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Canton Newborn Photographer | Estelle

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My first return newborn clients! I did their older daughter’s newborn session 2 Junes ago 🙂 During their session, I felt like a broken record, saying, “WOW! She looks just like a mini version of Tavi!”

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And now some commentary from mom about Baby Ellie 🙂

 

  • Jordan and I met during our senior year of high school. He was playing pool at our friend, Kristin’s, house after he was cut from the baseball team. Kristin and I had just got back from watching “Norbit” (one of the dumbest movies ever but we thought it was hilarious at the time), and we were acting ridiculous – stupid movie quotes, excessive giggling, pathetic attempts at flirting, etc. Jordan hardly said anything that night, and we didn’t speak again for a couple months. I thought he was cute, and he probably wouldn’t give me the time of day considering the way I was behaving that night. Eventually I called him, asked him on a date, and he surprisingly said yes. We’ve been together for 9 years this April.

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  • Jordan was playing with Tavi in the living room when I tossed the pee stick at him. He said the line wasn’t dark enough, and wouldn’t believe I was pregnant until a few days later. 2016-05-22_0005PINthisimage
  • Jordan would tell you that the worst part is that I’m psychotic while pregnant. I thought the worst part this time around was Ellie’s iugr diagnosis at 20 weeks gestation, and hoping every week that they wouldn’t have to deliver her early. We made it to 37 weeks, and she is doing very well now. 2016-05-22_0006PINthisimage
  • Yes, we did find out we were having a girl. It took three ultrasounds for her to finally show the goods. I was excited because Tavi would have a little sister to grow up with just like I did. Jordan was excited too although I think he was hoping it was a boy to even the score a little.

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  • It was a little more difficult this time to pick out names. We had a boy name but couldn’t agree on a girl name. I sent Jordan a million texts a day with girl names, and he turned all of them down. Jordan suggested names like Ruth and Edna…….he said it was just to mess with me but I wanted to hit him. I have a crazy Aunt Edna so I didn’t find it funny. We finally agreed upon Estelle but I hope if we have another it’s a boy.

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  • We just bought a cage this time. It doesn’t take up much space, and she won’t be able to escape when she starts crawling. 😉

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  • C-section #2 was a breeze. Before the c-section, I was joking around with the delivery nurse and resident about buying coke from the homeless man on the corner by the hospital. A medical student walked in and overheard the conversation. If looks to kill, I would have been 6 feet under. After that I kept repeating I don’t use drugs when the med. student was around, and hoping she didn’t send a social worker/job and family services to talk to me. I don’t remember hardly anything from the first c-section so this time was definitely a better and funnier experience.

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  • Estelle looks just like her dad, and a skinnier version of Tavi. I totally expected that.

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  • Two under two is no joke. The first few days were rough trying to adjust to no sleep again, and a toddler who didn’t like her sister. I probably could have used the theoretically coke I talked about before my surgery.

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  • Dad
  • 9:32AM

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  • Ellie
  • Relieved – she was healthy

    2016-05-22_0011PINthisimageCarrie Bandy is a Canton newborn photographer also specializing in families and baby photography in the Canton, Ohio area including Akron and New Philadelphia, Ohio.