Florence and I have been friends for quite a long time. I photographed her and her then-fiancé, Nelson, last year in a small engagement session a few weeks before they were to be married. Unfortunately, Sandy & I weren’t able to attend their gorgeous ceremony and reception at the St. Regis Hotel because we were moving that week. But soon after their wedding, I got an Instant Message from Florence and she told me that they were expecting!

Fast forward to today, where she is currently about 37 weeks pregnant (yup, expecting any day now!!) We’ve been planning on doing her maternity photosession for the past two months…but things kept coming up. Last weekend, we were finally able to meet up and grab a few shots of the lucky couple. Fortunately, she was still pregnant but very, very expecting.

We started at their home in Rowland Heights, in the nursery room that Flo and Nelson had lovingly put together in anticipation of their baby daughter. From there, we rushed over to Newport Pier to finish up. During their engagement session last year, we re-located to the beach but were a little too late and missed the sunset. Not wanting to repeat that mistake, we left the house with plenty of time to spare.

I had a great time hanging out with Flo and Nel. Thank you guys for sharing this part of your lives with me! I can’t wait to meet Isabella!