Visiting Jilly

Earlier this week I went up to NYC to visit my good friend Jill who is very pregnant. We had been going back and forth trying to figure out a good time to visit for the past few months. I called her on Friday because I had been thinking about her a lot and just so happens that she took 2 days off of work to get stuff done around her apartment in preparation for this baby. I rearranged some things in my calendar and headed up on Monday to lend a helping hand.

Jilly is due 8-8-08

She has the typical small apartment in New York, well a tad larger since she is actually in Yonkers but you get the drift. She had a ton of box's and bags of gifts from her shower that didn't have homes yet. I helped to organize a little, never thought I would be helping someone else organize! We made plenty of trips to return and exchange things as well. I think we made a good dent in things and I can rest a little easier knowing I was able to help with something that would have taken her ages to do.

We did do a belly shoot, of course! Jilly has been around since I started doing this and its not everyday when good friend is pregnant. I haven't had a chance to take the film in so it will be a few weeks until we see anything from her shoot. We did a few fun ones with the digital but most of the visit thats exactly what we did, visited.

It was really fun to see her pregnant. Her belly is super cute, so round and compact! You would never know she was pregnant from behind, aside from the little waddle, or when she lays on her side. Its crazy! OOh we did get pedicures too, which was wonderful on our sore feet and especially Jilly's poor feet. Its crazy to think that the next time I see her she will have a new person in her life. This kid is going to have the best mom and such a fun filled childhood. Jill is the program director for the Central Park day camp, and has been doing camps since I can remember. I would go to visit her in Delaware when she worked on the boyscouts camp during the summers. So you can imagine what a fun and adventurous person she already is and the kids all already love her, just add her own child to that mix and watch out! Oh boy!

Jill, so excited for you and so proud of all you do!

I am continuing to get caught up today. I will be out of town again this week! I am going up to Connecticut to hang out with some photographers for a little retreat, really looking forward to it. Then I get to hang out for a day with my fun couple and friends Jess and Chris. I love that I can do this sort of stuff! I have an awesome job.