I have known Rose & Bobby for years!  Rose's sister is my bff and when I found out she was expecting their first baby girl, I was so excited!  And of course I was so excited for their "Bump to Baby" session.  What's a Bump to Baby session?  It's a combined Maternity & Newborn photography package.  How can you photograph one without the other!?

Maternity Sessions are ideally scheduled during your 7th or 8th month of pregnancy.  Rose & Bobby's was scheduled in March - which can be tricky!  The top two reasons are:

1. Is it going to be uncomfortably cold?

2.  Where is the session going to take place since here in NJ at that time of year, the trees are still bare, the grass isn't really green and there are certainly no flowers in bloom.

I have definitely had cold sessions in March but this wasn't one of them!  We were pretty comfortable and constantly moving so it wasn't an issue for us.  In case of intolerable weather, we would have moved the session to the couples home which would have made it more of a lifestyle session.  As for nothing being in bloom for us?  That was no issue, either!  Look at that beautiful Golden Hour lighting!?  Scheduling for sunset simply makes everything better and oh so beautiful!  The location we went to was Booth Park in Nutley, NJ.

Fast forward to April and their baby girl has arrived!  Every second of their photoshoot I couldn't get over the beauty we were capturing.  When I got there, Rose & Bobby had an entire spread of food on the kitchen counter for us + Gluten Free options for me (boo to having an allergy).  I always appreciate clients looking out for me!  They have a beautiful dog named Luna, who was so excited to be a part of the session.. so of course we had to get her in some of the shots as well.

I couldn't tell you how many hours I spent there photographing this new family of three (or four if you count Luna), I could have stayed even longer because they were so amazing to be with but of course I have to let them get back to their lives, haha!