Today we had a little family photo session with the intent to take some belly shots of Sawyer. I never did this with Tay or Thomas except for the weekly progression photo in the same spot throughout the pregnancy (which we have failed to keep up with this time, so I guess this makes up for it). I'm not modest by any means. I just never had a strong desire to do these types of preggie pics with my other pregnancies. This may be my last pregnancy, so I decided to embrace the belly and let it all hang out.
My sweet friend Mary was totally on board and offered to do a session. We are not a studio photography family and enjoy the more candid, spontaneous pictures. Boy did she nail us! After taking over 1,000 pictures, she got some great stuff. She captured candid, spontaneous, beautiful, sweet, sad, romantic, loving, artistic, extremely silly and fun moments. I couldn't be happier with the results and the day was perfect.
The weather totally cooperated and gave us amazing light. The Mercer Arboretum gave us beautiful scenery and backdrops. Old Town Spring gave us the opportunity to regroup and eat while we spotted the perfect door to end the day in.
It was so hard to choose what to post and it took an entire day to go through the photos and get them all loaded. These are my favorites and I will cherish the memories of the day. We are so lucky to have had this opportunity and such a good friend to be so patient with us.
Poor Thomas got an ouchie almost right off the bat. First he fell, cried, and recovered. Then this happened about 20 minutes later. Somehow, he got hold of a really ouchie plant or something that gave him several splinters in two fingers. Daddy was able to get most of them out, but two larger ones were really lodged in there. After calming him down and giving him lots of love, Mommy asked him if he could be brave and let her take the rest out. He agreed he could be brave and let me dig in and yank them out. Then he blew them off of my finger and felt much better. Whatever the vicious needles were really stung, so he was much better once they were out of his skin. Daddy grabbed the first aid kit, wrapped up his finger, and we were back on track.
This is close to the top of my list of favorites. I absolutely LOVE how this turned out! 
And these....amazing doesn't even come close to describing 
My sweet little family. And now we are one more. 
SO COOL! 
Kind of Beetles-y 
Resovoir Dogs shot. These boys are so serious. 
I love, love, love these! We were eating at a little place in Old Town Spring when we noticed a few people setting up a shot for a newborn in front of this door. I HAD to have our picture here. It is so bright and colorful that I just couldn't pass it up. The people had moved on by the time were finished eating, so it was a perfect little impromptu opportunity.
