The "Maternity" Pictures

I put "maternity" in quotes partly because that word is just, so, maternal, and because I just really can't deal with the super cheesey, over the top maternity shots. Warning friends: you will see no bare bellies here. (Right about now is when I could launch into a lengthy rant on this topic. I'll spare you the soap box but unless you're say, a supermodel, you don't look so pretty with your bare belly and arm covering your hefty chest.)

That said, it was important to Mr. B and me to at least make some effort to capture the memories of this preggo summer. One of my girlfriends from high school (we were on drill team together) is now a mama to four little girls, and oh, hey, no big deal, runs this super awesome photography biz called Gingersnap Photographs on the side. (Yeah, so, what did you do today?) Amanda and I got to talking about pictures and she was able to fit us in her busy schedule while we were on a last minute trip to Dallas. Thank you Amanda!

Amanda and I decided our approach to these photos would be more of a "couples session when I happen to be pregnant" rather than "hey look at my big fat belly and maybe you'll see an ocassional photo of the hand of the father of my child". Amanda made sure Rich, Clemmie and Dixie were included in most of the photos and I love that the result is a group of shots of our happy little family.

Thank you so much Amanda for a seriously fun photo sesh and for capturing these memories. And for any friends in North Texas - heck, anywhere really! - I highly recommend Gingersnap Photographs! We'll certainly be getting together again soon once Baby B is here!

Favorite. Picture. Ever.

This alone was worth it!

 

I'm sort of obsessed with the lush green contrasted against C&D's red/blonde fur!

 

If you insist on a hand on belly shot, here you go....

 

You can't fake these faces people - so much fun and so much laughing.

 

You knew we'd be reppin' purple, right?

Amanda's a Baylor Bear (we forgave her for that :-)) and she still let us show our TCU love.

 

Dixie with her always photogenic smile

Clemmie with her slightly scared, tongue hanging out the side of her mouth look.

 

 



Four picture frames to fill

We've got some wall space to cover in the guest bedroom. Not that I don't looooooveeeee my bay laurel color, but I think bare walls make a room feel empty. Funny that?

Mr. B has a little photography thing going on the side (nothing professional, purely an amateur hobby) but we have tons of amazing photographs from all our travels that I wanted to display. I picked up four (4) basic frames from Target - I do have a budget here friends - and ordered some 8x11's from Snapfish. Gotta love that site. They might as well pay me to get my pictures developed it's so cheap. 

Here are the pictures, all from our honeymoon in Argentina, in December 2008/January 2009:



Iguazu Falls



Patagonia

Perito Moreno Glacier through the forest



Mount Fitz Roy

Once they arrive and I plop them in the frames, we'll have to be super smart when we hang them. And by we, I mean Mr. B. I'm horrible at these types of projects.

I'm not reinventing the wheel here: I want them in a square, two on top, two on bottom. Luckily, Kimba at A Soft Place to Land, has taken most of the "how to" guess work out of this task with this post.

Show you pictures once they're up on the wall!