Noah Christopher Klefsaas

On July 7, 2011, Meghan and I were on our way back from a little shopping with my mother when I get a text message from my cousin Tara. Of course I was freaking out from excitement. Meghan and I, cleaned up and got ready and waited. At around 12:30am or so I get a call from my aunt that they are all on their way to the hospital. Naturally Meghan and I were out the door in the like less than 5 minutes. We drove that 15 minute drive to St. John West Shore rather quickly. We found our way to the correct room and sat in the two chairs right outside the door and again waited. We slept in and out but were mostly just on edge to see the baby. We kind of heard everything, which made us rethink childbirth, but nonetheless, both cried when we heard the baby cry for the first time.


Noah Christopher Klefsaas was born at 4:52am on July 8, 2011. He weighed in at 8.6 pounds and was 20 inches long. After about an hour of cleaning Noah up and cleaning Tara up we were allowed in to see them. He was more beautiful than I imagined. I've never been to a birth or anything like that, let alone I've never had a nephew. Needless to say I've been incredibly excited for this baby for quite some time. (For clarity, yes technically Tara is my cousin, but her brothers and her refer to me as their little sister, hence making Noah, my nephew) Holding Noah was pretty magical, he was just about an hour old when I was holding him. He has just learned how to breathe, eat, etc.

He got a little camera shy at the end of my photo shoot, but Noah Baby, you're gonna have to get used to me and the sound of a shutter. I keep wondering what he will be like when he grows up, what kind of personality characteristics he'll have. I know that what ever I have in mind, God has something much much much much bigger and better planned for Noah Christopher. (It has seriously crossed my mind several times to quit school and photograph him.)