Showing off their “bump”
February 16th, 2009WHEW! This weekend has been a whirlwind! I now understand the expression, “When it rains, it pours!” I had been kinda down in the dumps about not having many photo sessions for this winter season and had resigned myself to organizing/cleaning my house & just playing with my girls. And so it went for a few weeks, and now all of the sudden, I have a total of 5 clients in 3 days! Well, three of them were on the same day for my first ever photo party that I dubbed the Bare Bellies Party. In restrospect I should have added a tag line that bare bellies were optional.
After much anticipation, and multiple applications of deoderant, I took my nervous self to Baltimore to photograph some glowing, gorgeous moms-to-be! Laura (my sis-in-law) & her friends Sharon & Samantha invited me into their homes to witness their growing families, their little cuter-than-cute nurseries, and their collection of sonograms & baby paraphanelia for their children.
Now I know, from experience, the love you have for a child is immense. You never think you can have enough love for your husband, but then add a baby to that, and wow…how are you gonna do it? But these ladies are all very much in love with their husbands and at the same time so much in love with the little lives that are growing inside of them. I hope you can sense, as I did, their excitement, anticipation, and pure joy!
Welcome to your debut baby Delaney, baby Jackson, and baby “Roblet!”



















Beverly Lynn
February 17th, 2009 at 9:49 am
woohoo! Great job, as always! And of course I ready to serve as an assistant! I love it, and its so much fun to spend time with you.
P.S. The reason I hadn’t “announced” the new site is cause I am waiting for Jeremy to add one more feature. . . . so stay tuned! :0) Plus I need to fill in the “about me” part and all that.
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