mio
{mio, michigan | september 2020}
This little boy is one of my favorite little boys out there. I got to watch him come into the world {reference Home Birth // CPD on the blog} and its so crazy that he is already a year old. Where has the time gone?!
While Collin was growing up, every month milestone they would get a pizza and show with the slices how old he was. So obviously we had to do a pizza smash for his first birthday photos. It just makes sense. So enjoy him
{mio, michigan // october 2019}
I’ve known Tia + Patrick for a while. They were both just 2 grades below me in school. I was excited when Tia reached out to me to photograph their wedding. Come to find out that it was on my birthday! Fast forward a couple months to their big day, I drove up from downstate as I had a wedding the day before. Luckily Mio is my hometown and my grandparents still live there so I had somewhere to finish getting ready before heading out for the day.
I pull up to the hair salon and the girls are raring and ready to go! It was a bit chilly out so we tried to not spend a lot of time outside. After a couple photos with the girls, we headed to the venue. The ceremony was small but very personal. The giant fall tree as their backdrop was gorgeous. Then they became husband and wife.
The reception was when the crazy fun started to happen. Scott, the best man, and Patrick used to wrestle in school so obviously you can’t not have fake wrestling at your wedding. I felt like almost anytime I turned around, someone was fake kicking or punching someone else. But that’s what boys do. And that’s what makes the best memories.
{mio, mi // september 2019}
Blood warning!!
September 14th was one of the coolest days of my life. Well I guess I should start on the 13th, Friday the 13th to be exact. We had been waiting for this baby for a while now. My aunt Courtney was now 41 weeks and 4 days. I got a text around 6am from her saying that she had been having contractions since 3am. I told her to hold that baby in until I was done with work. Luckily she did! But little did we know, that she still had a long ways to go. Shortly after I got there, which was around 5pm, she got checked and was “only” at 4cm. We thought since she had be in labor for over 12 hours that she would’ve been farther along. She decided to get into the birthing pool to help with the pain a bit. But then the baby’s heart rate started to go up because of the warm water so she had to get out.
A couple hours went by and we still didn’t have a baby. Everyone was trying to nap as much as they could in case baby came in the middle of the night. I stayed up for a while and helped Courtney get through her contractions. After a little bit, I decided I should get some rest too. {Mainly because I had to photograph a wedding the next day!}
Around 8am on the 14th, her water finally broke {on the toilet} and things started to move very quickly. We all scrambled around their house to get the birthing pool’s temperature back up but it wasn’t going as fast as we wanted it to. They moved her into the guest room and onto the birthing stool. After 30 hours of back labor and grueling contractions, baby was born. Since they decided to not find out the gender, everyone couldn’t wait to see what it was. As Courtney held baby to her chest, she looked behind the legs and saw a little member sticking out. Her words were “It’s a boy.. we have to try again!”
Collin Patrick Danhoff. 9am. 7lbs, 5 oz. 21 inches.
