When Kelsey Brewer was too poorly to attend her maternity photoshoot, her husband Jared Brewer refused to miss out on the milestone.
He decided to step up and take Kelsey’s place, posing with his belly serving as a baby bump, to cheer up his poorly wife and document an important moment in their relationship.
Thankfully photographer Kiana Smither, who happens to be Kelsey’s sister, wasn’t bothered by the last-minute switch up. She managed to take some genuinely brilliant photos for the mum-to-be to enjoy.
Kelsey, 24, was admitted to hospital on 18 September with pre-eclampsia and thus had to miss the maternity shoot that Saturday.
Jared saved the day by posing at the waterfall at Elkhorn Creek near Frankfort, Kentucky, exactly where Kelsey had planned to have the photos taken.
He kept the plan secret so he could eventually surprise her with the photos.
When Jared finally shared the photos, they ended up receiving thousands of comments.
Jared said: ‘She started crying [when she saw the pictures] – it brought tears to her eyes and made her happy.
‘I wanted to make her laugh a little bit – I knew she would appreciate the shoot because she needed a good laugh.
‘She’d been in the hospital for the past week and had been miserable. She’s very photogenic and loves to take pictures and wasn’t able to.
‘I never in a million years would have imagined they would have went viral like they did – it was kind of unreal to me.
‘It took us all by surprise – we were just trying to do something nice for my wife and then all the positive reaction that came from it was pretty cool.’
Baby Kash was born on Saturday, six weeks early. He will be in the neonatal intensive care unit for five days or so to make sure he’s healthy before heading home.
Jared said Kelsey has been in a lot of pain but she’s in a stable condition.
The photos definitely helped to cheer her up while she was in hospital.
Kelsey said: ‘It was just completely unexpected and it made me laugh and brought tears to my eyes. I really appreciated the thought that went into it.
‘Everybody is just tickled to death that he did it.
‘I’ve already got a couple [of the pictures] picked out that I’m going to have framed and I’m definitely going to cherish those forever.’
Photographer Kiana, 22, also enjoyed creating the picture set – although she had a hard time editing the photos because she was laughing so much.
Kiana said: ‘During the shoot I was dying – it was so funny. I laughed the entire time.
‘Every time I asked him to do something he did it perfectly. If he was trying his own little looks I would just make him more excited.
‘I’ve never come across a guy being willing to be so dramatic. Jared’s always been really goofy. He’s always had that personality and he’s always willing to do anything.
‘My husband, who’s his best friend, was there too and cracking up, and I felt like the more we laughed the more Jared got into it.’
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