Maternity Leave | Greensboro newborn photographer

I realized after receiving a few inquiries recently that I never made an official post on my blog about starting maternity leave. I put an announcement up on my website and blog at the top, but didn't really post here for you all. So here it is, my official "I've started maternity leave post". :)

I officially started maternity leave on February 1st and have decided that its best for my family to take the entire summer off after our new spring bundle arrives. This will be a great opportunity for our family to really bond and spend those first few months together before my oldest starts kindergarden in the fall. I will begin scheduling limited sessions again after school starts in Fall 2012, so definitely keep your eyes open. Please feel free to contact me anytime during my maternity leave. I'll be happy to answer any questions you might have about scheduling this year. And of course, any other questions or concerns you may have. Thank you so much for supporting Jody Gall Photography over the years. I can't wait to get back to work in the fall!

This pregnancy has been a wonderful journey so far already and I can't wait to share our new baby girl with all of you. We are super excited to meet her and see our family grow. I can't believe I'm going to be a mom to two beautiful girls. Our oldest daughter is just beside herself with joy. She can't wait to be a big sister also. It warms my heart to hear her talk to the baby through my belly and scold her when she kicks me too hard. LOL.

And of course, you can't have a blog post without any images, so I thought I'd share a portrait of me. Yep this is me, 7 months preggo! And let me tell you how hard it is to get a portrait of yourself. It took a lot of running back and forth to the camera and trying to direct myself. haha. I'm not used to being in front of the camera and I'm definitely more comfortable behind it, but I thought I'd be bold and share a belly pic! :)



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Early Christmas present - Greensboro newborn photographer

I'll finally be all caught up sharing my fall/winter sessions with this post. This was my last newborn session before starting maternity leave. Just think, the next newborn you see on the blog will be my own. Yay!

You may remember this sweet girl's sneak peek HERE. She made her grand appearance right before Christmas. She was just the sweetest little thing. Mom and dad were pretty awesome too. I just love meeting my clients and spending time with them during our session. I feel like they come in as clients, but leave as friends. It such a wonderful feeling.

Now, I do believe the pregnancy hormones may have taken over during this session. I overshot like crazy and mom and dad ended up with plenty of proofs to choose from. LOL! We just had so much fun. So without further ado...here's little Miss E!



























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Sunset - Greensboro family photographer

I'm still catching up on featuring some of my fall sessions, so here's another for you all. This family is an absolute favorite of mine! We met right at sunset this day during my fall mini sessions. I hadn't had a session right at sunset in a long time. I forgot how quickly the sun actually sets. LOL! So I was definitely grateful this was just a mini session. Mom requested family pics as her number one priority, so I made sure to deliver. Mister man did great and I even managed to squeeze in a few of him on his own at the end. Thank you again mama! You know I always love working with you. I can't wait for this fall to do it again!

















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A boy and his truck - Greensboro baby photographer

I'm finally getting caught up from the holidays. Whew! Between Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, and currently being 6 months preggo (wow...where has the time gone already)....this winter is flying by. Since Christmas is officially behind us, and everyone has received their Christmas cards and portraits gifts, I can finally share a few of my fall sessions that were never featured. Yay!

This family was great and I loved their clothing choices. Little mister man was super tired, but we still caught some great shots. He was such a trooper! It was so wonderful meeting you all and I hope to see you again this fall.























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A late Merry Christmas!

Hello all! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Jody Gall Photography! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and holiday season. I was very late getting my Christmas cards out again this year, so I couldn't share our card until now. I know, I know! Tisk tisk! I decided to go with a FOREVER card again this year. They've been a big hit all year long and I just love them.

We had a wonderful Christmas here. My daughter has been very busy breaking in all her new presents...and leaving them all over the dining room and living room. haha. I received lots of maternity clothes and even a few things for our new bundle already. And Santa finally gave in and gifted our family a new Playstation3. My husband is of course ecstatic. And our daughter has been having a blast playing games with him. It really is great watching them play together. She squeals, he helps her past places she can't do yet, and they just snuggle on the couch together and have a ball.

I can't wait to see what 2012 has in store for us. If you haven't heard yet, Jody Gall Photography will be closed for much of 2012. I'll be on maternity leave so we can prepare for and spend time with our new arrival. I can't wait to meet our newest addition and see what a great big sister our daughter will become. Please contact me if you have any questions about scheduling over the next year. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!