Baby Shoot: The BFF's belly.

When I was a child, my parents would set up a lawn sprinkler for me and my brother in the heat of the summer. We had nothing more than bare feet and smiles that year, and running through the water was the greatest joy I think my little heart could have known. The freshly cut lawn my dad was methodical about  grooming squished under our little toes. Our mother watched from the deck in a lawn chair, sunning herself. Our laughs echoed throughout our neighborhood...

I have the same feelings with Kimmy. Sure, we're almost 30...but when we're together, it's like running through the sprinklers all over again. Sunshine, splashing, and laughter. 

The most wasted of days is one without laughter. - E.E. Cummings

My best friend (in the whole world) is pregnant! And breathtakingly beautiful at that. I can hardly wait for her son to meet mine. I have a feeling they will crawl around in the mud, build sand castles, and eat dirt together. And I dream of Kimmy and I's laughter as we watch them run through the sprinklers in dew-filled grass...hearts a pitter patter. 

A small peek at Kimmy's belly during her short visit this month...

All images were taken at my tree nursery during an impromptu 10 minute shoot with her. =) Happy Spring!!

Baby Shower: My Vintage Schoolhouse Party

I have to say that life with Baby has been relatively easy...when compared to life with Baby and my first babies, The Dogs. =( I've had a harder time adjusting the pups to the change of pace with my little one than I ever thought possible. But, with time, and PRAYER!, I hope this will pass and we can get on with a more normal, well, better, life than we had before! I love my pups SO MUCH, but this little guy has completely stolen my heart!

Today, I was honored to have been published on an amazing blog: OnToBaby! My sister-in-law had graciously thrown me a baby shower, and to my amazement, she made it better that I could have imagined. It was a picture-perfect scene with so much eye-candy, I was in heaven! Here's some of the images I took of this beautiful baby shower...and yes, my amazing husband, was behind the camera when I was in front. =)

Credits and Love:

Host/Planner: Jessica Von Eschen

Succulents and Plants: The Urban Garden

Antique Furniture: Newel Post Antiques

Rental Chairs, Tables/Lines: Rental City, Boulder

Photography/Model: Me, Shannon Von Eschen

Makeup: Natosha Cooke

Baby Banner/ Name Cards: Natosha Cooke

Owl Baby Cake: King Soopers

"Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart." -Winnie the Pooh

Personal: Patience is a Virtue

Today is October 7th!

It's my DUE date. And so far, I'm not due...or even feel like I will be. I am shocked that I'm even writing about it because it wasn't until this week that I've understood all the other mama's out there who talk about their babies 24/7. Patience is SUCH a Virtue--and I feel badly for being so impatient. For SO many women, 40 weeks is simply what pregnancy is...and for many more, it's 40+ weeks. I just never thought I'd be so "lucky"...to have a baby healthily grow in my belly for SO long and my heart goes out to all the mommies who don't make it so far!

The Dr's told me a full-term baby was nearly impossible, most likely not going to work, or to end up scary in the middle. I still can't say I'm in-the-clear because, well, I'm still waiting to hold a healthy little baby. BUT, I have beaten the odds, and shattered all the predictions of the 6 Dr's who've cared for me. Success!!

I can't wait to see his little face and show him the letter I'd written so early on when I was frightened for his well-being. And then kiss his chubby cheeks!

Love you, my little baby.

Personal: The Baby Bump!

I have missed the days in which I modeled. Not to sound like I was anywhere near famous, or even pursuing it full-time, but there were many days that I was fortunate enough to model and I miss it. And the size at which I was seems like only a distant memory now. I can still hardly believe I'm pregnant! =)

...But...I have modeled this growing belly quite a bit. Perhaps as a tribute to this little boy I carry. Neither my mom nor my husband's mom have many pregnancy pictures and whether or not my baby cares, his daddy thought he'd want them some day. So his daddy took a TON of them. =)

As the end of my pregnancy is rounding a corner, I thought it might be fun to share the pictures Jason's taken of me this last month. (Although no judging my farmer's tan! =) Ha!) We took a drive little while ago at sunset to catch a few pretty rays. Freshly mowed fields, warm weather, blue skies, humming locusts, a round belly, a doting husband, and a pregnancy that turned out to be astonishingly easy, makes me think this day will remain one of my fondest memories.

I can hardly wait to meet him! Oh! and learn his name. =)

Self timer's are awesome. =)

Look at that bump!!

COME OUT BOY! WE GOT A LOTTA LOVE OUT HERE!

Happy Wednesday!

Shanny