Two years. Two titles. 🥇🥇 Koko Hirano successfully defended her crown in the senior Parade of Champions at 2025 National Showcase! Read the full event recap ⬇️

"If you're pretend hungry, just tell me, 'cause I can make pretend food. It's ready." - my 6yo

big hangry tantrum when i reminded my 6yo that she lost her ipad privileges yesterday, but i held my ground and i'm proud of myself! (also got no work done this afternoon.)

And approximately 5.5 months after I gave birth, I finally cooked an entire meal again. I'm basically unstoppable.

Temp solution to baby not napping in crib long enough for me to work: napping baby glommed onto my leg while I work on my laptop on the bed.

What's the word for when you're doing well postpartum, but you know it's only because you are guarding your mental health fiercely and it's all just one gust of wind from collapsing? That's where I am.

Feeling some FOMO this morning, watching WTT from home. I had such a great time at 2023 WTT and hope to be back in 2027 when I don't have a fresh baby! Léa Serna 🇫🇷 at 2023 World Team Trophy © Melanie Heaney

It's Team USA vs. the world! 🇺🇸🌎 Eight U.S. athletes will compete as a team to win the sixth World Team Trophy medal for the stars and stripes in Tokyo, Japan, this week! See who's competing ⬇️

Caroline Green & Michael Parsons 🇺🇸 at the 2025 World Championships © Melanie Heaney / U.S. Figure Skating

Mone Chiba 🇯🇵 at the 2025 World Championships © Melanie Heaney / U.S. Figure Skating #figureskating #sportsphotography #monechiba #canonsports

It's incredible how much I can get done when baby girl has a rare long stint of sleeping in her crib!

Yuma Kagiyama 🇯🇵 at the 2025 World Championships © Melanie Heaney / U.S. Figure Skating #figureskating #sportsphotography #yumakagiyama #canonsports #WorldFigure

Sara Conti & Niccolo Macii 🇮🇹 at the 2025 World Championships © Melanie Heaney / U.S. Figure Skating #figureskating #sportsphotography #contimacii #canonsports #WorldFigure

Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier 🇨🇦 at the 2025 World Championships © Melanie Heaney / U.S. Figure Skating #figureskating #sportsphotography #gillespoirier #canonsports #WorldFigure

Amber Glenn 🇺🇸 at the 2025 World Championships © Melanie Heaney / U.S. Figure Skating #figureskating #sportsphotography #amberglenn #canonsports

We have survived our first competition with two kids! Almost 400 skaters, 3 very full days of competition, a 6 year old on a hunger strike, a newborn who comfort nurses, and a long travel day home. One day to unpack and repack and we leave again tomorrow.

Excited to capture the action next year! 📷

Overwhelmed and devastated. So many of the kids and their parents were people we looked forward to catching up with at competitions multiple times per year. 💔💔💔💔💔

Lots of Nationals content to share once I’m back to reality next week & have a bit of time to breathe, but here are a couple shots from yesterday’s senior events at #PrevagenUSChamps, where I’m covering the action on behalf of @usfigureskating and @mheaneyphoto! 📷 Danielle Earl/U.S. Figure Skating

From the archives: Madison Chock & Evan Bates 🇺🇸 at the 2023 World Team Trophy © Melanie Heaney #figureskating #sportsphotography #chockbates #canonsports

From the archives: Alexa Knierim & Brandon Frazier 🇺🇸 at the 2023 World Team Trophy © Melanie Heaney #figureskating #sportsphotography #knierimfrazier #canonsports

From the archives: Adam Siao Him Fa 🇫🇷 at the 2023 World Team Trophy © Melanie Heaney #figureskating #sportsphotography #adamsiaohimfa #canonsports

From the archives: Kaori Sakamoto 🇯🇵 at the 2023 World Team Trophy © Melanie Heaney #figureskating #sportsphotography #kaorisakamoto

Another highlight from my 2024 skating photography: Riku Miura & Ryuichi Kihara 🇯🇵 at the 2024 World Championships © Melanie Heaney #figureskating #sportsphotography #WorldFigure #miurakihara

One of my best photos of the year: Ilia Malinin 🇺🇸 at the 2024 World Championships © Melanie Heaney #figureskating #sportsphotography #WorldFigure #usfigureskating #iliamalinin

Emily Chan & Spencer Howe 🇺🇸 at 2024 Skate Canada International © Melanie Heaney / @icedancecom.bsky.social #figureskating #sportsphotography #GPFigure #SCI24 #usfigureskating #chanhowe

Hannah Lim & Ye Quan 🇰🇷 at 2024 Skate Canada International © Melanie Heaney / @icedancecom.bsky.social #figureskating #sportsphotography #GPFigure #SCI24 #limquan

roughly 4 weeks til i can have a second cup of coffee! 😴

Ilia Malinin 🇺🇸 at 2024 Skate Canada International © Melanie Heaney / @icedancecom.bsky.social #figureskating #sportsphotography #GPFigure #SCI24 #iliamalinin #usfigureskating

my two favourite things?! craft beer and skating?!

I had to withdraw from the GPF due to being too pregnant to function, so I'm still posting photos from earlier on the GP Series. Hana Yoshida 🇯🇵 at 2024 Skate Canada International © Melanie Heaney / @icedancecom.bsky.social #figureskating #sportsphotography #GPFigure #SCI24

Oona Brown & Gage Brown 🇺🇸 compete in the Rhythm Dance at 2024 Skate Canada International in Halifax. © Melanie Heaney / @icedancecom.bsky.social #figureskating #sportsphotography #GPFigure #SCI24

My 6yo is on track to finish all the Thanksgiving-themed activities I prepped for her by 9:30am. Fellow working parents, how's your day going? 😜

We're one step closer on the #RoadtoWichita! Congratulations to the more than 180 athletes who clinched their #PrevagenUSChamps spot! 👏

Kaori Sakamoto 🇯🇵 competes in the Women's Short Program at Skate Canada International in Halifax. © Melanie Heaney / @icedancecom.bsky.social #figureskating #sportsphotography #GPFigure #SCI24

Streaming quality from the U.S. Ice Dance Final is really nice! www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrIS...

Alisa Efimova & Misha Mitrofanov 🇺🇸 compete in the Pairs Short Program at 2024 #SkateAmerica © Melanie Heaney / U.S. Figure Skating #figureskating #sportsphotography #GPFigure

If I'm only allowed to have one cup of coffee per day, and I make it at 7:45am, and it's worn off by 9:08, does it even count? 😩

Alysa Liu 🇺🇸 competes in the Women's Short Program at Skate Canada International in Halifax. © Melanie Heaney / @icedancecom.bsky.social #figureskating #sportsphotography #GPFigure #SCI24

Funny how the most annoying toddler parenting advice ("make it game") works on me when it comes to actually making progress on tedious admin tasks for my business

Alicia Fabbri & Paul Ayer 🇨🇦 compete in the Free Dance at Skate Canada International in Halifax. © Melanie Heaney / @icedancecom.bsky.social #figureskating #sportsphotography #GPFigure #SCI24

Kevin Aymoz 🇫🇷 picked up a second Grand Prix silver medal today and qualified for the GP Final in his hometown of Grenoble. Photo from #SkateAmerica © Melanie Heaney / U.S. Figure Skating #figureskating #sportsphotography #GPFigure