Our journey to D.C. started at 10pm the night before our flight with last minute packing. Why? Because we're college students and do everything last minute. We got 2 hours of sleep and then it was time to get up to get ready. We arrive to the airport with time only to miss our first flight. YUP. Great start to our morning. It wasn't all bad though. In fact, it was all good! D.C. was wonderful to stay the very least!
| 2 connecting flights and 3 hours later after missing our first flight, we were landing in D.C., at last! We were so excited to see new sights, meet new people, and explore the unknown... |  ... all on 2 hours of sleep. |
 | There was green eveeeeeerywhere. I mean with every mile we drove to our hotel, we found at least 5 places we wanted to take an expecting momma to photograph! The possibilities in Virginia are endless! AND those cherry blossoms... SO beautiful! |
The day to get our groove on finally came! We threw on our SSP shirts, strapped on our cameras, threw on some headbands, slipped into our running shoes, and out we went to explore!
We had 2 maternity models and 1 newborn model planned into our day so we headed downtown to incorporate some "D.C." in our pictures!
We had 2 maternity models and 1 newborn model planned into our day so we headed downtown to incorporate some "D.C." in our pictures!
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Our first maternity model, Abby was such a blast to work with. We picked out a royal blue gown for her and the color was a perfect match for the marble buildings! She had people stoping and a crowd forming. We even had a cop car pull over and stare for a while.
| |  oh and the cherry blossoms were right around the corner... of ever corner, really. |
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Up next was our second maternity and our newborn somewhere
a little more isolated with a little more trees, some water, and bugs.
a little more isolated with a little more trees, some water, and bugs.
Up first was our second maternity model, Anna, in a little piece of heaven we found online called "Hidden Oaks." LOVED it! It had a little stream, that we clearly took advantage of, different plants, plenty of trails, and no fee to photograph in the part. It was fantastic and Anna look great in yellow. She was as stunning as the scenery.
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As we were finishing up Anna's session, two women and a child are walking down the path we came from. One of them was expecting. Daniela and I locked eyes and we knew. As she got nearer, we asked the expecting momma the most awkward question of the day. "We see you are pregnant. [We introduced ourselves]. We just finished a maternity session and have a few extra minutes before our newborn arrives, would you like to take a few pictures?" She looked at us crazy, but before she could say anything, her sister who was standing next to her says "Uh, YES! You guys are awesome! I have seen your work on Facebook and my sister would be more than honored!" WHAT?! What are the chances?! Karen, he daughter, and her sisters just happened to be at the right place at the right time I guess. Anyway, we get Karen in the gown and take a few shots for her to remember this beautiful time in her life. Score.
And then there was baby Idriss. 6lbs, 11oz of pure perfection. I mean, really. Idriss slept for the whole 90 minutes we played with him without peeing or popping on me and Daniela. He was just great!
We used the little stream and the random tepee in the park to it's full advantage and Idriss just made posing too easy.
We used the little stream and the random tepee in the park to it's full advantage and Idriss just made posing too easy.
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Sooo... this random tepee. Yes. It was just sitting there. Calling our names. So we worked with it and incorporated it into a "native shot" that Idriss rocked in the awesome bear bonnet from Avonli Cottage, one of our vendor sponsors! And let's not forget our two amazing layers from Devoted Knits! Check out their work by clicking the buttons below:
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AND last but definitely not least, this beautiful sage bonnet is from Zoe & Oliver and fluff from Beautiful Ewe! Check out Zoe & Oliver's work below:
 | Our last day in Virginia, Daniela and I decided to have a little fun! We went shopping and Daniela bought a cream contour kit, so what did we do? Played with it the night of! It's so fun watching her create art with makeup! She's da bomb! And then I, being the half fish that I am, convinced Daniela to go swimming! Refreshing!  |
We cannot wait to be back in D.C. and are super excited to continue traveling the world!
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