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I remember when I had just one baby, I couldn’t imagine having enough love in my heart for another.
I was already bursting with love. How could I possibly love another in the same way?
During the last month of my second pregnancy, while excited to meet my new baby, I felt incredible sadness and guilt.
I would go into my little one’s room each night and cry, worrying about how life with a sibling would affect her.
Would she still feel loved and important?
As a friend wisely told me at the time, your heart just expands with the birth of your new little one.
She was so right. It does. The heart is not divided – love is just multiplied.
When I was pregnant with my third child, I felt so differently.
I embraced the change with open arms.
While I knew there would be a little less of me to share around, and my girls would have to adapt and compromise, I was so very excited.
I knew that for anything they lost with the birth of our new baby, so much more would be gained in return.
A new play mate.
Someone to create beautiful childhood memories with.
A way to learn kindness, sharing, friendship and respect.
An understanding that sometimes someone else will come first.
A friend for life.
Family.
Firefly Tales Photography specialises in heartfelt, authentic and timeless Newborn, Baby & Maternity Portraiture in Mount Eliza on the beautiful Mornington Peninsula, Victoria.