When I was pregnant with my son (my oldest child), I was so hoping he was twins! My mom is a twin, and several other people in my family have had twins. I have known several sets of twins, and they seem to have such a special bond. One of my past clients told me the likelihood of having twins increases the closer you are to age 40, so maybe I should talk my husband into just one more baby. And now I shall find out if he reads my photography blog or not, haha! These two were actually preemie twins, so we did the photo shoot when they were almost six weeks old. They are so incredibly cute, and it’s amazing how you can already see their little personalities emerging.

Little boy, I.:

Little Miss M.:

Every time we tried “together” portraits, one of them was awake and the other was asleep, or one was happy and one was not, etc. We did get a couple of cute ones, though. Here’s my favorite:

Remember, the best time for sleepy, curly newborn portraits is in the first two weeks for full-term newborns. For preemies, it depends on how premature they are, and of course, we wait until it’s completely safe and healthy for them to be handled for portraits. If you are pregnant now and are hoping for newborn portraits, contact me with your due date and I can leave a space in my schedule around your due date. Obviously, babies come when they come, but if I have a slot saved for you, I will be able to fit you in, as I have a set number of sessions I do per week/month. This is especially important if your baby is born July-December, as that is my crazy busy half of the year when it’s harder to get a session on short notice. Of course, sessions with older babies are super cute, too!