a beautiful belly

It was one of those moments.

You know the ones

where your emotional collapse

takes you

(and often an unlucky someone else)

by surprise??

I pulled up to the gas station

and my cell phone rang.

My buddy Sara on the other end.

What started out as

"hey howya doin?"

Quickly digressed into a

bumbling slobbering mess.

Right there at the gas pump.

Somehow amidst school starting,

Milo's birthday, Elsa's surgery,

and some jr. high drama...

My train derailed and I fell apart.

We had planned on taking Sara's preggo pics. 

I said we could wait until next week.

But she saw right through it

and like a great friend

sent me a text.

"I will be at your house @ 7

and we can go take pics."

Just the escape I needed.

A night to take pictures

of a wonderful person waiting

for the most wonderful gift.

Baby.

So we enjoyed an hour of fresh air.

And thanks to a lovely neighbor

with a lovely yard,

and a beautiful belly

on a beautiful girl...

we got some great pics!!

mama waiting

on a bicycle built for two

her pot of gold

 

farm girl