Havens | Birth | Mississippi Birth Photographer | Clarksdale, Mississippi

Birth stories are near and dear to my heart. Watching a couple become a family, or watching the mama of 2 become a mama of 3; I will never tire of the wonder and the miracle that is birth.

Ever since I met Mari Morgan and Forrest, we clicked. The day we first met I thought to myself, ' I'm not getting rid of them' and I'm so glad I didn't. When clients become friends is something that I can't explain. It's like magic. As an adult, it's hard to make to new friends. It just is. It's refreshing to meet people that just want to be your friend, no ulterior motives.

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Birth is beautiful chaos.
I thrive on chaos.
And birth is something that I gravitate towards; I think it's mesmerizing and stunning and such an honor to be able to not only birth babies, but be their mother as well. God's plan are infinite and abundant and I'm blessed. Even more so that I was asked to document this birth.

As birth tends to be, some unpredictable things happened, but the end result is the same. A beautiful, healthy baby and a mama who would do it a million times over because her baby is perfect.

Enjoy baby Mac's birth story...

Mac is so loved. So so loved. By so many people. And he doesn't even realize it yet.

**Can we take a minute and talk about how BAD ASS c-section mama's are? Major surgery to birth your baby + taking care of a BRAND NEW HUMAN + while recovering yourself. Y'all are the real MVPs, no doubt.

If you're a c-section mama and want to participate in a new photo series I'm doing, please CLICK HERE, just put something along the lines of 'I'm a badass in the subject line.'

Sidda Lee | 5 months | Tater Baby Tres

The girl is 5 months. I don't even know where the past 5 months have gone. She's the absolute most perfect angel baby and I'm so blessed that she is ours.

Every month, on the eve of her birth day, I always tell Taylor; "do you remember what we were doing 5 months ago?" And he always says something along the lines of, waiting for sister, etc...While I'm more real about it..."I was FREAKING out and crying and panicking about wanting an unmedicated birth and being induced since she stopped growing!" And then he calls me dramatic, and we move on with our life and look at this wonderful little girl that we would do anything for.

She's 5 months and is still exclusively on mamas milk. She's had a spoonful of oatmeal mixed with mamas milk and then a spoonful of frozen yogurt; but that's it. We typically do a baby led weaning approach when it comes to food and try to avoid purees for the most part, but we may do them sporadically. BUT...babies don't need 'real food' yet. Food before 1 is just for fun, and we plan to slowly start introducing some fruits and veggies and I know she is SUPER EXCITED! We both get really excited to start food, but we don't want to rush anything.

She's wearing 3-6 month clothes, rocking her size 2 diapers, and is growing like a weed. Everyday I swear she gets a new fat roll and they are the CUTEST!

She's loving tummy time, can roll from tummy to back and back to tummy. She really enjoys kisses from Henry, snuggles from Shepherd, and slobber kisses from Norman. She's (for the most part) a very easy going baby. She goes with the flow. She goes to the gym with me, to work, to the store, to shower, EVERYTHING, but I really don't mind it.

Her hair is marked by 2 distinct cowlicks; thank you Taylor Skelton. Her hair sticks up. No matter what. Ain't no helping it, and we are okay with it. There's no telling right now, but we *think* her hair may end up being strawberry blonde and she may have dark eyes. The boys eyes were blue at birth and have gotten more blue. This girl. Her eyes get darker daily, but she's BEAUTIFUL.
And we adore her.

She squeals. She talks. She's perfect.

Some nights she sleeps. Other nights she's up every 3-4 hours. But she rarely fusses. So we are okay with it.

Sidda Lee is PERFECTION.

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Sidda Lee | 4 Months | Tater Baby Tres

Four months ago, our world changed (for the better) when little Sidda Lee Skelton joined the clan.

If you're interested in her birth story; CLICK HERE

She's perfect and sweet and is an absolute mama's girl. If she's fussy; she needs her mama. Daddy will suffice in a pinch, but only in dire circumstances. If she hears my voice in the room, no one else will do, she NEEDS mama. Some days I love it, some days I loathe it.

She's still our tiniest baby, but is exactly where she is supposed to be on the growth charts. We are used to babies that measure months in advance, while sister Sidda is measuring right on. She's about 14 pounds of sweet baby love and is rocking her size 2 diapers and 3 month and 3-6 month onesies.

She is, in a word, perfection.

She' rocking tummy time (in about 4 minute increments), can roll from tummy to back, and tries daily to work on her abs.

Since we are officially in the 4th month, Taylor and I have been dreading the 4 month sleep regression. It hit both boys so hard. And it actually took us from 4 months until about 12 months to get Shepherd to sleep again...so, yeah, DREADING.

Thus far, Sidda Lee is a great sleeper; Lord don't let me jinx myself! She nurses from about 8:00 - 8:30 and then goes down smoothly. Some nights she will sleep until 6:00 or 6:30 and I wake up with hard bricks on my chest and others she will wake to nurse about 3:00, back down by 3:30, and then not wake up till 7:00. This girl loves to sleep, but she loves her morning time with mama too.

For the first 3 months, I did EVERY BIT OF NIGHT STUFF. ALL OF IT. What's the point in waking Taylor? He has to get up and do surgery the following day. He can't nurse a baby. What's the point? After 3 months of it, he decided (on his own y'all) that he wanted to help at night. Now, he wakes up when Sidda gets up, changes her diaper, and brings her to me to nurse...and then goes promptly back to sleep! But, when he goes in to get her, she's not fussing or crying. She's talking. Happily. And giggling. God we don't deserve this little one, but we are sure proud we were trusted to be her parents.

This month has been full of tagging along to work with mama, baby wearing, and snuggles/playing with my brothers.  She's the happiest of babies and is the perfect addition to our family. We still have a hard time grasping the fact there are 5 of us now.

Sidda Lee, you are the best little sister and we are thankful for you!