This family contacted me just before the holidays looking for a maternity photo session as they were expecting their second little one to arrive soon.

I always love getting inquiries, but usually around late September, my calendar fills for remainder of the year. Fall is definitely busy season. So as I read this mom’s email, I was sad that I was going to have to decline the opportunity to work with them because my calendar looked Interstate 45 at rush hour.

I flipped through my calendar before replying to her email and realized I had had a cancellation open up a date for the next week. I responded letting her know, I would love to work with them but I had only ONE possible date to do it. She happily agreed and then we hoped for good weather, which if I’m being honest, last fall that was hard to come by.

Everything about this session felt like it was meant to be. Not only did we have great weather, we had GORGEOUS weather. Big brother was shy and quiet and first, but we became fast friends and he gave me so many smiles throughout the maternity session. Sometimes it feels silly calling these types of photo sessions maternity sessions, because they are always family sessions or couple sessions. Sure, we get lots of pictures of mom and her beautiful, growing bump, but that’s only part of the session.

We talked about their upcoming in home newborn session and what to expect when we saw each other again for it in a couple of months. The week I got an email from mom that she had actually gone into labor the very next day and had sweet baby brother. Our timing could not have been more perfect.