This blog is becoming a little to self centric! Yes, I do still photograph other beautiful bellies and here is one of them!

I love it when mama’s let me share their images. I think pregnancy is so beautiful!

I can’t wait to meet this little girl!

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The Second Trimester!

14 weeks, yay! I made it! I made Myles take this photo yesterday, as I really liked how the stripes accentuated the bump and I wanted to commemorate the beginning of the second trimester – it feels like such an accomplishment right now.

Our baby is now the size of a lemon. I love the fruit/food comparisons that babycenter sends me each week but I have to wonder if our baby is only the size of a lemon why is my stomach already the size of a grapefruit? (at least) They say you “pop out” sooner with your second pregnancy and boy isn’t the truth. I have officially kissed my regular pants goodbye. So I’m sticking it out a bit in the photo but you should it after I have eaten a really big meal!

You know how when you are pregnant you get more “emotional” and just a little “crazy”. Well I am an opinionated person and when I am pregnant it just gets worse. I chalk it up to the pregnancy hormones.  My friend Jennifer just told me that by the end of this pregnancy everyone would know all of the things that I hate. That might be true, I find pregnancy very polarizing I either love or hate everything. There is not a lot of middle ground, it can actually be kind of exhausting. I have been posting a lot on twitter and facebook about the things that I love/hate I find myself spending a lot of time pondering these things so I have complied a short “crazy” list.  Feel free to add you own in the comments (or just make fun of mine).

• If I were queen of the world the grocery store would definitely be organized differently. I don’t understand why molasses is next to maple syrup in the juice aisle. Do some people use molasses as a substitute for maple syrup? That seems like it would taste horrible. In my mind the molasses belongs in the baking aisle next to the brown sugar.  Actually I am not even sure why the maple syrup is not in the baking aisle too. Also I would alphabetize the spices.  I once mentioned this to a store clerk and he looked confused and said “the spices are in alphabetical order” and I pointed out that yes they were in alphabetical order by brand but if I were in charge I would just mix all the brands together and put them back on the shelf in alphabetical order. I like to be able to price and size compare and it would be much much faster if all the tumerics were on the shelf next to each other. In fact if I get crazy enough one day I might just take the time and organize the spices myself.
• It drives me nuts on allrecipes.com when you are looking at a recipe and start reading the reviews only to realize that none of the so-called reviewers have actually made the recipe in question. They have all severely altered it and are rating their new made up recipe. You’re not really writing a review of a recipe if you completely alter the recipe! Did it ever cross into their mind that maybe they are the reason the recipe failed? Please don’t rate recipes you haven’t actually made!
• Sometimes when I am at other people’s homes and I use their bathroom I also take a peek in their medicine cabinet to see if there is anything interesting. I know I won’t be caught and it’s a rush of adrenaline to do something so naughty (ok sometimes this happens when I am not pregnant – but don’t think I don’t know that other people do it too!)
• On the bathroom topic: It also really bothers me when toilet paper is hung the “wrong” way (i.e. over the back). I usually just fix it. When I am in a public bathroom where they lock the toilet paper down and I can’t fix it – well that drives me crazy.
• This hasn’t happened yet this pregnancy but when I was pregnant with Simon Myles’s incessant “stomping” drove me crazy. He would stomp all around the house. His defense was “this is how I always walk!” but it sure sounded a lot louder to me.
• I’m really sad about the degradation of Sesame Street – what happened? It’s all green screens with crayon drawings and all Elmo. I want the classic Sesame Street for Simon and I am considering ordering it for him. I find it frustrating that I can’t just by the classics from itunes.(I am planning for a road trip we are taking this weekend)

So that’s the crazy list.  Now you know the truth about me (I’m far from perfect)
Until next time

-Emily

P.S. someone just posted this song on babycenter – ha ha

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Many of you will recoginze my dear friend Hayven. She is my neighbor and her daughter Ivy was born two weeks before Simon and Simon and Ivy are good pals. Last night Hayven came over and we took some belly pics. Then she asked me for “some of that tea that starts labor” I said “you mean red leaf raspberry tea? it’s doesn’t start labor it’s just supposed to strengthen and bring contractions closer together” But maybe it does start labor because 6 hours later her husband called me to come meet them at the birth center nd 1 hour later their beautiful baby girl was born! So I am posting these images a day to late but she is still radiantly beautiful! More photos of baby coming soon.

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“this is my life. it is my one time to be me. I want to experience every good thing.” – Maya Angelou

I have been waiting for a long time for this. This is one of my closest friends, Danielle. She is beautiful inside and out and I am so thrilled that she is expecting her first child – scheduled to arrive some time at the beginning of next month. We will be having a lot of fun with this little girl once she arrives.

And for the record Danielle, I think that if all the remodeling work is not done before the bebe’s arrivial then you should have full and exclusive naming rights.

I will update as soon as there is anything to update on this little one : )

until next time.

-Emily

P.S. having a good friend that will go along with your crazy ideas has always been one of life’s greates joys. (And I think my old pal Erin B. can vouch for that as well).

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My friend Kate and her son Jacob (soon to be big brother).

My fellow photographer Jewels Harrell drove down from Bellingham last Weekend and we had a little fun with a maternity session. It’s so great to work with someone who is up for anything and will go along with your crazy ideas. WARNING – lots of skin (Grandma – don’t read any further!)

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This mom to be is really into to Yoga. If you are wondering about the title "yogini" is the female form of "Yogi" or practitioner of Yoga. I just wish that I had been in this good of shape when I was pregnant. Can you believe that she can get her legs up on her knees like that? I can't even do that when I am not pregnant.

She has since had the baby, a darling little boy whom I photographed this past weekend. I will be sharing those photos soon. He was extra cooperative so we had a lot of fun with him.

My friend Emily 7 months pregnant with her second child – a boy.