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.
Tristan 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.
Isaac’s amazing Lego creation and Tristan’s tiny hand speak to the age difference between the two boys.
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.
Dan perfects the swaddle while Nora plays in the light.
What getting all in the frame looks like in an authentic morning way.
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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