1 year later..

Exactly one year ago today on May 30th, 2020 I had the privilege to capture a small intimate wedding due to the pandemic of a fun, sweet, beautiful couple.

Almost a year later I get a phone call and immediately I recognize the voice, it was the bride from the wedding almost a year ago in the middle of the pandemic. I was happy to hear from her so I can get an update on them. It turns out they had quite the update, they are having a baby! 🥳 How exciting! Well, she proceeds to tell me that she is two was away from her due date and would like a maternity session and since they were a week away from their one-year anniversary if it was possible to do their maternity session on May 30th, 2021? I had a couple of sessions already but since it was a previous client and I loved the idea and the fact that she called me back for my service I couldn’t say no. I made time to fit her in on that day. I asked why she waited so long to get her maternity photos and not so close to her due to date with the heat and all here in Arizona. She said that “ she didn’t think she needed a maternity session that it would be silly” and last minute she changed her mind and convinced herself she wanted professional maternity photos.

I was relieved to hear that she changed her mind and realized she deserved the session, not for the business side of it but because I truly believe every mom-to-be deserves to have beautiful memories of her miracle in making.

My goal as a photographer is to make sure my expecting moms are able to have the most beautiful photos and memories of her in the most beautiful time in her life so she never has to regret not having memories to share with her loved ones and kids when they are older.

I have 4 amazing kids, technically they are all grown up my oldest is married and my youngest just graduated high school.🥺 Now that I almost an empty nester I miss the kids so much, but one thing I love to do is look back on albums and photos of my kids growing up but one regret is not having one photo of me when I was pregnant. 25 years ago maternity sessions were not a thing, crazy right, think about it a woman’s body adapts and transitions to create and carry a little life for 9 months. To think from the moment you know about the little life growing inside of you, the first time you hear his/her fast heartbeat, you feel it move, and see him/her in ultrasound to be able to fall in love with a little miracle inside of you that you haven’t met yet! Though it might cause you some morning sickness, back pain, sleepless nights, pee every 5 minutes still you can’t wait to hold your little miracle. Now I can’t even imagine my messy, crazy, and unpredictable life with my 4 kids.