I Heart Faces--Wind {Austin, TX, Maternity Photographer}

This weeks theme for I Heart Faces is "wind". I love this picture from Jessica's maternity session. After years of praying and waiting, she went through 9 months of a very high risk pregnancy and I had the pleasure of documenting this special time in her life! Here baby boy is here now and all is well, thanks to the prayers of many friends and family. :)

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Showered with Pink

I had so much fun taking pictures at one of my very good friend's baby showers! Little Bella will definitely have a lot of pink in her life. ;)

Beautiful cake made by a friend

 The glowing Mommy-to-be!

 I love this candid shot of the girls watching a game being played :)

 Kelly took her amazing maternity pictures 

Not too much longer before we all get to meet baby Bella...I know she'll be adorable! Congratulations Dave and Veronica!

For this Child I Prayed...

Jessica has been through so much for several years, I wouldn't even know where to begin. She had severe health problems that resulted in 3 separate surgeries (read her story here), delivered a beautiful still born baby girl almost 3 years ago, her husband lost his job for several months--I could go on and on. All the while she yearned for another baby with all her heart. Finally after 2 years of prayers, she got the news that she was expecting again, but was apprehensive because there was no guarantee that the baby would make it full term. The condition that caused baby JoLynn to die could very well happen again. This pregnancy has been very different from her last--she is on constant watch from both a specialist as well as her normal OBGYN. She gets sonograms every few weeks to make sure everything is going well, wears a PICC line to make sure she is constantly getting the nutrients that she needs and has to give herself shots a few times a day. She's been hospitalized several times, but  made it past 30 weeks and doesn't have much longer before her scheduled C-section date! We are so thankful that things are looking so good and can't wait to meet her beautiful baby boy in about a month!

Jessica, you are a beautiful woman inside and out and I'm so thankful that we are close friends. Thanks for letting me document such a precious time in your life!

Jess found this blanket and immediately knew she had to get it--it sums up the last years so perfectly!

You would not know that it was 20 degrees in this picture--we were SO cold! It was worth it though!

I Heart Faces~Hands on Fun!

The theme this week is "Hands on Fun". I had a lot of "hands" pictures, but this one spoke to me above the others. Head over to I heart Faces for more sweet hand photos!

I Heart Faces~Kisses!

What a fun week! I had a lot of "kissy" pictures, but this is probably one of my favorites. We really wanted this shot in front of the red doors, but the sun was so bright and I didn't think it would turn out. We thought we would give it a try and I think that the shadows just add character! Love it! :)

Head on over to I Heart Faces to check out more kisses!

Maternity/Family Shoot---a few more!

I have so many that I love from this shoot--sometimes I take way too many pictures and then can't decide what to post! :) Enjoy!

Most of the session was spent with him running away :) so we just got some shots of him in his element and it made for cute pictures!

Hope you enjoyed...don't forget to leave a comment! I love to read them!

Beauty!

How is it that I am blessed with the most beautiful people to photograph? Here's a preview of a maternity shoot I did last week. I love capturing such a beautiful time in woman's lives--pregnancy! Something about that happy glow that makes for such gorgeous pictures!

Maternity/Family Shoot

I love shooting at new locations that I've never been before. It's fun to try new things and get creative all over again. :) This park was beautiful and so was this family! Thanks, Juanita, for the opportunity to do your pictures!

My favorite shot of the whole evening! I've not had much luck capturing sun flare before, so I was very happy to get this shot!

I've been using lots of candy canes around Christmas time...

Gorgeous!

Awaiting his little girl!

Adorable family!

Christmas Baby :)

Christmas maternity pictures are so much fun... :)

Gorgeousness

I don't know if gorgeousness is a word. So I made it up because that is the only word I can think of to describe this beautiful pregnant Mama--and HELLO??!!! WHO looks like this at 32 weeks pregnant??!!!!

Family/Maternity Session--All Done!

I had so much fun with these pictures! Elizabeth you are such a gorgeous Mommy and you have a beautiful family! I had so much fun with you all! Thanks for letting me spend the morning sharing a little part of your life with you!

I love "The Moments In between"....here's one of those moments :)

She's going to be such a big help to Mom when her baby brother is born!

Elizabeth, I think we even got little "T" to smile on this one!! :)

A Favorite!

My favorite shot of Mom and Dad