The Boy, The Baby, and now, The Bump!

"Karyn, where have you been? We don't see you blogging much, we can't find you on I Heart Faces anymore, what's up?" Well, now you know! Quite a bit is up these days, as in, most of the food I intake. Quite a bit is out these days too, as in, my expanding waistline. I've been spending most of my summer heckling my friend Julie for belly shots of her growing and very expectant tummy, but she seldom cooperates. Now, as my silhouette changes with each week, it's my turn to try to capture and share the journey. With two babies under my belt, screaming "mommy, he won't share!" actually, I have already done the standard "wear the same outfit, stand in the same place, watch my toes disappear, sequence of images." And though I have to admit that they did their job in documenting my growth over 9 months, they are NOT very flattering pictures that I like to share, nor do I spend a lot of time looking back at them. This time around the thought occurred to me that, uh, duh! I'm a photographer, I can do so much better and still document the changes, the earth spinning, "Holy God how did this happen - AGAIN?" changes that I am experiencing. So here is the first attempt, taken on September 16, 2009. Yes, nearly a month ago, so I guess I better set my alarm for that morning sunshine streaming through my bedroom window and get the next shot in the sequence.