She’s Here!!!!!! I have a niece!!

As most of you probably know, my niece Lillian was born yesterday! She kept us waiting and teased her Mommy (and the rest of us) with a lot of false labor, but when she decided to make her appearance, she did it fast and furiously. She was the talk of the labor floor yesterday the nurses told us. Long story short, (you can read more about it on her blog here) my sister and I talked at 7:40 yesterday morning and she admitted she was having some contractions…we decided I would go to my parent’s house where she was staying (because they live 45 min away – from the hospital)…. by the time I got there her contractions were 2min apart and very strong…we went to the hospital. We got there at 9 and she was still only 2cm (had been for a week). So they had her walk….yea she only walked for about 20 min and the contractions were so bad that they checked her again..she was 5cm! Moved her to a room…checked her a few min later…she was 7cm. Checked her a few minutes later and she was 10cm!! Time to push! And the poor thing didn’t get to have an epidural that she really really wanted because there was just no time. So yesterday morning was crazy, but so amazing. Lillian Grace Boso was born at 11:31am (remember, I said we didn’t get to the hospital until 9!!) God is so good and our family is so blessed! So turn up the volume, listen to the words of the song handpicked by my sister….and enjoy the photos. Thank you everyone for your prayers and support….  and now, I need to go to the hospital cuz Lillian called and wants me to come hold her… :) :) (Don’t worry, everyone’s pics/proofs will be ready in plenty of time to order for the holidays).

Lillian is here!

Oh and guess who won the baby poll??? My MOTHER!!!! lol

Hellooooo Out There....

Hi all! I'm excited to announce that this week I'm back to work full time...and things are better than ever. Those that have had sessions in the last month will probably tell you their proofs are fabulous (I hope..haha) and they got them much faster than in the past (and I was only working PT). I know I still have a little more catch up work to do from when I was gone (mostly orders and design work - i.e. storyboards and collages) and I hope to have those all finished by the end of next week. So if you are still waiting on something..I haven't forgotten you I promise!

On Monday, I'll be announcing a contest/giveaway on the blog...so be sure to come back and check it out. Also, I'll be bringing back the fall mini sessions in October...so I'll be announcing those date(s) next week.

I have tons of pics to share that were never blogged....but I also have tons of new sessions to share. So for the next few posts...I'm going to share a bunch of the old stuff and then we'll move onto the new stuff :) I don't want you to be bored...but most of my clients tell me they love being featured on the blog...so I don't want to miss anyone! You can also see sneak peeks on my facebook page. If you are my FB friend, I will tag your photos on there and you can then have them on your own page to share with family and friends. I can't figure out how to post a link to my page...so just search for Katie Mathews and you'll find me. The pics I share on facebook and the pics I share on the blog are usually different.

The Scott Family

These guys had never had family pics taken before! So I was honored (and a little nervous) to do their first session. We decided to do a sunrise shoot at Fort Fisher... it didn't go so good. The sand gnats were really really really bad. (REALLY bad!) They were biting us up terribly. Combine that with 2 kiddos that had to get up super early and it wasn't exactly the fun experience I would've like for them on their first every photo session. We did the best we could and got some keepers, but we did do a short re-shoot of the kiddos a couple of weeks later. Here's a couple from Fort Fisher...

Here's a few from the Arboretum...the kids were in much better moods...it was a gorgeous evening and there were no sand gnats...score!

Cameron and DJ

Yet another session from back in April... Cameron has already had their beautiful baby girl and is back to work...time flies huh? haha This couple is great...a lot of fun...we did their maternity session at the Arboretum...they were willing to do anything I asked and we had a beautiful evening.

Baby Finnley

My dear friend Lesley became an auntie for the first time in April. Her brother and sister in law had adorable little Finnley. I went out to the hospital and took some pics for them.

Here she is with Daddy..

Here she is with Mommy..

And finally a cute one of just her...

About a week later I went to their house for some newborn photos... they live at the beach and they love love love surfing...which is where her name came from....they had surfboard all over the house so of course we had to incorporate that..

 

The Piner Family

Finally..the Piner family...also shot in April. We went to Carolina Beach and did some pics at the boardwalk before heading onto the actual beach. It was a lot of fun and these boys are just adorable!!  Here's a few of my favs from this session...

I hope everyone has a nice weekend. My Mom and I, along with my sister's MIL are throwing a shower for my sister on Sunday which I'm totally looking forward to. I can't wait for the arrival of my niece in November!

Finally...I'm sure you all remember where you were 8 years ago today...I was at work and we had a tv in one of the waiting rooms...we crowded around the tiny tv and witnessed the 2nd tower get hit. I'll never forget. Thank you to our military men and women who have fought or are fighting for our freedom ...and thank you to the firefighters, police officers, EMTs, etc. Today, I'm thinking and praying for those that lost their lives and their family and friends who were left behind. God Bless!

Baby Haylie

I've had a couple of clients have babies in the past couple of weeks, so I thought it was a good time to share a couple of the newborn sessions I did a month or two ago..(yes I'm still doing catch up blogging). I loved the maternity session I did for Brock and Amanda. They are the sweetest couple ever...we got along so great and laughed the whole time! Baby Haylie was a little fussy the day of her newborn session but we still got some great pics...she's such a dolly...I can't wait to see her again soon :)

Because I did their maternity and newborn session, they got a FREE mini session at the hospital. I also edit those pics that day so that the parents can send them out to their family and friends ASAP.

This beautiful lady is Grandma...I thought it was Amanda's sister!

 

And here are the "official" newborn session pics...