Baby Raegan

If you know Emily very well, which many people do, you know that she is a very black and white person :) This is sewed into her DNA and I love this about her. We can tend to clash when we find ourselves on opposite sides of a topic, but that is part of marriage :) Emily either loves something or she hates it, there is not usually a middle ground with her. She either loves chocolate or she hates the stuff, is beside herself excited about flying somewhere or cannot stand the idea of it. Some of you may be laughing at this point... I smile on the inside because my wife is a fascinating person with whom there is never a dull moment :)

One thing Emily is most passionate about is birth, natural childbirth more specifically. She is beyond passionate about it; she comes alive when talking about it and loves being around it. So when Sam and Josh asked her for advice on delivering naturally, Emily jumped at the opportunity to teach them how to do husband coached childbirth, which is how we have delivered both of our kids (from my perspective, it is an AMAZING experience because I was able to be so involved instead of sitting on the sidelines watching but not being able to help. You can view one of our childbirth stories HERE). They were totally excited, especially Josh, who really wanted to make sure that he was able to help when the time came near. Emily spent a few months going through the materials we went through with them, teaching them all the techniques that we used in our child births, and getting them prepared for the biggest challenge that they would face thus far.

On the day that they gave birth Raegan, Emily was not able to be there unfortunately because we were shooting a wedding. I was so torn for her because I knew that we couldn't break our commitment to have her shoot the wedding, and yet this was such a huge deal to her. I think it was the following day that Emily was able to get out there. She grabbed a camera and captured these AWESOME shots of Josh, Sam, and adorable baby Raegan. I must say, what a photogenic little baby :)

Wyatt came along for the ride :)

Raegan Caylee Davis born at 4:39pm on 11/19/11 6 pounds, 9 ounces

Congratulations to the Josh and Sam on this beautiful and precious little addition to their family :)