Yesterday Joni, Whitney and I drove over to Independence, Missouri to do Whit’s maternity photos at Cinton’s Soda Shop, a cute little place I found online to do indoor shots since it was going to be cold and windy! We walked around the square and found some darling places and some very kind business owners who let us into their warm restaurants to take some lovely photos.

Whitney’s mom is my mentor here in Kansas City, when we moved here and it was my first place to be without either my mom or mother-in-law I knew that I had to find an experienced mother to help me through these seasons of children and marriage. Joni is wonderful and her whole family is our support system since we’ve moved here to Missouri. We lived with her son for 2 months last summer, and Josh works for Joni’s brother and so we are this family’s third wheel… like it or not:) Whitney is due to have little Ruthy at the end of March and she’s guaranteed to be a beautiful baby girl!