Maternity shoot with baby girl

I was planning on not doing a maternity shoot this time. Don’t get me wrong, I have loved the maternity photo’s I’ve done with the boys but definitely prefer the newborn/ family pictures more. My hair girl (Emily Woodstrom- she’s amazing and one of the kindest people I’ve met) had wanted to do a shoot and I’m so thankful she pushed to do this because the pictures turned out so great and it truly is special with a baby girl in my belly this time….she might actually care to see these some day (unlike my boys I’m sure) :)

Mackenzie Merrill Photography was the one who took the pictures and she did a great job and made me feel very comfortable (which I’m usually not, especially by myself in front of a camera lol). Emily thought a sporty type outfit would be fun so we did kind of a Calvin Klein bootie underwear/ bra look in some of the pics. Let me be the first to say I was not too excited about this look/ unsure I wanted to do it. Looking at the photos now and thinking about the beautiful bodies (all different) God gives us made me feel proud to do it and ok to share them with you here. I am in no way perfect but am truly proud of myself for working hard to have a healthy body and am so blessed and thankful I am/ have been able to even carry children… so why not show off the bump God has blessed me with. It is fun to see how women carry their bumps so differently, all beautiful.

Below I split up some of my favorite pictures into three galleries. The first is pictures of my bump, close ups, hair, etc. The second ones are of my “risky” shoot (lol it’s not super risky..but I’m usually pretty conservative so to me it was;)). And the third set is family pics, more bump, and of course pics of the boys:) (Also side note- but I am not good at the serious face lol it’s super hard for me to give a “serious” look so some of the pictures I feel like I look so weird because I was trying to be serious without laughing :)

With Mothers day around the corner it really had me thinking of all the different types of moms… not just moms that have carried their children inside them but moms who’ve adopted, moms who are in a mom type role, and so many other kinds And to those who can not have kids, who are waiting, who’ve experienced loss, etc I am praying for you and just want you to know I don’t take this for granted. I don’t know what it is like, and truly I can’t imagine but I know from heartache God can make things new. Trust God and know that he has a good plan for you, even when it seems like he doesn't.

So to all the different kinds of moms out there, Happy Mother’s Day. I pray you get to do something you love, and are spoiled… and get a little peace and quiet :)

xoxo,

MRS T