A sweet, sweet morning spent with baby Clay and his parents – they were so welcoming and made me feel right at home! And when I say this baby was an absolute angel, I really mean that – he had a perfect disposition the entire time. A miracle! Doesn’t happen often and I certainly don’t expect newborns to stay calm for a whole session, but when it happens, what a treat.

I asked Beth and Chris how they decided on the name Clay and what it meant to them, and just adored their answer. They’d had a hard time choosing boy names – then at one of Beth’s early sonograms, an image of baby’s hand was incredibly clear. When she showed Chris later (he couldn’t be at appointments because of Covid protocols), he said it reminded him of how God is molding us from the very beginning. Not long after that conversation, Beth and Chris opened a book of scriptures to a page that had the scripture “You are the potter, I am the clay” – and that was that. Meant to be!

Welcome to the world, baby Clay. You are so loved!