$50.00 for a 30 minute session
you get 10 digital images in color and black and white or you can buy all the images for an additional $25.00
December 5th
Old Town area
10:00am - 10:30am
10:45am - 11:15am
December 12th
Botanical Gardens (fee to get into gardens)
10:00am - 10:30
10:45am - 11:15
If you want a regular session i have time available to book those also. They are $150.00 for a one hour session and you get all images on a cd in color and black and white.
email me if you want to book a sessoin or have any questions. michequata@gmail.com
Monday, November 23, 2009
Saturday, November 21, 2009
HapPy BiRthDaY!!!
it WAS her birthday yesterday. i got too busy and didn't have time to post these pictures. she's getting so big and i've loved every moment i've had with her and look forward to every minute i get to spend with her still to come. i can't believe she's already 3!!!
we didn't get to celebrate her birthday the way i wanted. but having a baby kind of postponed things a little. rather than having a makeshift birthday party i decided to wait a week to celebrate when there's lots of family and friends around. i just couldn't pull it together in time. when she looks back at her 3rd birthday she won't remember we celebrated a week late, right? my husband thinks birthdays are to be celebrated for a week (or month) anyways.
maybe she seems so grown up all or a sudden because now she's a big sister! every morning she tells devyn good morning and gives her kisses and asks to hold her. i used to be the first one to get kisses in the morning. i'm glad she has a sister to share things with and play with (and fight with, and complain about).
happy birthday ashleigh, you'll always be my baby girl!
we didn't get to celebrate her birthday the way i wanted. but having a baby kind of postponed things a little. rather than having a makeshift birthday party i decided to wait a week to celebrate when there's lots of family and friends around. i just couldn't pull it together in time. when she looks back at her 3rd birthday she won't remember we celebrated a week late, right? my husband thinks birthdays are to be celebrated for a week (or month) anyways.
maybe she seems so grown up all or a sudden because now she's a big sister! every morning she tells devyn good morning and gives her kisses and asks to hold her. i used to be the first one to get kisses in the morning. i'm glad she has a sister to share things with and play with (and fight with, and complain about).
happy birthday ashleigh, you'll always be my baby girl!
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
baby devyn
Devyn Jae Cortez
born november 11, 2009 (at 3:13am)
also the birthday of her great-grandma tina, and granpa rasband, and aunty amanda + a dozen other people we know who have a birthday on 11/11.
7lbs 4oz
hospital height 21inches
doctors height 19.5 inches
grandpas height 19.75 but i could stretch her to 20
birth story:
skip to next picture if you don't want details
i had a doctors appointment at 10 on tuesday. she checked me and i was at a 3. then later that day i started having contractions. nothing regular and nothing really painful but they were always there. i decided maybe the kids should spend the night at grandmas and convinced mario to miss his test! we walked around at the hospital just in case they started getting worse but didn't check in. after ashleigh i was a little freaked out and worried about a home (or car) birth. contractions started getting less frequent and strong so we went home. i of course was upset and cried and went to bed. then about midnight i had a couple REALLY painful contractions but still nothing regular, and it seemed like they stopped all together. so i went back to bed. but then i had some more so i woke up mario and said maybe we should get ready to go and the second we got up to go they were coming strong right on top of each other. so around 1:20ish we left the house. mario tried speeding but hitting bumps and slamming on breaks doesn't feel good when you're having a contraction so i made him slow down.
we parked and i was determined to walk to the delivery floor myself. we finally got to triage around 1:50. the contractions were coming faster ans stronger but i didn't feel like i was going to die. they hooked me up to all the monitors and started asking all their silly questions. meanwhile the midwife came in to check me i was at a 4-5 (this was going to take FOREVER i thought) then more questions. "do you smoke? drink? on a pain scale of 0-10 how much pain are you in right now?" if i can't answer because it hurts so bad what level is that? finally 45 minutes later i get to go to the delivery room. again i'm determined to walk there myself.
the delivery room:
i try to get to the bed. they nurse tells me they want to draw blood and put in an iv start just in case. so i finally get the bed sit so the guy can take my blood. 3 contractions later that's done. then she wants to put in the iv stuff. 5 contractions later that's done. the midwife goes to start a bath and i can't move from the bed. i thought my pain was at a 10 before!!! a few contractions later i tell the midwife i feel like pushing she checks me and i'm at a 9!! she says to do what feels good. so i push a little and my water finally breaks then it feels a lot better. 3-4 contractions later devyn's here and crying. i tell mario maybe i don't want to do this again it hurts.
