078: First time in front of Studio Strobes

andrewManley — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 06:23:07 +0000

Today I was shooting Billy for a military photoshoot that I was hired by a client to do and in the middle of the shoot, Methuse brought Calvin down. What a perfect opportunity for a shoot! Now that I think about it, this was his first time in front of the strobes. He actually did pretty well considering the circumstances.

This is my favorite shot with Billy holding Calvin. He makes this exact face a handful of times throughout the day. I was lucky to have gotten this shot. Nothing like complete randomness for a shoot!

004: Home at last!

andrewManley — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:14:45 +0000

So after 4 days at Kaiser, it was still a possibility that we would have to stay another day. The main problem was Methuse was recovering from the pain and wasn’t ready to give up the assistance she was receiving from the nurses. On top of that, unlimited Vicodin FTW! LOL
There was still another issue, Jondis. This is a condition where babies excrete bile matter from the liver causing yellowing in the skin and eyes. They say almost all babies get some levels of it but Asians are higher than others. (For obvious and non-obvious reasons, lol). Just past 2pm, we got word that his 2nd blood test showed his Jondis falling from 15 to 11. One of the key ways to get the Jondis out is feeding your baby so that he/she can poop it out. So I guess that is what we will be doing for the next week. Feeding and feeding. When we got home, everyone wants to be apart of the “fun”.
For now, we are working the 15ml of Enfamil and following that up with breast milk. Have you ever seen the prices of Enfamil? WTF! They should call it $$$ Milk and the thing is, the babies love this stuff. It smells horrid but they eat it like it is Kool-Aid. So I will make it my new hustle to score Enfamil for my boy Calvin.
BTW, yes that is a scratch mark on his cheek. Newborn fingernails are like razors…! (Uncle Billy’s first time feeding)

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078: First time in front of Studio Strobes

004: Home at last!