Newborn Christmas Session + Family Session in Nashville
A Christmas family photography session & newborn lifestyle session by Nashville Family Photographer Dolly DeLong Photography
(just a few of my favorite photos from The Farmer family’s photo session with me from December of 2020. Plus, I wanted to share with you all that 2020 ended on a great note because I got to meet baby Karley!)
Was the baby on schedule?
Karley came early, 37 (weeks) +9 (days)
Induced due to high BP, Cytotec overnight, in the morning the Doctor broke my water (surprise! I had excessive water and the Dr. and nurse were so shocked) and started Pitocin. Contractions got SUPER intense so I asked for an epidural so I could rest some. The nurse checked and was only 6cm so we started the epidural process. I was in a ton of pain while getting the epidural and by the time it was placed like 30 mins later the nurse checked me again and I was already at 10cm! Yikes! Waited another 30 mins hoping the epidural would kick in but it never did, they even tried fentanyl and it didn’t work… yikes! I didn’t realize we were only waiting for the epidural to take and I could have been pushing the whole time so as soon as the nurse asked if I wanted to try to push I said YES! About 30 mins of pushing and Karley was here!
So relieved!!! And excited for no more contractions! And a little freaked out by how fast everything happened.
We like name meanings…
Karley means “strength”, Lousie means “famous warrior”
Josh’s dads’ middle name is Louis
Thought it went well with Kinley both by how it sounds and name meaning. Kinley (older sister) means “fair-skinned warrior”
Who do you think the baby looks like more?
Josh (Dad)
Who is the better diaper changer?
Kaitlin (Mom)
What do you hope they grow up to be like? What is your dream or prayer for their life?
I pray she grows up to be exactly who God created her to be and that she has full confidence in that.
A lot more diapers, a lot more love!
I loveeee seeing you interact with kids, you are so good with them!! (Awwwwww thank you, sweet Kaitlin!!!!)
Welcome to the world baby Karley! It was so good to finally get to meet you and to take your photos-you are precious just like your sister and you are loved so much! 2020 wasn’t all that bad because you came and expanded more love in your house!
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Meet Your Friendly Nashville Family Photographer
Dolly DeLong is a Nashville-based family & branding photographer AND a creative business owner who educates other family photographers (aka creative business owners) on systems, SOPs, workflows, and marketing (aka how to run the backend of your own family photography business as a one-woman show)! Dolly loves serving families with her bold, elevated, and radiant photography. She also loves educating other creative business owners on how to set up systems and workflows to help them save time in their businesses. Dolly produces weekly blog posts, podcast episodes on The Systems & Workflow Magic Podcast, and weekly YouTube Episodes.
Dolly shares her expertise in Marketing, Email Marketing, and Business Systems with family photographers in an encouraging, supportive way, because she believes anyone can find joy in systems, workflows, and intentional SOPs! Plus, BONUS: Systems are where the magic happens! You can streamline and automate the backend of your creative business with ease!
Dolly’s faith and love for her family motivate her to help other business owners find the joy and freedom she’s seen in running a successful small business.
Whenever she has a spare moment, she enjoys watching TV, loves eating way too many sweets, and listens to podcasts while running or walking. Fill out her contact form to work with Dolly DeLong Photography for a family photography session.
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