Thursday, January 14, 2016

#TBT Pregnancy Announcements and more


I've been doing fun projects for a lot longer than I've been blogging, so I decided that every Thursday I will do a Throwback Thursday post that recounts a pre-blog adventure.

This week, I am sharing the pictures we took that introduced the people we love to the news that we were expecting a new baby. It was so much fun that we did announcement pictures for our gender reveal and new baby photos.

Luckily for us, my dad is a fantastic photographer. He doesn't typically take pictures of people but he makes an exception for our family :) Feel free to check out his awesome photography gallery and blog.

We did the photo shoot in Gavin's playroom because one of the walls is a chalkboard. There were a couple different poses and setups.






We ended up choosing this picture to share with our family and friends and got rave reviews!

For our gender reveal, I searched through a bunch of ideas on Pinterest. After picking a few favorites, Paul and I chose one that highlighted Gavin. He absolutely loved being the star of the photo shoot :)
The first two photo shoots were so much fun that a couple days after Olivia was born we had my dad take more pictures. We got several amazing shots, despite Olivia being a total diva. I'm pretty sure she managed to get almost every possible bodily fluid on Paul at one point or another throughout the process, haha. Here are a few of my favorites.



In the end, we decided to announce Olivia's birth with a retake of our pregnancy announcement.


I even made a mashup of the two pictures :)


I think the most important thing is to have photographs that represent who you are as a couple and family. These photos cement the memory of that time to me and I will cherish them forever.

See you soon,
              



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14 comments:

  1. Love these! So sweet :) And I know the big siblings get more excited when they are involved.
    www.stayathomeyogi.com

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    1. Thank you! He was so excited and is now the most doting brother :)

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  2. I love pregnancy announcements :) I didn't do any with my second but I did do a pretty good pregnancy announcement with announcing my third :) x

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    1. Thanks! They are so fun, aren't they? I love seeing all of the creative ways that people share such joyous news :)

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  3. These have to be the cutest thing I have seen!! How fun and exciting. I love this. So glad you shared your idea. We did a gender reveal as well with our middle child.

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    1. Thank you so much! I think it helped to get him even more excited than he already was :) Some of the gender reveals that I have seen are so clever!

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  4. Love this pregnancy announcement idea! The pictures make it awesome - how great to have a talented photographer in the family :) Stopping by from Mommy Moments.
    Amy @ http://livinglifetruth.com/

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  5. I absolutely love your creativity! I cannot wait for the day we can make a similar announcement. We'll definitely be incorporating super heroes in one way or another ;) ~Jenn @BecauseImCheap

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    1. Thank you! There are so many great ways to use the super hero theme!

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  6. I love this!!! What a creative way to announce your newest arrival :)

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  7. I love your idea for announcing your new arrival. Thanks for sharing on the Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop.

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