so far she's super good. she just sleeps and eats. and can this little girl eat!!! she won't be little very long and that makes me sad. but she sure is sweet and loves to be held when she's sleeping. and holding her while she sleeps is my favorite thing to do right now. so sorry for the lake of pictures. posts, and updates. i'm just holding my sleeping baby.
but i feel great!! much better then i did a week or 2 ago. elijah and ashleigh love their baby. and mario and i fight over who gets to hold her and take a nap on the couch. life is great!!!
born november 11, 2009 (at 3:13am)
also the birthday of her great-grandma tina, and granpa rasband, and aunty amanda + a dozen other people we know who have a birthday on 11/11.
7lbs 4oz
hospital height 21inches
doctors height 19.5 inches
grandpas height 19.75 but i could stretch her to 20
birth story:
skip to next picture if you don't want details
i had a doctors appointment at 10 on tuesday. she checked me and i was at a 3. then later that day i started having contractions. nothing regular and nothing really painful but they were always there. i decided maybe the kids should spend the night at grandmas and convinced mario to miss his test! we walked around at the hospital just in case they started getting worse but didn't check in. after ashleigh i was a little freaked out and worried about a home (or car) birth. contractions started getting less frequent and strong so we went home. i of course was upset and cried and went to bed. then about midnight i had a couple REALLY painful contractions but still nothing regular, and it seemed like they stopped all together. so i went back to bed. but then i had some more so i woke up mario and said maybe we should get ready to go and the second we got up to go they were coming strong right on top of each other. so around 1:20ish we left the house. mario tried speeding but hitting bumps and slamming on breaks doesn't feel good when you're having a contraction so i made him slow down.
we parked and i was determined to walk to the delivery floor myself. we finally got to triage around 1:50. the contractions were coming faster ans stronger but i didn't feel like i was going to die. they hooked me up to all the monitors and started asking all their silly questions. meanwhile the midwife came in to check me i was at a 4-5 (this was going to take FOREVER i thought) then more questions. "do you smoke? drink? on a pain scale of 0-10 how much pain are you in right now?" if i can't answer because it hurts so bad what level is that? finally 45 minutes later i get to go to the delivery room. again i'm determined to walk there myself.
the delivery room:
i try to get to the bed. they nurse tells me they want to draw blood and put in an iv start just in case. so i finally get the bed sit so the guy can take my blood. 3 contractions later that's done. then she wants to put in the iv stuff. 5 contractions later that's done. the midwife goes to start a bath and i can't move from the bed. i thought my pain was at a 10 before!!! a few contractions later i tell the midwife i feel like pushing she checks me and i'm at a 9!! she says to do what feels good. so i push a little and my water finally breaks then it feels a lot better. 3-4 contractions later devyn's here and crying. i tell mario maybe i don't want to do this again it hurts.
so far she's super good. she just sleeps and eats. and can this little girl eat!!! she won't be little very long and that makes me sad. but she sure is sweet and loves to be held when she's sleeping. and holding her while she sleeps is my favorite thing to do right now. so sorry for the lake of pictures. posts, and updates. i'm just holding my sleeping baby.
but i feel great!! much better then i did a week or 2 ago. elijah and ashleigh love their baby. and mario and i fight over who gets to hold her and take a nap on the couch. life is great!!!
Thursday, November 5, 2009
baby cayde
i wish i had a picture to show of cayde when i saw him for the first time in the hospital. like 3 1/2 months ago and 6lbs lighter! he's so big now. he's so beautiful and has so much personality. this little guy is a fighter. i remember his mom telling me how much he loves to hold her finger. so i got to put my hands on his little body and try to get him to hold my finger, he wanted nothing to do with me. he only holds his mommy's finger! i'm always amazed with my newborn babies but to see such a little body so alive and full of personality made me appreciate my children and the opportunity i have to be a mother so much more. 
Monday, November 2, 2009
Larson family
I"m a bad blogger and a bad picture editor! i've been sitting on these for over a week. last week was super busy when i wasn't running around to all the different halloween parties i was too exhausted to do anything else. i'm glad i had time today to finally work on them. i forgot how adorable and sweet the kids were.
seriously! i have a 5 year old and a 3 year old and they DO NOT take pictures like these kids. so quiet and cooperative and well behaved. i need parenting tips!!!
and way cute!
seriously! i have a 5 year old and a 3 year old and they DO NOT take pictures like these kids. so quiet and cooperative and well behaved. i need parenting tips!!!
and way cute!
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