madison and brandi were so full on excitement and anticipation as they waited to welcome their little girl to the world.  she is here and perfect and they are out of this world happy!

it all started with a beautiful wedding in wilminton, nc that we were lucky enough to photograph a few years back…….and now ruby and rob are expecting a beautiful little boy this spring!  ruby has the most contagious laugh.  we laughed our way all over downtown winston for their maternity photo session.  : )  i can’t wait to meet manuel when he arrives for his newborn photo shoot!

betsy said she had a cute dress and some cowboy boots for her belly pics and i knew we were on the same page. hansen requested no cheesy photos. i hope he approves!

ama looked beautiful with her baby bump.  it must have been pretty cozy in there because her little baby did not want to be born!  she was over a week late, but finally arrive and she was totally worth the wait.  baby abby is adorable with her sweet curls and her chubby baby rolls!

this sweet “down on the farm” inspired maternity session just makes my heart happy.  erin and joel are so in love and so excited for the arrival of their baby.

i absolutely love that klei showed up for carmen’s maternity shoot in his pirate costume.  : )  and i love that carmen is the kind of mom that embraces her son’s creativity.

carmen looks absolutely beautiful as she and her sweet family gets ready to welcome another baby to the world!

we met erin and matt a few years back when they got married.  their wedding was a beautiful charleston affair that started at the citadel and ended up with a great party in the heart of downtown.  since then erin has started her own photography business.  i must say that i am very proud of her!  she does beautiful work.  check out her site here:  erin sage photography.  now, she and matt are expecting!  i was so excited to go back to charleston to hang out with them at the lovely boone hall plantation and shoot some maternity photos.

erin is one gorgeous mamma to be!

i love this retro couch that erin brought to the shoot!

Meet Darci, of the awesome wedding blog With This Ring!  She just moved from Chicago and lives in our neck of the woods now!  I am super excited to meet her little bean!

Mad props to her (very patient) hubby for painting these awesome stripes in the nursery!

it was so much fun catching up with my old friend from high school (i will not say how many years it has been!).  it was great to meet his lovely wife and his adorable son.  and, they have a new bundle on the way!

love these two!

this is one of my favorite mother/son photos ever!  i wish i had one just like this of me and my little ryder-man.

i can’t wait to meet the new bambino!

and Annie is getting a little sister!