I have an excuse for my absence.

It's a pretty good excuse too. Remember how I was pregnant and going to have a baby in May? Well, turns out he couldn't wait that long and decided to surprise us all in early April. Yeah. A whole month early. It was a shock to say the least! I had scheduled a repeat c-section for May and had planned many, many things around that date- the date he was supposed to wait for. I will type up his birth story one day soon, but the abbreviated version is I had a baby. He became very sick and spent two weeks at Children's Mercy in the NICU. He's a healthy 5.5 week old now and his big brother Jake can't get enough of him...and neither can I actually :)

I managed to knock out a handful of newborn shots when he was three weeks old. He had been home for a week at that point but it was a rainy week and when it should have been the brightest time of day in our living room, instead was kind of dark and not conducive for a natural light shoot. Let me tell you- attempting a newborn session - with your own baby - by yourself is no small feat. I knew it wouldn't be easy but it was waaaay more difficult than I thought it could be! I was still recovering from major surgery (c-section) and the constant standing/kneeling/bending was a little painful. My baby also has a slight (read: huge) spit-up problem. The child is a geyser. For real. I would get him in position and then he would barf all over the blanket and himself before I could get him settled long enough to pick up my camera and click the shutter! I would change the blanket, clean him off and lay him down again. ::barf::. Wash. Rinse. Repeat. Hilarity ensued.

After a total of two hours I got a handful of images I was happy with. I do regret that there are no shots of him with myself or my husband. I guess we'll have to save those for when we have a family session- which I intend to do soon! I did manage to get TWO...yes two...shots of the boys together. Jake was more interested in seeing the last shot on my camera than sitting still for 2 seconds. Oh, the child a photographer!

Introducing...

Ryan Spencer Maxey

born a month early on April 8th at 9:15pm weighing 6lbs 9oz & 18inches long

This one makes me laugh! I love his expression :)