color image of Arizona birth photographer Claire Waite meeting her daughter in the delivery room at Banner Del Webb Hospital

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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 […]

The Story of Nora | Part III: Nora’s Grand Arrival

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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. […]

The Story of Nora | Part II: 9 Long Months

Family of six looks down at mom's pregnant belly during family maternity session at the lake
Color photograph of four children in Christmas pajamas sitting on a white bed with a brass headboard

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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. […]

The Story of Nora | Part I: Incomplete

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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 […]

Happy Valentine’s Day! | 12 Years Of Tradition

Valentine's Day photo card featuring 5 children surrounded by pink balloons
black and white image of newborn baby boy, swaddled and wearing a newborn cap in the hands of his mother

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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 […]

Turner’s Birth Story

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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 […]

The Fast & Furious Arrival of Lincoln Scott

newborn baby boy looks at parents in delivery room
Arizona Tween Girl Workshop

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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 […]

Raising A Tween Girl | Easy Breezy Beautiful Preteen Girl Workshop

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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 […]

Dance Mom | Eva’s Ballet Portrait Session

phoenix dance recital photography

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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 […]

Happy Birthday, Man Cub!