Mrs. W contacted me a while ago about scheduling a holiday photo session for her family.  She and Mr. W had been high school sweethearts and including a throwback picture of them together was a must for their session.  However, busy work schedules and the holidays quickly approaching made it impossible to do the session at that time.  Well when Mrs. W called to reschedule, she called with even sweeter news that she was expecting and that their session would be a maternity session!     The W family is expecting a baby girl and I know they couldn’t be more excited!  I’m so happy that they chose ME to capture this special time in their lives.  Their baby girl will be arriving soon!

The S family is eagerly awaiting the birth of their precious baby girl.

Isn’t this momma-to-be just gorgeous! I was so happy when we reconnected and I found out that she was having her 1st annnnnnd that she lives near me! I know G from when I was teaching! She was just an “itty bitty middle schooler” – a model student I must add. I still find it hard to believe that while I’m still 29 😀 , she’s all grown up now and eagerly awaiting to meet her baby boy. As you can imagine our session took a little longer than normal due to all of our chatting and catching up with each other. Daddy’s off serving our country, but we couldn’t leave him out, so Mom bought along a little something of his for the session…After all the months, it still smelled like him when she put it on – Imagine her smile. I could go on and on talking about G, but I’ll contain myself and end with “I know that she will be a wonderful mother and I can’t wait to meet her little guy. I’m so happy to have gotten the chance to photograph her. G and J – Enjoy your sneak peek!

After posting a teaser on FB, I had to share more of this gorgeous mommy. It seems like just yesterday that she made the great announcement that she was expecting and now she’s counting down the days until this little bundle of love arrives.   Their home is full of  love, joy, anticipation, and excitement to meet their newest member…….and the baby gear is rolling in.  It was such a great pleasure photographing this beautiful mommy and her growing family.  Oh, and I’m counting down too!

I’m still on a high from such a great weekend spent with some AMAZING  photographers from various parts of the US.  Despite being drenched on our 1st day of shooting, we had a BLAST.   Downtown streets, a swanky loft, beautiful gardens,  fields of wild flowers and  gorgeous models made this all the more perfect.   The days were long and the nights short, but we had fun and learned so much from each other.  Now that I’m finally caught up on sleep, I’m ready for another meetup.   Thank you to the ladies who made this all possible!

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