Kim Schmidt Photography LLC Princeton, NJ Photographer

Friday evening was perfect for a maternity session at Rat’s Restaurant on the grounds at Grounds For Sculpture with two beautiful and hilarious people. The temps were in the high 70′s very low 80′s all day with the sun still giving off the summer glow. Wouldn’t have ever thought it was still August in New Jersey!

This huge rat is scary and out of place!! It is pointing to where you should enter to park for the restaurant but still really strange!

Can we talk about pregnancy glow? Jess would probably credit the sun but she looks fab!

Thanks for the laughs on a beautiful evening! I’m beyond excited to meet your little one in a few short weeks Jess + Vinnie!

I spent Tuesday morning at Wild Child Yoga hanging out with some fabulous moms and dads who were practicing yoga with their babies. Wild Child Yoga recently opened in the Princeton Shopping Center off Harrison Street and is offering yoga to new moms, toddlers, children, and prenatal/postnatal women. Visit their website for details on classes, pricing,  and instructors. Justine and her entire staff are very knowledgeable about the practice of yoga and will guide you and your children along the way.

Right after we moved to Princeton I had a gorgeous maternity session with this momma-to-be x2. It seriously is still one of my favorite maternity sessions – the light that evening was beautiful! Misty and Brian are about to welcome baby boy #2 this summer. I am so jealous that their entire family is going back to Oklahoma for the entire summer – how I dream to spend my summers back there!

All the yummy details – I so wish I would have won that rosemary plant. Looks much better than the one I snagged at the farmer’s market the other day. One of the hostesses, Kelly, made the famous Bakerella Cupcake Pops. She did a much better job than any attempt I’ve made. Mad props to you Kelly!

The three hostesses + Misty (Kelly, Amy, Misty, and Sarah)

Saturday afternoon Jeanie & I co-hosted a baby shower for our friend Shannon and Lucas. S + L are not finding out the sex of the baby (I’m pulling for a girl although the census is boy) so we did a green/brown theme (which is perfect because that’s sorta the colors they are sticking with for the nursery).

Some detail shots (the favors were Bath & Body Work hand sanitizer because you want to have clean hands when visiting a new baby!)

The super cute diaper cake made by Shannon C.

Opening gifts!

The entire party minus Katie who had to leave early to pick her husband up from work. Yay for the camera self timer (ignore the fact that the front row isn’t even in focus).

A quick post from my session with Heather and Ralph who are expecting their first child. Heather has the cutest bump I think I’ve ever seen, don’t you think? I have some more photos I want to share of this session, but first a small sneak peek.

There is something beautiful and special about a pregnant woman. I love getting to spend a day documenting this wonderful time in a their lives. I met up with this gorgeous mother-to-be in Hoboken on Sunday afternoon. And there is no doubt she is going to be a wonderful mother to this little one. She has some major self-control as she is the only person that knows the sex of the child! Her husband didn’t want to find out but she was interested. I’m impressed that she has kept it in all this time! Mara enjoy your sneak peek.