New Ultrasound Photos & our maternity portraits!

Introducing, once again, our little guy, aka – “baby brother,” “baby hamburger” (he got this one when he was 6 oz – about the size of a burger – gotta love my husband!), “baby helicopter” (he got this one when we heard his heartbeat), and “what’s his name.” Now, he weighs about 2.5 lbs and is 28 weeks into his incubation. We had another ultrasound on Tuesday and got some great photos of him. (Here are his first ultrasound photos.)

He was playing peek-a-boo with his feet when we tried to get a glimpse of his face, flexible little man! I love that we can see his face filling out now. He looks a lot like his older sis, so far. He was trying to kiss his elbow while we were watching, too (already showing off by attempting the impossible!)

I also wanted to share our maternity portraits by the amazingly talented Nicole Jeren of Simplytold Photography. She flew down to help me shoot a wedding two weeks ago and we made time to squeeze in a quick session.

We took a quick jaunt out in a field right at sunset. They are just gorgeous. (Side note: If you live in Northeast Ohio, I implore you to hire her to do your portraits.) Nicole is gifted and works very hard to give her clients beautiful glimpses of their own real life. As a photographer, I hardly ever love how I look in photos, but in Nicole’s photos, I look like me. She catches my best angles and makes me feel comfortable. Of course, it helps that we are best friends. (You can see a few more maternity portraits here.)

So, here’s our growing little family. We are still taking name suggestions, but the deadline is November 8 (although I think it would be pretty cool if he were born on the 11^th).

Nicole, truly beautiful work. You just keep getting better. I love watching your progress and talking the biz with you. I am so blessed to have you as a best friend and that we can get together as often as we do. I miss you, friend.