The Birth of Annika Rain

November 27th, 2016 the beautiful Annika Rain made her debut, and her mom made it look like a cake walk!

Annika's mom, Erin, has been a long time friend of mine, which I haven't seen in a while. So we spent time in between contractions joking about old times and catching up. With every contraction, Erin would get quiet, not a sound made, and work through it like a champ.

At the time, there was another baby being seen at the birth center, and it seemed that every time they would cry, Erin's body would respond with a contraction, so she decided to turn on some music. Only Erin didn't pick your typical soothing music station, instead she turned on a crunk station. She said she wanted to feel "gangster". Not too long after turning music on she calmly told someone to grab the midwife. She knew she was ready to meet Annika.

Once the midwife came in the room, Erin told her that she was starting to "freak out a little" so she knew the time to push was close. The midwife got her comfortable in the bed and proceeded to get everything set up. Erin grabbed daddy's hand and got ready to push. Still, with very little sound, Erin pushed. Not many pushes later, Annika Rain made her entrance into the world. Mom & dad could not have been happier to finally meet their daughter. And I could not have felt more honored to capture the moment she entered the world.