Meet NICU Graduate Marley Rae!

Meet NICU Graduate MarleyRae! This little fighter just turned 3 years old, and I had the chance to photograph her right before her birthday. This Boise NICU Project portrait session was so fun and this little girl just sparkled, literally!

Marley was born at 33 weeks weighing in at 3 lbs 10 oz. Mama had a difficult pregnancy from the beginning, starting with a strange rash. Turns out this can happen when pregnant with twins. Sadly, MarleyRae's twin was lost early in the pregnancy 😢 Poor Mama had all the difficulties of a twin pregnancy without the reward of both babies.

Mama spent over a week in the hospital due to high blood pressure and she was being monitored for severe #preeclampsia. She awoke early in the morning to the worst headache she had ever experienced. Shortly thereafter, MarleyRae was born via emergency C-section.