My parents invited me to visit Sedona with them a few weeks back where we visited a lot of the same places from our previous trip when I was 6 months pregnant. I was excited to get the chance to re-visit these places, but with my baby boy Sage Wylder in tow this time. On our last trip, my parents and I said we would have to come back again with my baby boy, but I never realized it would be so soon! My mom had taken some maternity photos for me on our last trip to Sedona, so we decided to capture some photos with Sage and I in the same spots as a comparison. I’m so glad we did because these will be so cool to look back on over the years and show Sage when he’s older!

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The maternity photos were from our trip to Sedona last October, when I was about 6 1/2 months pregnant with baby boy. Sage was 3 1/2 months old in these photos from our trip this spring. We stayed at a cabin in Oak Creek Canyon just outside of Sedona on both trips. These forest phots were shot in Oak Creek Canyon and the ones at the top of the post were taken at Bell Rock in Sedona. For more photos from this maternity shoot in Oak Creek Canyon, check out this blog post!

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I haven’t shared an update on Sage Wylder’s dad (Schyler, my previous partner of 10 years) in awhile. He is back in Eastern Washington (Tri-Cities) while Sage and I have been living in Phoenix with my parents. We had to part ways a little over halfway through my pregnancy (about a month before our first Sedona trip) because he had mental health issues that quickly escalated at that time and he was not willing to go get help. The month that Sage was due was when he finally got the help that he needed. Since then he is doing a lot better, but he is still trying to get his life back on track. Sage and I flew up to Washington to visit him right after this Sedona trip, our second trip there.

We are hoping that we might be able to be a family again but that still remains to be seen, as I have certain expectations that he has to meet in order to gain my trust back. This has been so hard, especially because I have a lot of guilt that he is missing to much of Sage’s life. Being a single mom for the past 4 months has been really hard and there have been so many times where I wished I had Schyler there for support. My early motherhood has not been easy or the way I pictured it since I was a little girl dreaming of being a mom. I have to remind myself that everything I am doing has been for Sage and what’s best for him regardless of my personal feelings. We will have to see what the future holds for us but I’m so glad that despite all of this, I have still gone out of my way to capturing moments and memories like these. I know Sage and I will cherish these for years to come!

XOXO