Baby # 2 Maternity Portraits

I had been meaning to take maternity portraits for baby #2 for a couple months now.  I was about 6 1/2 months pregnant when we took photos of Elijah in the womb, and we wanted to be sure and give baby #2 just as much love and attention.  So, we knew we needed to get the backdrop and lights out but somehow it kept taking a back seat to other more pressing "to-do list" items.  So, last weekend Ian said, "I think your belly may be beyond the point of taking maternity pictures.  The belly button has popped out and you just might look uncomfortable!"  That was all it took for me to get into gear and that night the photos were taken!  This time, however, instead of trying to show off how big my belly was, we tried to choose poses that hid the 8 month stretch (as I like to call it, where you are just round all over) :)  We had fun getting the family involved in the shoot this time, though.  And now I feel like I can rest knowing baby #2 will have portraits for his baby book too!  Here are a few highlights from the session.  (Most of them are in black and white just because I personally think my belly looked a little better that way) :)