jen maternity shots - take 4

my best friend jennifer is about to have her fourth and last baby so i was called upon to take maternity shots one last time. as per usual she looked like an absolute babe and getting shots of her was easy.

but. they say you should never work with children or animals and here's why. oh just kidding, how cute are her kids, one perfect shot out of a huge stack and it was actually the first one i snapped.

a very serious jacob for once

the ever smiley isabel

and princess millie!

cannot wait to give this baby cuddles in a few short weeks. i love love love newborns and i am so excited.

❤

we even got daddy mat to bust out his wedding ring for the occasion and i am so glad for it cause this shot is everything!

i just love the two of them and feel so blessed to have them. i've known mat since kindy and jen since year 4 at school. i think as far as friendships go, we are in it for life.

plus, the best part about this shoot was that i finally got to take some photos under the clackline bridge! i have been wanting to for years and here we are. woot.

couldn't resist this one either. mat has always been the class clown

but above all that, he's a fabulous dad.

baby macqueen number three maternity shoot

can we just take a few minutes here to appreciate this baby bump and how incredibly photogenic my best friend is? 

jen is due to have her third baby soon (she's currently 37 weeks along) and her bump is so so adorable so taking photos of her all glammed up made for a wonderful afternoon.

we went to lilac hill park on west swan road in guildford (where we did mine too) and got some great shots under the bridge and by the rivers edge. i am obsessed with this one above, she just looks amazing!

mat and his "babies"

this little boy was being a little difficult but lost it laughing after a while making for some great shots.

cutest little family out - about to get a little bit bigger next week... i am sure these two will wreak havoc, but i know they will make excellent big siblings.

♥

mat and his little girl

i love this one too, mat can be such a pain when we take photos (like any guy can...) but even though he was messing about, this came out perfectly.

and so did this. this is perfect!

obsesssssed. this is soooo cute!

i love all of them so much, it was hard to pick which ones to edit, but we got there - and hopefully she is happy with them! 

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plus, there are some brilliant outtakes! this family are classic. love them all so much! 

and i can't wait to meet baby macqueen! 

baby kendall number 3 - maternity shoot

i wasn't going to worry about getting any maternity shots this time around... i thought, it's my third baby, do i really need them? then i remembered the baby book that i put together for madeline a few months ago, because she was mad that joseph had one and she didn't. of course i actually done one for her, it just wasn't as good (her words) as joseph's (because it didn't have pictures!) oh my word. so that was the moment i realised that i had better do the same thing for each child or suffer the consequences.

so here we are... down by the river in guildford, taking photos at dusk, with just minutes of the right light and more big ass mosquitoes than i ever wanted to see. but it seems like we got what i wanted! 

a huge thank you to darrio for giving up her time to snap these for me ♥ 

and may i present baby kendall number 3 - at 38 weeks + 5 days... which i was really worried about too, in case i cut it too close and he appeared before i could take these

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won't be long now! ♥

another maternity shoot for jen

okay i confess... i am currently suffering from a rather bad case of bump envy, because i spent the day taking photos of my bestie who is only 3 weeks away from her due date with baby number two. she is positively glowing (although like every pregnant woman, i am sure she just wants that baby out!) which made it easy as pie to get some great shots ♥

we headed to the railway line that runs below the road by my mum and dads house with an old bentwood chair from their table and started snapping away... (for your information, clackline is named as such for the railway line that used to run through the town)

seriously how stunning does she look?

that is one gorgeous belly!

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we even managed to get the boys in for some shots that were cute... which is a miracle in itself, not going to lie, boys are a pain haha

the macqueen family is about to grow by one... and i couldn't be more excited for them!

♥

jens baby shower take 2

take 2! it wasn't that long ago that we were doing this for baby number one... and here she is heavily pregnant with baby number two and looking a-maz-ing!

jen is having a girl this time around and the lovely girls from the mothers group (that mat attends haha) insisted on organising her a little pink shindig at the macqueens this afternoon

complete with this adorable cake...

girly decorations

and games, which mum and i couldn't be beaten at. i must admit, i feel like if i've been to a baby shower people must never want to invite me back... i always seem to win the games and today was no exception! oops.

oh my word. i am so excited to meet the little girl she has on board... i am sure she is going to be as adorable as her mama! ♥