Chelsea Craig recently took her two girls to the seaside for a professional shoot with photographer Mae Burke.

 

During the shoot, Chelsea's eldest Addy, who's three years and eight months, got hungry, so Chelsea decided to put the shoot on hold and breastfeed her. 

 

 

But it wasn't long before her youngest child, 16-month-old Emmilyn, started getting hungry too.

 

And Mae was on hand to capture the beautifully tender moment between the mum and her girls.

 

"I take pictures that are very candid moments, and if their children happen to want or need to breastfeed, then I just keep taking pictures like I normally would," Mae told People.

 

 

And Texan mum Chelsea was delighted with the results.

 

"I look at the expressions on my girls' faces and my expressions towards them, and it's a feeling that I get," she said. 

 

"Mae put feelings into images. I told her 'I want you to get us living life, and what it feels like for me to be their mother.' When I saw the pictures, it was just that."

 

 

Chelsea can't wait to show the beautiful impromptu photoshoot to her girls when they're all grown up.

 

"Any opportunity I have to capture the moment, I want, because I don't know what their memory of it will be 20 years from now, and I know that I want that to share with them."

 

 

Chelsea said she didn't set out to breastfeed Addy for more than a year, but she's decided to let Addy take the lead on letting her know when to stop. 

 

"That's how we reconnect and hit reset for her when she's in a mood," said Chelsea. 

 

"I don't know how much longer the journey will be. I thought I knew three years go, but I didn't."

 

 

Chelsea does not consider herself to be a breastfeeding activist - she's just doing what feels best for her family. 

 

And for that, we applaud her!

 

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