Having a baby is the most amazing, emotional, magical, beautiful thing in the world. I find the feeling hard to describe. Those of you who have kids know what I’m talking about. For me, it was two of the most special moments in my life. Ones I will never forget. But as beautiful and amazing […]

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The Day My Girls Met

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I didn’t go to the hospital to have a baby. The short version is I went into false labor at dawn on my birthday, got sent home after turning down a sleeping pill, cried, rested, had an impromptu birthday party that evening, went back to the hospital for the sleeping pill at midnight, was 6cm […]

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Isla June’s Birth Story

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This is way, way, way overdue. I’m slightly embarrassed that I’m just now formally introducing our sweet new girl and sharing her newborn portraits, insert face palm moment. She’s 7 weeks today which is 7 weeks too long to be introducing her here! The excuses are just what you’d expect: life with two is busy, […]

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Isla June Dunlap

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This week I’m excited to write from the client’s perspective instead of the photographer’s!!  A.J. has graciously captured all of Cason’s milestones with pictures. She photographed Cason in his newborn days and also at the 6 month mark! The next natural milestone should have been 12 months. The one down fall to having an amazing photographer […]

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Cason Riley • Wake Forest Family Photos

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This sweet little girl’s mom is one of my oldest and dearest friends. This fall it’ll be 20 years of friendship! I can only think of a handful of people who’ve been in my life that long (outside of family of course). My friendship with Seldon is one of my most cherished relationships. It’s the kind […]

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Scarlett Claire • Asheville Newborn Lifestyle Photographer

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I don’t even know where to start with this one. Obviously these are my maternity portraits, but they’re so much more than that. This is my whole heart wrapped into a post. My loves, my life, right now. I know this stage is fleeting. Soon we’ll be a family of four. We’ll have two little girls […]

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Baby Dunlap #2 • Maternity Portraits

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They got me. They got me good. Let me back up for a sec and give you the whole story. Last Friday on April 28th my sister turned 30. Growing up in our family, April was Carter’s birthday month. She could do no wrong, everything revolved around her for the ENTIRE MONTH. She grew out […]

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My Surprise Baby Shower

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Finishing up Ada’s big girl room has been the most amazing project! I want to move in there myself!!! I went into it having no clue what I wanted. All I knew was we had this vintage bed frame that’s been in my family for a long time, and I kind of sort of wanted floral […]

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Ada’s Big Girl Room

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Last fall we took the most whirlwind of a trip to Iceland with my mom and her husband. Right smack dab in the middle of wedding season. I was newly pregnant and extremely exhausted. It was crazy and amazing at the same time! It was the first time we left Ada for a trip like […]

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The Dunlaps Do Iceland

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And just like that, my dreams have come true. Ada is going to have a little sister! We’re going to be raising TWO daughters! My heart couldn’t be any happier than it is right now! It’s funny, something I discovered this pregnancy is that when you have one gender, people automatically assume you want the […]

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Baby Dunlap #2 Is…

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