Birth of baby Daniel

Not every family is born the same way, some parents fight hard to bring their family in to being  Here is a story of such a family.

Sweet little Daniel came earthside early, much to his family's surprise. His Mommy and Daddy had gone to extraordinary lengths to create their little family, by having a family member carry Daniel. This is known as surrogacy, and is one of the most incredible gifts a family can receive. As they call their surrogate their stork (Antoinette) , she is a family member, which is normally unusual, but this family is incredibly close, and wouldn't have had it any other way.

On the early hours of the 28th of November, over 2 weeks before his scheduled arrival, Daniel decided he was finished growing in his stork's tummy, and he wanted to come earth side to meet his incredibly loving family. After Antoinette's water had broken, they had rushed through to the hospital to have Daniel checked out, and it was clear he was on his way. While everything at home was turned upside down with renovations, Mommy and Daddy had to scramble to get things ready for their sweet little boy. Even with the scrambling, excitement filled the air.

I met up with the excited parents and some of the family members later that morning to witness a beautiful gift, an amazing miracle and the birth of this incredible family.

PS: Some hospitals do not allow theater access to photographers, but with the correct settings on my camera mom or dad can snap some photos in theater for me to edit and add to their birth story. So you can still have beautiful images of your baby's first breath

While waiting for Daniel's arrival, the family laughed and joked, they couldn't believe the time had arrived so quickly.

Between 2 rooms, Mommy and Daddy were preparing the room for after Daniel arrived, while their stork rested up in the labour room. Waiting to be wheeled into theater.

Mommy was between laughter and happy tears, knowing soon she would be able to hold her little boy in her arms.

Daddy was lighthearted and comforting to everyone, a truly special Daddy.

Ilze's Mom had recently undergone surgery, but wasn't about to miss the birth of her beautiful grandson 😀 

And in this moment Mommy's face says it all

Grandpa gives Dad a last little word before he goes to meet his sweet baby boy 

From this point Mommy took my camera into theater, and I snapped some photos of the family waiting in the family room

And just in that moment baby Daniel was born

In this moment Antoinette meets the baby she had carried For this very proud Mommy and Daddy

In the waiting room, the family eagerly awaited their first look of baby Daniel 

Baby Daniel needed to go into NICU for some observation, but the family celebrations didn't end there...

At this point I left the family to settle in. We didn't know how long Daniel would be in NICU, so I waited at home to find out. 2 days after Daniel made his surprise early appearance he came out of NICU and I was their to welcome him.

Now Mommy gets to cuddle non stop

Mommy just couldn't' get enough of his sweet little face