Testimonial from Julissa Ortiz of Good Day Sacramento!

The exciting on air announcement this past October

If you are local to the Sacramento area, you may remember the live TV announcement last fall when Julissa Ortiz and husband, Steve Large, of Good Day Sacramento, were expecting their first child! Julissa is loved by many for her bubbly personality, contagious laugh, and also for her love of animal prints! She was the perfect person to rock our Susan gown for the birth of her sweet baby Natalia, who made her debut this past January. Julissa and Steve shared Natalia's first pictures on the GDS's blog and gave Annie & Isabel some love!

Julissa wore our Susan gown at the hospital and talented local photographer, Brenda Bisharat, took these precious photographs of their first day as a family of three. We are honored to share this testimonial and want to thank Julissa for all of her support! Brenda was able to so beautifully portray Julissa's fun personality and the love that she and Steve have for their new beautiful baby girl!

Here is what Julissa said about wearing her "Susan" Annie & Isabel designer hospital gown,

"I couldn't wait to wear my sassy hospital gown!! It was washed and packed weeks before going to the hospital. Having my very own gown for the birth of my first baby girl only added to this special experience. After 16 exhausting hours of labor, the Annie & Isabel gown made me feel pretty and so sassy! It was so much more comfortable that the worn out hospital gown! It covers up everything the needs to be covered up, but also makes nursing easy too! Thank you Annie & Isabel."

Congratulations to the Large Family!

To find out more about Brenda Bisharat Photography and the amazing offer for local moms to be who purchase and Annie & Isabel gown ~ please read here!

New Mom Delivers In Style In the "Isabel" Hospital Gown

We received another very nice testimonial from new mom, Jackie. Jackie delivered in style with our "Isabel" hospital gown. She delivered a beautiful baby boy who decided to make his grand entrance a little early. He had to spend time in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit but he is home and doing great now. I just love this picture because you can see how proud and happy this new mommy is!!!

Here is what Jackie had to say about having her very own Annie & Isabel hospital gown:

"I absolutely loved my gown! It made me feel stylish and completely covered at the hospital compared to the normal hospital gowns. Plus I received so many compliments from all of the nurses on how cute it was!"

Jackie is also a photographer so she has been busy taking lots of pictures of her new bundle of joy. If you want to see some precious pictures of her baby boy that are sure to make your heart melt then click here: JACQUELINE PHOTOGRAPHY

Congrats Jackie and enjoy the journey of parenthood!!

Exciting Partnership With Brenda Bisharat Photography!!!

If you have been following along with us for a while now, you know how much we admire Bisharat Photography here in Sacramento. On her site www.bisharatphotos.com, Brenda says, "I have a passion for capturing the human spirit through photography and digital artistry, in a stress free and fun environment". This couldn't be a more accurate statement to describe the work of Brenda and her partner Kristene from Bisharat Photography.

Brenda Bisharat

Kristene Colombi

Brenda has been our photographer for years now and we cherish the beautiful moments in time she has documented of our precious boys. We always sit back in amazement during our sessions while she interacts with our very active boys and gets the best smiles. When we were launching Annie & Isabel, she was a huge support to us as a successful mompreuner herself.

We have VERY exciting news for local Annie & Isabel customers from Bisharat Photography! Brenda is offering a complimentary hospital newborn session for women who purchase an Annie & Isabel designer hospital gown. With this complimentary session, you will receive a free 5x7 and an online slideshow to choose additional photos. The slideshow is a wonderful way to introduce your new bundle of joy to your family and friends. Read below for all of the details and instructions. This might just get some of our friends to move to Sacramento, as they have been admiring Brenda's work for years! Even if you don't live in the Sacramento area, Brenda has many clients who travel long distances to have their children and familes photographed.

Here is an example of Brenda's hospital newborn sessions

MEETING NEW LITTLE SISTER...{SACRAMENTO NEWBORN PHOTOGRAPHER}

To get to know Brenda Bisharat better and see some of her work,

please read some posts from her blog below~

DANIEL...{SACRAMENTO BIRTH PHOTOGRAPHER}

TWO BIRTHS IN ONE DAY... {SACRAMENTO BIRTH PHOTOGRAPHER}

TIME FOR TUTUS... {SACRAMENTO CHILDREN'S PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER}

QUIET MINUS POSTS...{BUSY SACRAMENTO NEWBORN PHOTOGRAPHER}

DOCUMENTING BIRTHS...{SACRAMENTO BIRTH PHOTOGRAPHER}

My Birth Story in Pictures

Remember what it was like to anticipate the birth of your child? Maybe some of you are doing that right now. Maybe some of you are waiting for your first baby and you are a little scared? For me, I can think of nothing better than those last days before my children were born. They were days that were filled with such excitement and uncertainty. My mind always swirled with so many unanswered questions. When will I go into labor...morning, noon or night? Will my water break in public? Will my baby be o.k.? I wonder how much he weighs..I think a lot!! How long will my labor be? Will I have my little one tomorrow? Oh please, I am so ready!!!

Childbirth is the one thing in life that leaves such a vivid indelible memory in most women's life experiences. I have had four boys and I remember each birth so clearly. You can ask any woman who has given birth to a child or has adopted a child and they can tell you every little detail of their delivery experience or their experience meeting their new child for the first time.

When I had my fourth son I knew that this baby would more than likely be our last child. I had always wanted to have pregnancy pictures done and for some reason I never did it. I think, ultimately, I felt too embarrassed to have someone take pictures of my naked belly. With my last pregnancy, however, I knew it was something I would do. I didn't want to regret never having done it and I wanted to remember what I looked like with a pregnant belly. Luckily I had met a wonderful photographer, Brenda Bisharat, before I became pregnant with my fourth boy. Sometime in my last trimester I had the pregnancy pictures taken and I truly cherish them today. If you have ever thought of having pictures done while you are pregnant I would strongly encourage you to do it. The pictures are not only wonderful to have for yourself but your children will love looking at them when they are older.

After doing pregnancy pictures, I made the decision to also have my birth professionally photographed by the same photographer. This was a big decision because giving birth to a child is a very private experience and one in which I knew I would be completely exposed. What I discovered was, that by having Daniel's birth photographed professionally, I received such a precious irreplaceable and amazing gift! So, while many people like to share their birth story in words, I thought it would be fun to share mine in pictures and maybe you might decide that this treasure is one that you also have to have when you give birth to your child some day. I personally will never regret it!!! Thank you Brenda Bisharat for capturing my birth story so incredibly well and for putting together the wonderful video of my pictures below!!!





P.S. Just think how much cuter those hospital pictures would have been if I was in an Annie & Isabel designer hospital gown. Unfortunately this was before the idea to make our gowns became a reality :-(