So far, this pregnancy (and therefore the blog) has been devoid of belly pictures. Well, not any longer.
On Sunday, Hailey had a henna artist — Amy Swagman, who has her own henna design business — come over and paint a beautiful henna tattoo design on her baby bump. There was no deeper reason for doing it. Just a “hey, that would be fun for the baby shower” kind of impulse. And since I haven’t gotten around to doing maternity pictures … well, here they are: our documented evidence of what pregnancy with Baby Xerxes was like with six weeks to go.
Amy began with a peacock design over the belly button, and the design emanated from there.
Our babe is a real roller. Loves to kick, tumble and do gymnastics all day. Made for an interesting spectacle as Amy tried to apply the design. Crazy kid.
As the design transpired, I bounced between taking pictures and watching the J-E-T-S! Jets! Jets! Jets! defeat the Chargers. That was awesome.
And here is the final design. The ink dried, and then came off in the morning with the wrap that went over it. Now Hailey has this beautiful tattoo for the next two weeks, at which point it will fade away.
But by then, the Olympics will have started, and then once the Olympics are over, the bags will be packed for the hospital and we’ll be on guard to the finish line. Not sure how many blog posts I’ll get up there before then….
If you are interested in any kind of henna design, look Amy up. Here is her website: http://www.hennadenver.com.
Good luck! Kevin, Ella and I will be with you in spirit. Haley, breath strong and ride the power. It is an awesome experience. Can’t wait to hear all about it and see photos of your new little one! With tons of love, the Grace family.
Thanks Kristen! We’ll keep you posted.
It was great meeting you the other night and getting to paint such a beautiful belly!
Thanks Amy! The design still looks great 10 days later. =)
Awesome…I think the henns is beautiful, and so proud …a peacock…perfect on such a great achievement!
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tradionally in india a pregnant lady wuould get henna tattoed in her 7 month of pregnancy wishing you all the best..
Interesting. I must confess we don’t know much about the practice … just really enjoyed having it done. Thanks for coming by.