Maternity Photos at the Texas Tulips

I met Karissa in a Facebook Group!... she was looking for pregnant women she could take pictures of to build her maternity photography portfolio. Of course I agreed, even though I was only 6 months along, and we had the idea to head way up to Pilot Point for photos with the tulips. 
A family from the Netherlands started this tulip field and people drive here from all over DFW. It was beautiful! Plus it was fun to get to know Karissa. 
Also, I don't think I would have gotten maternity photos done if I was paying for them, but now I'm glad I have them. Here are some of my favorites...

March 2018

March in Texas is the best! 

We were able to take Owen on plenty of fun little adventures around town this month! 

The playground at Watermark Church 

The Ninja Gym for a birthday party.

 The Tulip Fields in Pilot Point, for maternity pictures... I'll post some!

 A cooking class and a swim class, hosted by a friend we met on Instagram!

We took advantage of Ikea's family activities for spring break.

 We soaked in the weather with trips to the park, picnics, and a bike ride with friends.

We took a day trip to Eisenhower State Park with our friends Annette, Bryan, and their two year old, Cole. Annette is due the same week as me! We love these guys, they are the ones who let us borrow their car while ours was in the shop... so nice!

The month ended with Rick & Sue surprising Gavin and Owen and showing up in Dallas! It was so fun to be sneaky about it, and see the boys' excitement. I'll post about their trip separately :)

February 2018

February was a month full of little adventures. We didn't do anything big or exciting, but we stayed busy and entertained. Lacrosse season started and I coached Hockaday Middle School again. The girls are such cute, good girls! Lots of talent on the team too! It's been so fun to work with them!

We found plenty of indoor fun

At the mall storytime and yoga,

At Home Depot's free kid's workshop,

At church playgrounds,

Entertainment Spaces

and Rec Centers

We went out for an embarrassing amount of treats! But I hit 20 weeks in my pregnancy so I had a good excuse to eat a lot (though maybe I should have used those extra calories for something healthy)

A PB cup doughnut from WOW, an ice cream doughnut sandwich from Milk & Cream, and of course, Steel City Pops. I'm pretty sure Cheesecake Factory desserts were in there too, for valentines day, but I didn't take a picture. Dang.

I had a few girls nights to celebrate birthdays and Galentines

I hit my halfway mark in this pregnancy. Pregnancy is freaking rough. 

But it's better when you have a lot of friends going through the same thing!

The three of us are due within a week of each other!

We found a little bit of outdoor fun!

We went to one of our usual parks in Carrollton.

and found a waterfall in Fort Worth.

Just for personal journal/records sake... our car needed a major repair this month... a new engine. It was a huge financial blow to us and caused a lot of stress. But I guess if that's the worst of our problems, we've got it pretty good.