I try to do family pictures about every spring and fall, whether it's me and a tripod or a fellow professional... this time, being as big as I am right now, I didn't want to deal with doing them on my own. And as much as I don't love that I'm a whale in these (33 weeks pregnant), I want to remember this time and these kiddos as they are right now. They change so quickly.
I also like to try new photographers and we couldn't have been happier with
Kali Poulsen Photography! Even with Alex at that impossible stage where he wants nothing to do with the camera and doesn't listen or obey:) At least he's not crying!
I'm amazed that I wasn't crying in these...sheesh. These family pictures came at the tail end (pun intended) of my Giardia (or E. coli... we'll never really know what exactly it was) spell. These were taken Saturday evening and Wednesday I had just been in the hospital. Tuesday night hit me hard (out of both ends) for about 8 hours straight... the most violent and non-stop I've ever had. And the most painful stomach cramps. My body wouldn't let me have a single drop of water or it would start again. So by morning, I got up to throw up again and passed out, hitting my head on the tub and landing on the floor. Amazed I didn't hurt myself worse or the baby. Ben took me to the hospital and they sent me to labor and delivery to monitor baby since contractions had come more regularly with the dehydration. They gave me 2 liters of fluid and some anti-nausea medicine and sent me home. They said it'd be knocked out that day but took a stool sample to test just in case. We called the next day and they had lost my sample... awesome! So I had to send another one in on Friday (not in shortage though).
After laying in bed not able to move for 4 days (except to run to the bathroom, which I sometimes made in time and sometimes didn't....) I was finally up for taking these pics. But literally the moment they were done, I was out again. Almost went to the hospital again in the middle of the night and Ben was leaving the next day to New York for business. Amazingly, Sunday night was the best night sleep I had and Monday I felt brand new (which was miraculous as I had the kids by myself for 4 days). The results came back that there were white blood cells present, but because they didn't test it until Friday and Saturday (after 4 days had already gone by) some of the others were negative and inconclusive... I am positive it wasn't just the flu. I know I caught something in Cancun and it just needed to run its course. Who knows. Just glad it's GONE.
Anyway. Enjoy the pictures (while trying not to imagine what I was dealing with at the time... sorry) :
Love this family of mine.
