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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

My Baby Shower and Belly Portraits (part 1)

As a little girl I never dreamed about the day that I would get married, what kind of wedding dress I'd wear or who my Prince Charming would be. I was a "girly-girl" but just not the kind who thought about those things. All I wanted was to be able to grow my hair really long and wear Lee-Press-On-Nails! Neither of which I do now.

The same goes for having babies. Until I caught the baby-bug about 4 years ago I didn't dream about buying baby clothes or start picking out names. Then as soon as we started planning to have a family I immediately began thinking about my baby shower and maternity portraits! I've been excited about these events for many, many months and am so thrilled that quite a few family members, and a lot of good friends, were able to share the excitement with me.

Especially my sister, Liz, who flew in from England and will stay with us until Eli makes his appearance.



Also my Grandma who came down from Michigan.



Here are some of the treats that our incredibly talented friend, and past Kismet bride, Bunny, made for us to enjoy! All of which were fantastic!



Our theme for the baby shower was "nothing disposable". All the decorations were handmade and/or reusable, like this alphabet banner for Eli's room.




And one of my favorite things, the cloth diaper cake that my dad engineered!



A big thanks to everyone who helped make the shower so special and wonderful!


And now for Part 1 of my Belly Portraits - the Water Theme!

I can't tell you how many times people have asked me when I was going to post my Belly Portraits. With only 2 weeks to go until my "guess date" I know I'm cutting it close, but our planned "maternity leave" only recently started and we still haven't taken all the portraits we have planned. Hopefully I'll have the rest up before Eli arrives.


Swimming has provided incredible relief from the largeness and body ache I've been feeling lately and that's one of the many reasons we're planning a water birth.
















My sincere appreciation goes out to my amazing husband, and photographer, Curtis. I love my Belly Portraits and can't wait to do the rest!


Emily
Kismet Photography