Griffin's Birth Story

When Kayla told me she was pregnant, she told me very quickly that I needed to keep the time around her due date open. I was so excited that I was going to get to be in the room for the labor and delivery of one of my best and oldest friends. Complications led to a c-section and that wasn't what any of us had in mind. Because the situation felt emergent and because, as I said, the mom to be is one of my best and oldest friends, there are few pictures between just hanging out with nothing happening in the labor and delivery room and the pictures that Dustin took in the OR. I realized that perhaps being the photographer and friend doesn't work out that well when things get briefly scary. I didn't take a single picture during that time and didn't even realize it until I went to edit. I guess I was too busy internally freaking out. This is not a testament to my skills as a photographer at all but after all, I didn't meet most of my clients in kindergarten. All was well in the end and Griffin is healthy and handsome and that's what matters anyway.