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Maternity

The original plan was to get professional pics done, but things changed due to financial pressure from some bills we had to pay. I decided to use my husband and my photography skills to create a few candid images to remember the last days of my pregnancy with Jaxson. It's  hard to feel beautiful when you've gained an outlandish amount of weight, are aching with every move, and are just down right exhausted with every ounce of your being going to creating another human being. However, when I look at these pics I realize how beautiful the fleeting moment of pregnancy actually is. Especially when you're pretty certain this will be the last time you carry another baby in your womb, feeling them move, a deep persistent connection that envelopes your entire being the minute they are brought into the world. Despite the fluctuation of hormones, the stretching, the pain, and the innate feeling of not being "beautiful," I felt the most beautiful clothed in the golden light and reviewing these pics...Pretty amazing miracle, really. I finally saw what everyone else saw in me: "You're glowing!" "You're just stunning." "Pregnancy just makes you look so beautiful."

35 Weeks



Pure joy


"Just hold me like I'm your baby, Mom."~You'll always be my baby. 

Hugging brother


Talking to brother


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