Canton Newborn Photographer | Owen

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I am *pretty sure* that mom doesn’t know dad submitted this form! I laughed out loud, and I hope you also enjoy Owen’s journey into this world:

• How did mom and dad meet?
  I kissed the closest girl next to me at a New Year’s Party…my wife must have liked it.
• How did mom tell dad they were expecting?
  Cinnamon roll/bun left in oven…forgot about bun…nearly burnt the house down.
• What was the best/surprising/worst/most annoying thing being pregnant? (Dad can answer too 🙂 )
  Boobs
• Did you find out if you were having a boy/girl? What was mom and dad’s reactions?
  It was a surprise…dad cried like a little baby.  Mom reacted with love and compassion.
• List the possible baby names, and how did you narrow it down?

  Owen Matthew was our go to on the first baby for a boy name.

  Probable girl names were:
  Ruby Tuesday (dad’s choice every time mom asked seriously about names)…seriously though, we both liked Ruby but could not come up with a middle name.

  Annie

• How did baby prep go? (Putting in the car seat, setting up the crib, stuff like that.)
  Prep was at a bare minimum with the 2nd child.  We still don’t know where we are going to put him when he has to start sleeping in his own room.
• How did labor and delivery go… and how did dad do?
  Quite possibly one of the most intense and intimate experiences of our lives.  Dad did awesome, but not as awesome as mom.  Let’s be honest, after seeing what women have to go through during child birth; there is no argument that women are tougher than men.
• Did your baby look like what you expected?
  For some odd reason, a majority of people expected a boy and it was a boy.  He definitely looks a lot cuter than our first born did at this stage.  Of course, at the time we thought she was adorable too.
• What were mom’s first thoughts when she saw her new baby? And dad?
  Dad’s first thought was…”The anatomical make-up of this child suggests that it is male!”  Seriously though, once I saw the sac, I knew it was a boy and started screaming it like a little school-girl.
• What have the first few days with the baby at home been like?
  Foggy, exhausting, and a little less than chaotic at time.  I don’t know how families with more than 2 kids do it.
• Your own topic:

  If my wife finds out that I submitted this, then she may have me castrated.

  Seriously, though, when Alena met Owen, it was possibly the cutest thing ever. She made a point to introduce him to everyone in the room and repeatedly said “Awww, baby.”

• What time was your baby born?
  10:27 am
• Does your baby have a nickname?
  Our daughter calls him Nowen, so that is it for now.  I would like to be Big-O.
• How did you feel when you first held your baby?
  I felt like Mufasa from the Lion King
• What is your favorite itty bitty part of your baby, and why? (Like toes, hair swirls, fingers, etc)
  His indented chin

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Carrie Bandy is an Canton newborn photographer also specializing in families and baby photography in the Canton, Ohio area including Akron and New Philadelphia, Ohio.