09/01/2026
You know I like to tell stories with EVERY post, right? ๐
Well, this story is probably the craziest one yet!
First, I want to start by saying how incredibly grateful I am that this sweet family chose me for a second time. ๐ฅน I had the pleasure of taking Momโs maternity photos when she was pregnant with this sweet boy, and after they moved up North, they wanted to get back together for some adorable 2nd birthday photos for him!
Per usual, I did my obsessive weather watching throughout the entire week. ๐ There was a small system in the area, but it wasn't even remotely close to us. It was WELL out of our way, so I had absolutely zero concern about the weather for our session.
We met on location, and everything was looking beautiful. We started with a few family photos, and then...
BOOM. ๐ง๏ธ
It started POURING.
And I am not even exaggerating when I tell you it was pouring harder than anything I had ever experienced being outdoors. ๐ I literally said, "it felt like a pool was being poured on me" when explaining it to my husband.
We took cover under a tree, which actually helped a ton, while I ran back over to where we had all of our stuff to grab an umbrella for them. I even tried setting up my changing tent over everything to keep things dry.
At that point, I took the umbrella over to my clients and told them to RUN to the car because it had gotten to the point where I didn't feel like it was safe to wait it out.
Meanwhile...
RADAR SHOWED NOTHING.
Not โa little bit of rain.โ
Not โmaybe something is moving our way.โ
NOTHING.
The system I had been watching still wasn't near us.
We eventually made it back to our vehicles, and with the rain still absolutely NUTS, we decided it was best to reschedule.
And y'all... I was EMBARRASSED. I have never had an issue like this happen in all my years of doing this. I felt awful, especially knowing they had a drive to get there.
So we left. And then, within about FIVE MINUTES, the sun came out. โ๏ธ
I immediately called Mom because I knew they had a drive and had already gone through all of that trouble to get there WITH A CAKE.
Thankfully, she was totally up for giving it another shot!
So I turned around, we set up the CUTEST little 2-year-old birthday setup, and we shot for another hour.
And somehow, after ALL of that chaos it ended up being absolutely gorgeous. ๐ฅน
I still wish we could have skipped the whole โcompletely random biblical downpour that wasn't even showing on radarโ portion of the evening, but I am SO glad we decided to give it one more try.
Without further ado...
This sweet birthday boy + a couple photos from BEFORE the downpour!! ๐