Oh my goodness how I love seeing all of my planning come together…
I’ll tell you all about my hair and makeup drama when I get the rest of the photos back. It was a good splurge for me though. I felt so pretty!
TH came for a small portion. We nuzzled extensively and then and attempted to fly a kite from the dollar store.
My “field of pinwheels”! I love love love how this idea of mine turned out.
Balloons are so overdone when it comes to portrait sessions, but now I see why. Canvas worthy, no?
All credit for these goes to the adorable and incredibly talented Bethany Jackman. I’m both sad and glad she’s moving so soon. Her move to Boston is what is spurring her to edit these so quickly, but it means we aren’t going to be able to hang out (as we should, Bethany and I are really good together). More photos to come soon!
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February 17th, 2010 on 11:35 pm
Love the balloon picture. I can’t wait to see the rest of them.
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February 17th, 2010 on 11:40 pm
Beautiful Jenna!
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February 18th, 2010 on 12:16 am
Love them so much! The balloon shot is my fav!
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February 18th, 2010 on 12:23 am
i can’t get over your cute belly! and i am CRYING that i am moving so soon and won’t get to meet your sweet baby. someday i will!! you and your hubby are the CUTEST. i love you guys. this shoot was the most fun i’ve had in so long.
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February 18th, 2010 on 12:34 am
You look so beautiful! I’m so happy for you that everything turned out – and turned out fabulously!
And oh my – when did you get so pregnant?!?! I can’t believe how soon That One (T.O.) is coming!
Yay!!
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February 18th, 2010 on 12:59 am
LOVE them! Did you get eyelash extensions? You look BEAutiful!
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February 18th, 2010 on 1:05 am
You look SO beautiful in all of those! I can’t wait to see the rest of them!
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February 18th, 2010 on 1:11 am
I love these! You look gorgeous, I think the first and the balloon ones are my favorites. Can’t wait to see more!
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February 18th, 2010 on 3:16 am
Beautiful!
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February 18th, 2010 on 6:27 am
You are so beautiful! The pictures are turning out great – I’m anxious to see the rest now!
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February 18th, 2010 on 6:57 am
LOVE the first picture!
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February 18th, 2010 on 7:18 am
I love the pinwheel picture too! Looked like such a fun shoot!
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February 18th, 2010 on 7:36 am
Gah these are fabulous! I am totally jealous. You look great!!!
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February 18th, 2010 on 7:50 am
Well, thanks a lot Jenna because I was kind of starting to think that maternity photos were an unecessary expense, and I didn’t want my future children to be jealous if we only decided to do them for the first pregnancy, but looking at these I really want to do them again! I’m glad you found such a good photographer – a lot of the ones around here want to be “artsy” and take pictures of you naked (you know, the kind where you have one arm over your boobs and the other under your stomach) which I’m not into. But yours are so fun!
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February 18th, 2010 on 7:54 am
These look great!!!! Your hair and makeup look fabulous! Can’t wait to see the rest.
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February 18th, 2010 on 7:55 am
These are great! Your hair & make-up look awesome and very natural. And I love that you used classic clothing – nothing too 2010-centric!!
Althought the balloons may be “overdone” in the portrait world, they won’t look “overdone” in your house or in your baby’s album. They are awesome! And she did a great job of capturing the pinwheels in your pinwheels on the hill shot.
Overall – lovely!
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February 18th, 2010 on 8:02 am
You look so amazing! I love the pinwheel shot, it’s amazing what some well thought out props can do for a photo.
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February 18th, 2010 on 8:14 am
These are so gorgeous, Jenna! And so are you! I think my fave of these is the pinwheel shot and not even because of the pinwheels so much as how beautiful and mommy-esque you look.
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February 18th, 2010 on 8:23 am
Gorgeous! Can’t wait to see the rest.
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February 18th, 2010 on 9:01 am
You look like a goddess!!!
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February 18th, 2010 on 9:10 am
I love the pinwheel picture. That color on you and the way the sun hits your hair…fabulous!
I’m so glad that everything worked out for the shoot. Despite all the drama. These shots were definitely worth it!
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February 18th, 2010 on 9:21 am
hair & makeup look GORGEOUS!
fun props + great photography! adorable <3
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February 18th, 2010 on 9:25 am
Cute pics Jenna!! And your hair and makeup look amazing, can’t wait to read the stories.
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February 18th, 2010 on 9:26 am
The pinwheels is def. my favorite. I love the dress too. So cute.
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February 18th, 2010 on 9:32 am
These are gorgeous but I LOVE the last one. I would get a huge blow up of it and hang it in my living room.
