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Madison Newborn Photographer | Fresh 48

I love walking into a house that is bursting with life. Laughter is awesome, but even just the sheer busyness of home makes my heart sing. Because somewhere over breakfast dishes and scattered Legos and tiny voices that hug the room, authenticity of this busyness just floats in the air, settles in the bones, and the shows off the shiny bits of all it touches.

Black and white. Family sits around the dinner table together eating breakfast.Black and white. Newborn baby sleeps in carseat with blankets on himTristan was about 48 hours old when I got to capture his newness. His parents skit-skat-skoodle-doot-flip-flop-fleed that hospital room as quickly as they could to bring him home to his big brother and sister. Here, Isaac and Nora continued to play & create in their element, yet they had these magnificent long pauses filled with spellbinding curiosity of All Things Newborn. Black and white. Newborn baby sleeps on floor while getting clothes changedBlack and white. Mother sits with young daughter while breastfeeding newborn babyBlack and white. Mother holds breastfeeding newborn babyBlack and white. Young girl watches her mother breastfeed newborn baby brotherFather sitting in chair with son on his back looks at his daughter

Isaac’s amazing Lego creation and Tristan’s tiny hand speak to the age difference between the two boys.

Young boy holds lego creation with newborn baby's hand in the backgroundBlack and white. Mother sits on couch holding newborn baby next to her sonBlack and white. Mother holds breastfeeding newborn baby

Family sits on couch together. Mother holds newborn baby, father laughs with son

Not only do I so love Isaac reaching out to tickle Tristan’s chin (to see if babies are indeed ticklish), Kate’s hair tie marks on her wrist is a nod to mom life.

Mother holds newborn baby while son tickles the baby's chinBlack and white. Mother holds sleeping newborn baby on the sofa with father and son next to her

Dan perfects the swaddle while Nora plays in the light.

Black and white. Father swaddles newborn baby in bird baby blanket.Black and white. Mom and Dad look at swaddled newborn baby with boy standing in the background.What getting all in the frame looks like in an authentic morning way. Mother and Father look at swaddled newborn baby while brother and sister play together on the floorYoung boy lays in bed with his new baby brotherBlack and white. Mother talks to her daughter on the bed while newborn baby sleeps next to themBlack and white. Family of five sit on the bed togetherNewborn baby swaddled in bird blanket sleeps on parents bedMother, son, and daughter all lay in bed around sleeping newborn babyMother lays in bed with daughter hugging sleeping newborn baby Black and white. Mother lays in bed with daughter hugging sleeping newborn baby

Sweet dreams! You see their at-home (actually, for this on-the-go family it was really an at-park newborn session) here.

Kate shared her thoughts on working with me here:

Jen did two sessions for us when our third child was born – first, a newborn session and second a family session. Working with her was amazing and we got so, so many images that we will treasure forever!

She offered to come by before the session so that the kids could meet her and get comfortable, and then on the day of everyone had a great time. We spent time in the house and outside, totally up to us where we went. While I was reluctant to spend too much time at home (our house is old and dark), those ended up being some of my favorite images – and certainly among the most unique. She captured the essence of each of our kids without looking posed or stiff (and did a great job of making our house look great too 🙂 )

Last, she was really responsive and great to work with including on photo edits afterwards…worth every penny and I would recommend her anytime!!

xo, Jen

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