My Maternity Shoot!

I asked a friend from our church, Sojourn, to do maternity portraits for us. She does photography for our church campus and is pretty awesome. She currently specializes in event photography but is wanting to get into weddings and portraits. So we set a date, chose a location, and had everything ready to go! However, I had this constant voice in the back of my mind questioning whether or not we could really spend the money on getting these photos done. Why was it so important to me? We did not get professional photos done when I was pregnant with Tessa. And I loved how I looked pregnant! When you are scrawny and have no shape, you enjoy those months with a baby bump =) With this pregnancy, I wanted to have these moments captured before the baby bump becomes our little guy! So I fought the voice. I told it to be quiet. My husband knew I really wanted them, so he had no problem with spending the money. Then the bank accepted our offer on the condo (we've been waiting for two months)! We knew financially buying the condo would make things tight for awhile (down payment, closing costs, two months rent for breaking our lease, inspections...), but I didn't realize how it would feel writing all those checks! Last week we wrote a check for an appraisal down payment for the bank we will be getting our loan from-did NOT know about that expense. Then we wrote a check to our real estate agency for $700-money we will eventually get back if we close on the condo (if we change our minds, they keep the money unless it is because of a problem with the condo). Even though we will get it back, it will be at least a month from now (or more) and well, I guess I am going on and on...needless to say, when Crockett got a surprise while getting his oil changed ($100 break problem), I decided we had to cancel the shoot. It was just too much in one week with more checks to write the next week! I cancelled...two days before the shoot...and decided we would still get up early Saturday morning, get out my tripod, and take some photos. And though there a lot of poses/angles I wish we could have gotten that weren't really possible with using a tripod and taking them myself, we did get some beautiful images that we will always treasure. Here are a few I've edited so far-Enjoy!