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February 18th, 2010 on 9:42 am
AHHHH!!!!! We’re SO doing the balloon thing with our portraits this weekend! I already have tons of pictures like that saved, and had talked the whole thing over with my photog. I’m with you… the idea has been overdone in the photography world, but when I thought of how sweet it would be framed in our little girl’s nursery, I just couldn’t help it!
Sometimes, trends like that are everywhere for a REASON.
Love your shots, can’t wait to see more of them, the snuggly ones especially. Snuggling is my favorite.
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February 18th, 2010 on 9:46 am
These are incredible!! Love the balloon shot!
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February 18th, 2010 on 9:47 am
Gorgeous! Love the pinwheels!
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February 18th, 2010 on 9:52 am
Just so gorgeous! I love, love these and can’t wait to see more.
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February 18th, 2010 on 10:00 am
oh my, you look so beautiful in these shots!!! I love them, so!!
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February 18th, 2010 on 10:00 am
I love your hair and makeup. You DO look pretty in these pics. The red shoes were a good choice too!
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February 18th, 2010 on 10:04 am
They’re all great so far! I LOVE the first one – you’re so gorgeous and look so, so pretty in your grey dress! I also really like the picture of you and TH with the kite – so creative!
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February 18th, 2010 on 10:05 am
I love your makeup, hair, and expression in the first one, but the pinwheels are my favorite because they and the dress add a nice pop of color to the field. Great shots, can’t wait to see the rest!
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February 18th, 2010 on 10:15 am
The pinwheels sound corny, but *look* great. Looking forward to the rest!
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February 18th, 2010 on 10:35 am
They turned out great! You look so pretty in that 1st pic. I can’t wait to see them all.
I never thought about getting hair and make-up done for a maternity shoot….but now when my day comes I am totally going to get dolled up
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February 18th, 2010 on 10:40 am
so lovely!!!
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February 18th, 2010 on 10:52 am
These are AMAZING!!!!! You look so gorgeous!!!
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February 18th, 2010 on 11:19 am
Wow! Those turned out great! You look gorgeous!
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February 18th, 2010 on 11:25 am
The hair and makeup came out great! You look stunning in that first shot! Can’t wait to see more!
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February 18th, 2010 on 11:25 am
The photos look awesome! Love the balloon picture, even though ballons are overused in the photography world. Every time I see photos with balloons though…just have to love them. You hair and makeup look fantastic too. Can’t wait to see the rest.
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February 18th, 2010 on 11:37 am
I love the balloon one – you definitely need that one on a canvas!
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February 18th, 2010 on 11:37 am
So great!! Loooove the first one!
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February 18th, 2010 on 11:38 am
So pretty!
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February 18th, 2010 on 11:48 am
You look stunning! What great photos
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February 18th, 2010 on 12:11 pm
OHHHHHHH, that’s my baby girl. So cute. I am totally laughing that the balloon shot looks so much like where you grew up. Welcome home! (Yea I agree the balloon image rocks-overdone is the new black.)
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February 18th, 2010 on 12:23 pm
Jenna, these are BEAUTIFUL and AMAZING!! You look so gorgeous with your mommy glow.
I can’t decide if the pinwheels or the balloons are my favorite!
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February 18th, 2010 on 12:24 pm
Overdone or not, I love the balloon shot. Gorgeous!
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February 18th, 2010 on 12:33 pm
wow-ee wow-ee u look AHMAZING and totally inspire me to take photos like these.
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February 18th, 2010 on 1:06 pm
You look faboosh – fresh and lovely and light-hearted. Love the pinwheels.
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February 18th, 2010 on 1:28 pm
yea!!! Can’t wait to see the rest. You look gorgeous. I love the pops of color that the balloons and pinwheels give their pics…very creative.
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February 18th, 2010 on 2:39 pm
Cute, cute! You are beautiful, Mama!
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February 18th, 2010 on 2:40 pm
So stinkin’ gorgeous! You are one pretty mamma!
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February 18th, 2010 on 4:42 pm
You are so pretty!!! I love the outfits you decided on!
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February 18th, 2010 on 5:01 pm
ooh, I wish I could have my hair that long without going completely crazy… mine is super curly and tangles and gets heavy and gives me headaches, but yours is LOVELY. Your stylist did a great job.
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February 18th, 2010 on 5:06 pm
Great pictures! You look absolutely gorgeous!!!
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February 18th, 2010 on 5:48 pm
Looking hott, mama Jenna!
Seriously though, do you think your unborn child is really going to want to see these? I think these photos are more for you than for anyone else. It seems like a strange way to spend your time and money, when you so often remind us how busy you are and how limited your resources are. What does TH think?
