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December 5, 2013

April | A Winter Manassas Battlefield, Virginia Maternity Photographer

Meet April! One of my dear college friends from JMU and the MRDs! We met in our flute/piccolo section back in 2007 and have stayed connected ever since! 🙂 After catching up at her session, it was a true testament as how fast time flies as they have now been married for 3 years! Now, they are introducing a little boy next month, Carter! Ohhhh I’m EXCITED for them! Nick is in the Navy, so protection is his instinct and April definitely has the motherly nature spirit about her as she was one of the section leaders for my piccolo section! No doubt they will be AMAZING parents! 🙂

We met Sunday morning right at sunrise with it only being a little less than 19 degrees outside! Yes, you heard right! When we drove from one place to another, I tried warming up my feet and they were honestly in pain because of drastically changing the temperature from frozen to warm. April, goodness, she was an absolute pleasure photographing! She did not hesitate to take off her coat for a set! I feel like I was aching just from thinking how cold she was … but she reassured me that Carter was keeping her warm. 🙂 Haha! I am so honored to have captured this beautiful and EXCITING time for her and Nick! What a wonderful way to end my vacation time! 🙂

Thank you April, Nick, Chris and Josh for bearing through the coldest day yet!!! You all made it SO enjoyable! Enjoy the preview of the session! Looking forward to meeting Carter in the near future! xoxo

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She’s so stinkin’ cute!

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Love!

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And the sun started to rise! 🙂

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Loving the coloring of these portraits!

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BEAUTIFUL!!!!! And you can notice HOW cold it was by seeing her breath!

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You’re stunning!

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Love this portrait!

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Loving this portrait!

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One of my faves!

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More faves!

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Just wanted to share HOW cold it was … the grass they are standing in, yes is iced.

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Yay! I was able to have my photo snapped! 🙂 See how bundled up I was?! I was still frozen! Lol!

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Thanks April for a fabulous time in Manassas!!! SO wonderful seeing you and I am ECSTATIC to see baby Carter in the next couple months! 🙂

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  1. Debbie McCormack says:
    December 6, 2013 at 12:06 am

    All of the photos were just absolutely beautiful! So many memories made for Carter and his very beginnings of his life. April and Nick we are so excited for the both of you!!! Congratulations and we can’t wait to meet and welcome baby Carter 🙂

  2. Jennifer Gulley says:
    December 6, 2013 at 3:21 am

    Oh my goodness these are incredible shots!! I love these and I know they are gonna have a hard time picking between so many favorites to hang in the house. 🙂

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