There is nothing like the excitement of your first pregnancy, or like summer in the Pacific Northwest. Combine the two, and what do you get? Perfection, that’s what. Take the perfect location, amazing lighting and a glowing mommy-to-be and I feel like I hit the jackpot!! Our gorgeous cousin is growing her little family (and ours) with a new addition next month. We took advantage of a warm summer evening and I am so thrilled with the result. I could have shot all night!! I squealed with delight after every click and when I finally got home and viewed the finished product, I could not narrow down my favorites, always a good problem to have.

Kelci and Casey, I am SO excited to meet your little one next month. Thank you for being good sports and humoring me when I said “let’s go to a random field off the road, I promise it will be great!” And guess what…it was! 🙂 xoxo

You know how some people do the rain dance? Well all day leading up to this maternity session, I was doing a “no rain” dance. And a “sun” dance 🙂 We purposely scheduled this session late in the evening to hopefully catch some golden evening light. Of course the sky was cloudy and dark and the sun was nowhere to be seen. So as I was driving to the session, the sun slowly reached a break in the clouds and thankfully, gave us about 20 minutes of perfect golden sunlight!! Yipee!! My dance must have worked!

Plus my job was made easier because this couple was absolutely gorgeous. I WISH I looked this good at 35 weeks pregnant (or heck even now). I love the excitement of the first baby and feeling that excitement through my fabulous clients! Their little boy is expected at the end of May and I am SO excited to see him at his newborn session. 🙂 This is one of my favorite sessions ever (I know, I say that about every session). “B & B”, I hope you love your photos. Contrary to popular belief (yours), you guys are extremely photogenic and I can’t wait to meet your little guy soon!!

I had the honor of being present for the birth of my niece June this month and could not wait for her newborn session. At just 4 days old, she did not disappoint. She slept like a champ and did everything her Auntie wanted her to and then some. We just love her so much and can’t wait to watch her grow up!! Congrats!

In order to give my clients an even more amazing experience, I have decided to try something new. For the first time, I will be creating beautiful slideshows of the images from a session as a thank you!! This is an amazing way to view your photos and share with family and friends. For now, this feature will only be offered to clients who purchase the Premium Digital Package or Maternity/Newborn package with full CD.

And now for the very first session slideshow. This was such an amazing session, I had a hard time picking my favorites, I just loved them all!! The light and location were just perfect, and of course this proud mommy and daddy to be were beyond beautiful, which makes my job so easy!!

So I hope you enjoy this little slideshow. Jocelyn and Rory, I cannot wait to meet Roman next month!!! Thank you again for trusting me to capture this special time in your lives.

Better viewed in full screen. 🙂