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Last night a very dear friend of mine told me that she is blessed with a little bundle on joy who is on its way. Today was super busy but I did manage to sneak away to take this pic for her. We have plans to take one every month which is so exciting. I have always wanted to so something like that and now I have a willing participant.
I stood up late last night (hum maybe technically early this morning since it was 5am) working on this recent maternity session. Last week I met with K to talk about her session and we decided to head on over to Sonoma Horticulteral Nursery this last Friday. It was a beautiful day and I just love the photos from that day. I have been to nursery 3 times now and I still can’t get over how much the temperature changes in there. Its quite lovely.
We started in the Yellow Garden near the gazebo and got this beautiful image which to me feels like I was peeking in through the garden to get this tender moment.
For the most part this baby girl slept through our session but woke up for a tiny bit when K was sitting out in the sun.
I love this wheel bench. We got quite the giggle taking this photo. I should have taken a shot of what was happening behind the scenes.
And my favorite photo taken just before we left.
I had a great time with the first time mommy and am looking forward to having our second session soon 
I know its beautiful living in Sonoma but getting out and enjoying it makes it that much better. After weeks of rain the sun and blue sky came out just in time for a wonderful maternity session at Ferrari Carano winery in Healdsburg, Ca
I think is still my favorite color to photograph for maternity sessions. I am not sure why exactly but i love it. Momma is due in just a few more weeks.
Would you believe this was not planed? Seriously those daffodils just knew what i wanted all by them self. I just love how they line up perfectly to this beautiful baby bump.
Today a friend of mine who is due in just a few weeks got a beautiful Henna Belly from Stacy King who is a local doula here in Santa Rosa, Ca. She did an amazing job and I recommend her to anyone who is pregnant and wants a henna tattoo.
I was luckily enough to watch and photograph the process from start to finish. This is something I have been wanting to do for some time now so when my friend said she was getting her belly done I jumped at the chance to be there.
All Done
Today’s weather totally was not pretty. I was hoping for sunny skies but instead I was giving lots of clouds and just a glimpse of sun here and there. Still I worked with what I was given and am pleased with some of the absolutely beautiful shots I got of Stephanie. She is due in less then a week and is positively glowing. This is one person I knew I wanted to photograph the day she announced she was expecting and today my little wish came true.
This is one of the first shots I got and the sun just happened to show itself. I just love how peaceful she looks here.
I jokingly said this could be in an magazine ad or something but honestly I really do think that
While their daughter Sequoia ran around a bit I got a photo of just mom and dad.
And this is my absolute favorite. This is the photo I envisioned in my head so many months ago and its so wonderful to see it on my screen.
Stephanie, thank you and your family so much for allowing me to photograph these timeless memories.
Saturday I had the opportunity to have session with Carrie and her family. She doesn’t know what she is having yet but don’t you think she has the most perfect belly. It seems there are babies popping up everywhere around me and I love it. This one is expected to make his/her debut in a few weeks.
Yesterday I had the pleasure of working with Sheri. She is already a mom of two boys and is expecting a girl.
Today I had my first session with this mom to be. We are working on a special series and this is just the first round.
