I’ve noticed that expectant mamas are really good at taking care of everyone and everything around them — the nursery, the older kids, the hospital bag, the freezer meals — and really not great at doing something just for themselves. And I get it, because there is so much to think about and prepare for, and carving out time and space for something that feels purely celebratory can start to feel like the last thing on the list.
There’s this funny thing that happens when your kids get a little older — somewhere between the toddler years and the teenage years, the world sort of stops reminding you to document your family. Newborn sessions and milestone photos are everywhere when your kids are babies, and then suddenly your littlest isn’t so little anymore and you realize it’s been a few years since you’ve had real photos taken, and somehow that snuck up on you completely.
Sometimes sessions stay with you long after the gallery is delivered — ones where you walk away feeling like you were trusted with something really precious.
I had the privilege of photographing the Thompsons for a maternity session just before daughter Violet’s leukemia diagnosis last September, and I have thought about this family so many times since then. With three kids and a baby on the way, the energy between them was exactly what you’d expect from a family that size — full and bright and bursting with love.
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