Christmas Card Outtakes ~ Inland Empire Child Photographer ~ Rachel Clare

December 11, 2009 | Filed Under Children, Mine | 5 Comments

In the two weeks before I gave birth, I needed to distract myself. From the discomforts of being almost 40 weeks pregnant, from the baby weight, from the fact that I knew girls who were due after me who had their babies before me. Distractions included decking the halls with signs of Christmas, putting up our tree on November 6th (oh yes, we did. and I may do it again next year!), and working up our Christmas cards. Granted, there was one blank window waiting to be filled by a certain little person who had not yet made her grand entrance into this world yet, but for the most part, I got them done. That’s the only reason that this mother of a 2-week old (and an almost-3-year-old, and a 5 1/2 year old) was able to get all her cards mailed today. Because they were essentially done before the babe arrived.
Here are some of the pictures of Elias and Rowan that I decided not to use on the cards, even though I think they’re darling…