Oh how I just love a photo shoot of a gorgeous pregnant woman.  Here are a few of my favorites from our shorter than expected session as she was not feeling too well (the little one in her belly was making a statement that she wanted to be out already), but she really wanted to get special images before the sweet baby arrived...and well, it is a good thing we did the shoot that afternoon...

...because this photo was when we ended the session as she had a feeling that her new little one might enter the world a little earlier than expected...Here is a photo mid-contraction...And I am so glad we were able to do this session when we did as little ~e~ made her way into the world less than 24 hours after this...

Congratulations to this beautiful family and dear friends of mine and the sneak peek to the newborn photos coming in a couple days...

xoxo~ heidi

...I love that all my clients are so so amazing...
...gorgeous, sweet, kind and well, everything you could want...the whole package...
...and this mom & dad to be are all that and more...
...they are going to be incredible parents and have been ready for this for a long time...
...I am so thrilled for them and their little one to arrive...
...and I can't wait to meet him (well, and photograph him too:))...
...get ready for another good-looking baby to come into this world...
...so much love to C & J...and I absolutely love that I get to document their family...

xoxo-heidi

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...this family is so wonderful and I love how they want to document their lives through photography...
...and I get to watch their family grow...
...I love that part of what I do so very very much...
...images of little ~l~'s baby brother coming soon...we just have to wait for him to make his grand entrance into this world...

...I LOVE this time of year...
...I am enjoying my daughters' delight as they watch the lights & dance around the house...
...I am loving the music and holiday sweets...
...I am appreciating all the wonderful people and clients that have come into my life throughout the past year...from the lovely anticipating moms, the adorable newborns, the active toddlers and wonderful kids to the amazing families, high school seniors and people in love...
...I look forward to more of this in 2010...
...There is a lot of good stuff ahead...
...And I can't wait to meet it all...
...I can't wait to meet you...

xoxo-h

...This mom-to-be is absolutely stunning...
...It is so incredible how when I meet my clients, especially for the first time, how drawn we are to one another...call it fate or whatever...it is just an amazing connection...I love that...
...Her and her husband will be welcoming their little bundle of love into the world very very soon and I cannot wait to photograph them together...
...See you soon!...

xoxo-heidi

I wanted to share one photo of this STUNNING mother-to-be before I post the rest...I photographed her before I went out-of-town for a few days and was unable to post any of my recent sessions while on my mini-vaca due to lack of internet...I have so many more to post from her session as well as a few other sessions from the past week...and will soon...

...More sneak peeks coming over the next couple days!...

xoxo-heidi

Sarah and I decided to take a few extra photos in addition to the first photo session (see a couple blog posts back) as a secret for her sweet hubby for Father's Day...I LOVED ice cream when I was pregnant and so does she, so we had to go get ice cream...oh darn...:)

xoxo-heidi

...This is one gorgeous preggers lady...

...She has the cutest baby bump ever...

...I have known her for quite a long time now and I am so happy for all the wonderful things that have come into her life that have made her so incredibly happy...

...And I was so excited that she wanted me to take her maternity and newborn photos...very excited and honored...yay!...

...And her precious little one is due in less than 2 (yes two!) weeks now and not only does she look AMAZING, she is still practically running marathons...not really, but I sure don't remember not huffing and puffing at the end of the pregnancy or getting up easily from lying down, etc...

...She is like a preggers rockstar...and she is still so graceful while pregnant too...I was like a walking whale...Given she is about 10 feet taller than I am and I did gain about 40lbs more than she did during pregnancy, but still...:)...I am so amazed...

...I CANNOT WAIT to meet her new baby, meet her husband and to photograph the three of them together as a new family...that will be very special...

...You will see her new baby soon too here on my blog...so keep checking back as it could be any day now:)...

xoxo-h

...There is a lot of love between these two beautiful soon-to-be parents...

...The way they look at each other makes your heart just skip a beat...well, more that a few beats...

...It is a very romantic love...Those longing stares and a slight blushes...

..sigh...I love that...

...He just simply adores her...

...You can just feel the love between them...It is amazing...

...This is one lucky baby...And they are so excited to meet him too...

...It was an absolute pleasure taking these photos and I cannot wait to meet their new baby boy and photograph the three of them as a new family...

...You will see new photos of them again in a few weeks:)...I can't wait!...

xoxo-heidi