Viveash Photography

Being Pregnant in the City

A little reminder that having your wedding photos taken is a JOY FILLED EXPERIENCE!!! Lyn, Dugan and the boys jumped around on the beach to 15 mins, job done!

They finally did it,
after years of
we’ll get round to it
after school lunches and soccer boots
after the boys grew taller than excuses

Lyn and Dugal,
standing still long enough
to say
yes
out loud

Two boys down
(not down as in fallen,
but down as in
backpacks dropped by the door
shoes never where they should be
still needing reminders
still needing cuddles
just pretending they don’t)

and suddenly there’s space
for noticing things
like how full the house feels
even mid-chaos
even mid-mess
even mid-life

because family isn’t noise
it’s gravity

It’s the way this newly built home
already knows their footsteps
already holds fingerprints
in places paint hasn’t fully dried

walls still learning their laughter
floors memorising arguments
that end in cups of tea
and forgiveness

They didn’t build a house
they built a centre
a place everything else orbits

Sundays
future partners
grandkids not yet named
all already planned for
without being planned

and the wedding
wasn’t a beginning
it was a sentence finally punctuated

A love that survived
raising humans
and decided
it still wanted to say
we choose this

Lyn and Dugal
proof that romance isn’t just the fireworks
it’s foundations
poured slowly
and strong enough
to stand on
for everyone they love

And somehow
between the chaos,
the school forms,
the bras drying on radiators,
the half dead herbs on the windowsill,
there are still moments
so painfully lovely
they catch you completely off guard.