Kiera Elton

I debated on getting maternity photos with my second babe for a long time. I thought I would be more accepting this time around with all the changes happening to my body as it was hard first time around, but honestly because I think we did these babes back to back, it's even harder on my body + mental state. And take that time to cherish your body and the beautiful thing it is doing. She is AMAZING.So mamas, if you are debating on getting maternity photos for whatever reason, JUST DO IT.

We didn't find out the gender with her when I was pregnant so her nursery before was just super neutral and had blue walls. I was searching for the most perfect gold mirror for her nursery and they were all either too expensive or just didn't fit the vision I was wanting. We had to use a base gold colour and then a shimmery gold paint after the base was dry. We had some leftover gold spray paint from another project and her curtain panel was originally black + just didn't match anything.

We also combined her birthday with little jimmy's baby shower just so I didn't have to plan two parties. And to save some time as well as I am exhausted and Preston works full time, we decided to just do a potluck for this. It worked out amazing, Preston's dad brought a platter of subway sandwiches, there were lots of cheese + cracker platters, fruit + veg, candy and drinks. My mum also got these cake serving trays for my baby shower that didn't happen last year

Lillian wasn't too sure what to do with any of it, so don't be discouraged if it takes your babe a while to figure it out. We wanted to make sure she got the solids she needed first of all and then after we would offer some avocado or banana. She absolutely loves blueberries, I've always cut them in half since we've started and we haven't had a problem. When it comes to breakfast + lunch for her, I always make sure she has avocado, bananas, blueberries, yoghurts + eggs in the house.