{"id":51,"date":"2010-03-21T21:05:29","date_gmt":"2010-03-21T21:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pinkletoesblogstalker.com\/blog\/?p=51"},"modified":"2010-03-21T21:05:29","modified_gmt":"2010-03-21T21:05:29","slug":"the_birth_of_cruz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pinkletoesblogstalker.com\/blog\/the_birth_of_cruz\/","title":{"rendered":"The Birth of Cruz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"m_austin_birth_photography.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/pinkletoesblogstalker.com\/m_austin_birth_photography.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0pt auto 20px;\" height=\"2780\" width=\"910\" \/>I was so very surprised and honored when I was invited by the talented Miss <a href=\"http:\/\/mariahmilan.com\/blog\/\">Mariah<\/a> to photograph the birth of their 3rd baby. If you&#8217;ve ever had the pleasure of meeting Mariah, you will immediately find that she is a calming presence&#8230;someone who appreciates the simple gifts in life, someone who is very grounded and very focused on her family. Evidently, she is just as calm while giving birth ;-).<\/p>\n<p>Beautiful. Simply beautiful. Watch the slideshow below and see how she trusts her body to work through the contractions and just look at how attentive her husband is (amazing to witness).&nbsp; Oh, and I love the look on her face when she finds out the gender (a surprise!)! But at the end&#8230;oh that beautiful baby and all of that HAIR!<br \/>&nbsp; <br \/><center><object type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" id=\"showit_swf\" data=\"http:\/\/www.pinkletoes.com\/cruz\/showit.swf\" height=\"650\" width=\"910\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.pinkletoes.com\/cruz\/showit.swf\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"showit_embed=http:\/\/www.pinkletoes.com\/cruz\/|910|650|1|1|0\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"salign\" value=\"LT\" \/><param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"loop\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"best\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n<div><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">[This birth took place at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinabc.com\/\">Austin Area Birthing Center<\/a>].<\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">Thank you, Mariah, for inviting me to capture this day for you and for allowing me to share your beautiful birth experience with our readers.<\/p>\n<p>(If you are pregnant and in the Austin area and are interested in having your birth experience photographed, <a href=\"http:\/\/pinkletoesblogstalker.com\/birth.html\">take a look<\/a>!)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was so very surprised and honored when I was invited by the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,7,23,15,24,29],"tags":[9,8,10,47],"class_list":["post-51","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-austin-baby","category-austin-birth","category-austin-maternity","category-austin-newborn","category-austin-pregnancy","category-slideshows","tag-austin-birth-photographer","tag-austin-birth-photography","tag-austin-birth-photos","tag-austin-birth-slideshow"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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