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Jenna Reply:
February 18th, 2010 at 10:59 pm
I’m guessing you are going to be really sad to learn that A. I didn’t do these for baby and B. the shoot was free (the disc of images too!). Take that sucker! And you thought you were so sneaky with your thinly veiled sarcasm and trolldom.
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Michelle Reply:
February 19th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
So the hair and makeup was free? What about the many props you purchased? Were those free as well?
I think that just because someone disagrees with your choices, that does not make them a troll.
And what does TH think about the money spent on hair, makeup, outfits, and the props? (Not being a troll, I am wondering…)
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Jenna Reply:
February 19th, 2010 at 2:10 pm
SERIOUSLY!??!!?!?!?
What is the implication here? That no one should EVER EVER spend money on anything? Rice and beans and a little shack, or is that too much for you? I mean, where do you get off… I’m blocking your IP you jerk, and the other girl as well. I’m sick of people like you and I’m done dealing with your crap. Get a life.
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Michelle Reply:
February 19th, 2010 at 2:29 pm
OMG. That last paragraph you wrote was AWESOME!
yea, take that losers!
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Hayley Marie Reply:
February 19th, 2010 at 11:35 am
I think it is sad you don’t think the baby would want to see these at some point! I have a picture of my mom that is just a candid someone took when she was prego with me and it is one of my favorite! She looks so happy in the picture and it is fun to see it and know she was carrying me! I personally wish I had some more of my mom like that but she always tried to hide from the camera when she was pregnant.
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Hannah Reply:
February 19th, 2010 at 5:14 pm
I don’t think that someone disagreeing with Jenna makes them a troll. But the thing is, this person was a troll, linking to an advertising site. If Jenna was blocking every person who disagreed with her choices, there’d be half the number of readers she has, but blocking people who are simply being facetious is perfectly justified. Especially when it is just plain mean.
Jenna, I would love to see more photos of my mother when she was pregnant with me – but unfortunately she was super ill with kidney issues so there aren’t many. As I said before, you look gorgeous.
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Laura Reply:
February 19th, 2010 at 5:15 pm
wow! people are so weird! Why would anyone care how Jenna spent her money? Why is it any of our concern?.
Did anyone ever teach you manners? Didn’t you learn to not ask people how much the make, how the spend their money, etc?? What a rude thing to say. I think some people just get off on “stirring the pot” .
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Alice Reply:
February 19th, 2010 at 5:59 pm
While the earlier commenters expressed their opinions in a rude and inappropriate way, they did bring up a few questions I’d like to know the answers to. Because some of the posts on TW are about how TW and TH are frugal and don’t have money to spend on certain things, I am curious as to why you decided to spend precious resources on outfits, hair, makeup, etc. for this shoot.
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MrsW Reply:
February 19th, 2010 at 11:09 pm
well, being pregnant with your first child is a pretty once-in-a-lifetime kind of event. I know if money could buy me a different way to tell my husband I was pregnant (I wanted something cute, but it ended up being “I’m afraid you’re pregnant” / “Yeah, I am” / “holy crap what are we gonna do?”), that I would spend it. Family and children are at the center of That Family’s life, so why shouldn’t they set out some resources to record and cherish the expectation of their first child in a medium that is very significant to Jenna? That’s my take on it, anyway.
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Marissa C Reply:
February 19th, 2010 at 11:34 pm
Jeez…what is with people? It’s not like Jenna and TH are starving because she chose to do a maternity shoot–she has made it quite clear that they are frugal to save their money. What’s wrong with a little splurge for something so memorable? Especially since these items are things most people would just buy on a whim (clothes) or pay for on a regular basis (hair/makeup)
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Hannah Reply:
February 20th, 2010 at 3:45 pm
I think it is kind of obvious – because she is pregnant, with her first child, and she wants to celebrate that.
As Marissa C said, it looks to me that those props would have been things Jenna could have gotten super cheaply. As for the hair and makeup – some people do that every weekend for a night out on the town. Jenna didn’t even do that for her wedding!
Judging from Jenna’s budgeting posts, I imagine eating out and other entertainment budgets will be cut to account for this expense. That’s what budgeting is – opportunity costs. Buy one thing to buy less of another – how they do that doesn’t make them any less frugal.
Frugality doesn’t have to mean living on beans and rice, not having or doing anything nice (ever). That would be a pretty sad and boring life, wouldn’t it?
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Hannah Reply:
February 20th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
I also don’t think that TH & TW don’t ‘have’ the money to spend on these things. I think a lot of the time they choose not to with a focus on saving. So maybe this month, they chose to save a little less to spend money on this.
