As I stood in the creek, enjoying the cool water on my legs and mud between my toes, I watched Louisa & Hogan and thought to myself, “I am the luckiest girl in the world!”
This pregnancy has been extremely hard on me- physically, mentally and every other ‘-ally’ that I may be forgetting. There’s been several points where I questioned if I needed to continue with sessions this year. BUT, no matter how much my brain wants to shut down and keep me in bed all day, my HEART totally does triple back-flips comes alive when I’m taking pictures! I meant it when I told these kiddies I could spend the rest of the morning watching them play in the water. For me, it was pure joy.
I had a great time photographing this family last time, but I’m convinced… EVERY family needs a summer-session with NO shoes, a waterfall and a creek to splash around in! It was PERFECT!
Christy, i’m SO sorry this pregnancy has been so hard! Difficult pregnancy should give you an easy baby, right?! we’ll cross fingers and hope 🙂
i love these pics, especially the one of them kissing. so sweet! I hope rhyan and mack are close like that 🙂
[…] Despite the fact I was in a depression so severe all the color and emotion was completely gone from my life, I specifically remember the JOY and LAUGHTER I experienced in 2012 when I was photographing 2 kids and I tripped and FELL into icy-cold water at the base of a waterfall! […]