Kate Parker Photography

Four-month-old baby B and her four-year-old big brother were two awfully sweet kids.  Now, normally, there is at least one major meltdown if you put together two siblings this age and bring them to a photography studio, right?  Not here – nope… there was just joyful love between these two little angels. 

So thanks to Mama W for bringing your little ones into the studio today.  It was a pleasure photographing all of you!!

I love it when families are so happy together.  Yes, Miss C is a bit of an old soul and wasn’t overly interested in having me flash my strobes at her over and over.  Yes, she kept looking at me with a pleading, “Please, for the love of Pete, make it stop,” sort of expression.  But they were still adorable… and so happy and genuinely fun to chat with throughout the session.  C reminded me of my own daughter as an infant… fairly serious about things, and very interested in being in charge.  Of course, any baby who reminds me of my own baby is aces in my book! 

Here they are… the G family… sweet, adorable… generally fabulous!

I’ve been looking forward to this session for awhile…. since before these two boys made their first appearance.    I photographed their big sister a couple of years ago, then when their mommy was pregnant with them, we started discussing plans for a session with the twins when they were born.  Unfortunately, they came early and spent awhile in the NICU.  After that, I can imagine that it must have been a crazy life with a four-year-old and two new babies.  So that brings us here… FINALLY – a fun photo session with their new family of FIVE! 

Okay, so I have to admit that I was a bit worried that this session would be challenging with a four-year-old and two babies who aren’t yet sitting up.  But it turned out to be far easier than I thought it could possibly be.  Here they are… an adorable family:

And I can’t resist including this one on the blog because I think it tells such a great story of what it must surely occasionally feel like to be the big sister of twin baby brothers.  In reality, L is very happy to be a big sister, is a great helper, is very sweet and accomodating [just had to throw in that public service announcement for the record in case someone expecting twins is reading this *grin*].

Ahhhh…. some babies are just the ones you wish you could keep.  They take you right back to all the joys of having a newborn baby.  They allow you to remember only the very best parts.  They let you dream that new babies don’t really scream in the middle of the night for hours.  They just sleep and smile and smell sweet and coo.  Right? 

This was one of those babies for me.  First of all, just LOOK at him.  I don’t even need to say it, I know.  And the HAIR.  Oh, my goodness, the hair.  Just thinking of him now makes me want to go take a nap and dream of Baby Magic smell and angel babies who sleep all day and never cry.  (Okay, come on – allow me my illusions!) 

Here he is… truly an “angel baby,” Mr. C.  I stand by my statement to his parents that if they decide they don’t want him, I’m pretty sure I could make room for him in my house.    (I think they’re pretty committed to him already, though.)