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Jenna Reply:
February 23rd, 2010 at 9:52 pm
The answer to your question can be found within this answer I think:
http://www.formspring.me/jennacole/q/210216375
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Kelli Nicole Reply:
February 20th, 2010 at 12:30 am
I too LOVE pics of my mom pregnant! I’m a twin and her tummy was HUGE (we went over 39 weeks and were nearly 15 lbs together). There aren’t many pictures, but I treasure the ones that exist.
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February 18th, 2010 on 6:21 pm
I love love love these pictures! You look beautiful! I hope that I am as photogenic when I am pregnant!
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February 18th, 2010 on 6:43 pm
You look beautiful, so glam!
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February 19th, 2010 on 12:04 am
Oh, Jenna, you look so gorgeous! I LOVE the hair and makeup.
I know balloon portraits are ‘overdone’ in the ‘tog world but they are gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous.
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February 19th, 2010 on 10:09 am
I love that purple dress! The picture with the pinwheels is divine – the lighting is beautiful and you look radiant!
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February 19th, 2010 on 10:52 am
Jenna! Amazing! I hope these lived up to your vision. Im glad to see such positive feeback to your hair/makeup! I love the first one.
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February 19th, 2010 on 10:59 am
You look beautiful! I love your classic wardrobe choices
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February 19th, 2010 on 11:26 am
I’ve been lurking for a long time, but have never commented before. I just wanted to say that you look absolutely gorgeous in that first photo. I’m 30 weeks pregnant and your photos make me want to do a maternity shoot. Can’t wait to see more!
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February 19th, 2010 on 11:33 am
Where did you get the idea for the pinewheel shot? That is so much fun and whimsical! I like the balloon shot a lot but the pinwheels just add a little something extra to the picture! Did you come up with that idea or see it somewhere else?
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Jenna Reply:
February 23rd, 2010 at 9:04 pm
I’ve been brainstorming for this session for months, and I somehow got the idea to center on this theme of “childhood nostalgia”, using cheap colorful childhood items (I kind of wanted to get a hula hoop but I needed to limit myself at some point
). I’m also all about trying to think of things that I haven’t seen done anywhere else before, and the pinwheels were something I hadn’t seen!
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Hayley Marie Reply:
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:44 pm
What a great idea! A girl from back home just posted a whole facebook album’s worth of maternity shots which are pretty much just her naked belly and wedding ring. I just think your shots were classics (albeit it innovative ones
) that have such a sweetness to them! I’m sure your little baby will love knowing how much thought you put into them!
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February 19th, 2010 on 2:16 pm
Aw, you look GORGEOUS!
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February 19th, 2010 on 2:20 pm
You look beautiful! I can’t wait to see more. I agree with what someone else said above – the balloons will look awesome in your home/albums.. who cares if every photog has them in their portfolio lately!
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February 19th, 2010 on 2:48 pm
Okay… most adorable Maternity shoot EVER!
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February 19th, 2010 on 3:15 pm
you look great!
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February 19th, 2010 on 9:15 pm
The pictures are gorgeous and so are you.
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February 19th, 2010 on 10:57 pm
I don’t think balloons will ever be overdone…
http://s787.photobucket.com/albums/yy160/statikfeed/J%20Reed/?action=view¤t=14.jpg
http://s787.photobucket.com/albums/yy160/statikfeed/J%20Reed/?action=view¤t=4.jpg
Love your teasers and can’t wait to see the rest!
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February 19th, 2010 on 11:35 pm
Totally stealing the balloon idea for a maternity shoot I’m doing next week!
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February 20th, 2010 on 11:47 am
I love your expression & pose in the pinwheels shot
and I think it’s so great that since you’re also a photographer, you know how to pay attention to those lil details like props!
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February 20th, 2010 on 11:51 am
You look lovely. I really like the first picture!
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February 20th, 2010 on 1:04 pm
Long time reader, first time commenting but I just wanted to say the pictures are lovely and you look gorgeous!
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February 20th, 2010 on 2:45 pm
you look beautiful! seriously you should model
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February 21st, 2010 on 2:36 am
You look absolutely amazing Jenna.
I can’t wait to see more photos of you and TH. I love it when you share/talk about your relationship with him.
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February 21st, 2010 on 3:13 pm
Beautiful photos! Sometimes maternity shoots are so incredibly cheesy, but these are really beautiful and unique. Can’t wait to see more!
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February 22nd, 2010 on 10:34 am
These shots are amazing! I LOVE the props you used – the windmills especially. Your splurge on the hair and makeup were worth it too – you still look like Jenna, but a little bit more made up, glamours version – perfect job! Can you believe someday soon you’ll be showing these pictures to your little one?
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February 22nd, 2010 on 10:46 am
You look fab. Can’t wait to see THAT BABY… or whatever you decide to call him/her
You are glowing… and look so happy Jenna.
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