I shot their family photos last fall and was delighted to get the call that they were expecting baby number three in late summer. Almost immediately, my brain was working overtime on several visions I had for the maternity session and I spent the last three months looking for the perfect shabby white bed and spread, and then, the perfect spot easily accessible from the road with any remaining wildflowers blooming. In my quest for to match what was in my head, I enlisted the help of my amazing creative friend, Kimberly Thomas. (She’s just begun refinishing vintage furniture for photographers and consumers and I can’t wait to share more of that with you, too). Without so much as a simple promise of instant fame right here on the blog (LOL) or even a great lunch, she jumped right in and became an assistant/designer/stylist/babysitter all rolled into one fabulous framework. Did I mention it was nearly 100 degrees the morning we shot this? Or that the boards that support the box springs didn’t quite fit the frame and required a last-minute “fix”? Did I mention I was going on my second consecutive week of very late nights and was hosting house guests that week, too?

Add “keeper-of-my-sanity” to Kimberly’s list of talents, too.

In the end, we had a bed full of color, a belly and two beautiful girls that truly helped us take our  “bohemian mama” vision and make it reality.  It certainly didn’t hurt that mom could easily be modeling designer maternity wear. Stunning almost seems too inadequate a word to describe her.

I can’t wait to meet their newest family member – we’ll be doing a newborn session in about three weeks. In the meantime, enjoy some of my favorites from our session: