby.... and when we decided to move forward and move and change our life completely... the Lord blessed us in his own time and own way. The doctors told me it would be a miracle to get pregnant naturally.... because of my PCOS (polysysic ovarian syndrome) but look at GOD...We are so thankful .”

This family’s story is proof that God’s timing is so much better than ours. He’s never early or late, He’s always on time.

The first time I met Jude was when I flew to California to help my best friend Roxy move to North Carolina! He was just a few months old and as precious as could be. So, the 3 of us and her 2 year old daughter, Charlotte, boarded a plane and headed to NC! (Her hubby was driving the moving truck!) I must say the kids did amazing on the long flight and pretty much slept the whole time and I was thrilled to finally have one of my best friends living close by.

How adorable is the little black bear and 'one' banner?

That year flew by, both of us moving into new homes, and the craziness of the school year and sports.. before I knew it, it was time to take his one year pictures! Roxy decided on a color scheme and theme and we made her vision come to life! Jude wasn't in the best mood this particular day but you'd never know it from the adorable moments I was able to capture of him! He is seriously one of the happiest babies I've ever met, so for him to be less than excited about his cake smash was completely out of character for him. We chalked it up to that age where he didn't want mom out of his sight and a new found fear of my 9 pound Maltipoo, but none the less, we got some great pictures!