Welcome to Orange Blossoms & Eggs, where you'll find me celebrating the wins and laugh-crying through the mishaps life throws my way..
I'm Claire, a professional photographer and beach loving mom of 5 married to my own Bruce Wayne. Together we are living out my farm life dreams on a quarter acre HOA lot in Arizona.
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Nora’s arrival is a three part story. Find Part I here and Part II here! As luck would have it, I didn’t have to wait until 42 weeks to meet our baby. On Saturday, October 12th at 40 weeks and 5 days, I had 9 noticeable contractions. Just 9, and they were really far apart […]
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The Story of Nora | Part I Nora’s pregnancy was my hardest from day one. Ok, maybe not quite day one, but within a week of getting a positive test, I was sick. And not just a little sick, I was a lot sick. I fought the urge to throw up all day, every day. […]
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Nora Ann Ivy Waite was born on Monday, October 14, 2019 at 2:18am. But, her story actually begins on Monday, July 13, 2015, around 2:30am. It was then that I had just delivered our fourth and (supposedly) final child. We were team green and I was pretty sure that our baby would be a boy. […]
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Happy Valentine’s Day! Thank you so much for being a part of the Claire Waite Photography family. I am so glad you are here and so grateful for your love and support! When Cecelia was a baby, I started a tradition. Each Valentine’s Day, I take a picture of my kiddos and turn it into […]
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After several weeks of cramping and Braxton Hicks, my actual labor began on Monday, September 24 at 2 in the morning. It was then that I was woken from sleep by what was probably my first true contraction. Through the rest of the night, I continued to have periodic contractions that would wake me from […]
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Depending on how you look at it, the birth of Lincoln was either extremely long and drawn out or beyond fast and furious. His story begins unofficially on Wednesday, June 8, 2015, which was day one of my five days of prodromal labor. From Wednesday until Sunday, I lived life in one block of seemingly […]
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It makes me feel old to say it, but I’m raising a tween girl. Pretty sure she was just born yesterday, so I don’t know how we got to this point, but let me tell you, I am not ready! I am not ready for puberty, make up, boys… all the things my tween daughter […]
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I never planned to be a dance mom. Now, I’m not saying that as a bad thing at all! It just wasn’t in my plans. I didn’t dance, none of my sisters danced. I don’t know anything about the dance world. Swimming, golf, tennis, even soccer- yes! Dance- no. Yet here I am, volunteering to be […]
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My sweet Turner turned 5 at the end of September, and I celebrated his birthday with a trip to the studio. This did not exactly rank high on his list of “Things I Want To Do On My Birthday”, but I invited his best friend to join us and brought buckets full of toys so […]
