After so many nights of checking my phone for a text, or jumping awake in the morning hoping I didn’t miss a call…the time finally came. March 14th at 6:45am I see a message come through from Jenny. Her water had finally broken and she would keep me updated when to come over to begin taking the photos of the day! How was I supposed to go to work now?? My stomach was all full of butterflies and my fingers were shaking! Nevertheless, I loaded up the camera gear and tried to get some work done while I could.
Jenny’s labor and her delivery was one of the most emotional, overwhelming and draining things I have ever been blessed to witness and be a part of. And I wasn’t even the one delivering! From the time I got there right through to 2:43pm when Bowman got there too, I grew more and more tense. You have to understand the nurturer in me wanted to do everything I could to help Jenny through all of the contractions…but I just couldn’t help. Toward the end I’m sure she would’ve slapped me away anyway. 🙂 Haha! So instead I just took on every emotion in the room and held it inside of me. And yes, I cried behind my lens, as silently as I could muster.
Baby Bowman is gorgeous. And my best friend Jenny is the strongest, most capable woman I’ve ever met. Anyone that can still laugh at jokes in the middle of a contraction…to me…is a beast. God was in that room, that’s for sure. I am so beyond proud of Ray and Jenny and I absolutely cannot wait to see how amazing of parents they are going to be. Congratulations to two people that hold my heart, and now to one tiny little one that made me fall in love with him with just one cry.
