last december, our friend chanelle took a few pictures of us by the pool and beach in front of our house. i first met chanelle through our blogs, just before she moved on island! she and her husband craig worked at brilliant studios here in provo, and sadly they just left the island to go back home to south africa! i’m so happy how they turned out, these are a few of my favorites –

before my pregnancy, i had never had professional photos taken. i’ve always been very camera shy. and hate it! luckily the shoot only took a couple of hours and all close to home. needless to say, we live in the perfect setting for photo shoots – there’s turquoise water everywhere we look. and i thought it would be worth the effort to have professional pictures to remind us of our happy family times in turks and caicos.

(photos by brilliant studios, styling by stacie steensland)

ps – a peek of our maternity shoot