Maternity Photoshoot.

I didn't get a chance last weekend to post about how the photo shoot went. I almost backed out at the last minute and didn't do it. Because at least 1 person tried to talk me out of it. But I felt bad for the photographer if I did. I'm so glad that I prayed about it, and went thru with it.

The place was way out in the country and I mean way out in the country. I knew that Becker was a little town spread out, boy was it spread out! lol. I'm so glad that Jessie came with the kids & I. He was able to find it no problem, and he helped keep the kids entertained for the last part of the photoshoot. She lives on a farm and yes, with farm animals. Our kids were in Heaven. Especially Dawn...I think there were at least 5 cats out there.

The 1st part of the shoot went surprisingly well, considering it was with the kids. Spencer was a little bit of a stinker, but he did work with us for the most part. Dawn I think, had a blast, she seemed to get into the photo shoot as much as I did. She surprised me and asked if the photographer (Erin) would take a picture of her and Spencer together. Cyril of course was very shy of Erin, it took almost the whole 2hrs to have him warm up to her. (He's so shy of strangers) So I hope she got come cute shots of us. Jessie wouldn't do any photos, which was disappointing, but not entirely surprising. It would have been fun to have some of the shots with him in it.

I didn't do any nude ones, because I wasn't comfortable doing them with the kids so close (even though they were outside.) We did some bare belly shots, which we used a drape to cover up, which was fun. She gave me a great compliment which made me feel good. There were a couple of shots that I forgot to have her do, and didn't remember till afterwards. :( But I think she got some great shots. I'm getting nervous and anxious about them...it's funny the longer I go without seeing them, the longer I start picking things apart about how I should have stood different, wore something different, and etc. Judging by her pictures that she had displayed she is a good photographer, hopefully I was a worthy enough subject. Then again, I think all pregnant women feel that way, unless they are the model type pregnant women, and we all know who those women are. ;)

Either way, I'm glad that we did the photo shoot, it's something I have always wanted too do, but let others talk me out of it before. And since this is the last baby, I think it was a fun way to document that with the kids. So hopefully this weekend, we will get the photos. Another neat thing, she is putting them on a CD and we will get all the rights to them. She offered to have some printed up for us, and I think I may have her do that for at least one of them. There's 1 shot where I'm hoping and praying really hard that it will turn out. It's with all 3 of the kids & I, we were sitting on the floor. I'm not sure if you could tell I was pregnant in that shot or not, but it was fun a shot. We actually got Spencer to lean into me, like Dawn did on the other side of me. Cyril was in front. So we'll see.

Being patient is getting very hard. ;)
God Bless,
Carlena