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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Hello, September! I know it doesn’t really mean fall in Arizona, but it does mean the cooler temperatures are closer. I hope. It’s been a long, hot summer with 50+ days of temperatures reaching 110 or higher. If nothing else, I’m ready for cooler nights and mornings, even if the temp does soar during the […]
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There’s something about a new month that just brings me so much hope! I love the fresh start, the new page in my planner. And also. I can’t say I’m sorry to bid April farewell. That was one looooooong month. It had it’s good parts, but it felt like it lasted an eternity. Some things […]
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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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Apparently, I live near a lake. I mean, I’ve kind of known that for a while. But, it took over 6 years of living in this house, approximately 20 minutes away from this lake, for me to ever actually see it. We’ve now been in this house for 9 years and I can count the […]
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Gifts are my love language. Yes, this means I love to receive gifts, but it is giving gifts that I enjoy most. Finding the most perfect, thoughtful gift I can is how I show the people in my life that I love them. I put a lot of time and energy into my gift-giving. It […]
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Hey, Mama! I’m so glad you are here. I’m Claire, a lemonade loving Scottsdale Arizona birth photographer who is always dreaming of my next Hawaiian vacation. I am a midwest girl turned desert dweller because people do crazy things for love! I am a proud police wife. My handsome husband and I just celebrated 14 […]
