To start, can we give mom, Julene, a huge round of virtual applause and a million virtual high-fives? This mama; she carried her twins to full-term, WITH a two year old at home!! The twins were brought into this world at exactly 37 weeks gestation and perfectly healthy little babes! At first, only Sawyer spent one day in the NICU and they all got to leave the hospital together. There were other little baby things once they were home, [like jaundice and some belly issues] that took them back to the NICU a few times in their first weeks home, but how awesome is that?!

I got to join the Ambuske’s, in their home, on their first full week at home as a family of five and with the twins at just 16 days new [which is unheard of in twin photography- usually they’re several weeks old]. Jon and Julene have the perfect size family room, with nice big glass doors to let all the light in. That was where their toddler, Jackson, and I got to work setting up my equipment and getting ready for a long day of shooting. Jackson was such a huge helper for me and, at just two and half, was very well spoken and a GREAT listener. He even got his baby and helped me with my test shot. [insert heart eyes for big brother, pictured below, with babydoll, Stella]. After testing, we got to work on our first pose: all the siblings together and it went more than great! Jackson really impressed me!

Once I got all the sibs shots, the rest of the day is sort of hazy, LOL! I spent fiiiive hours in their home, soothing and getting these two babes to sleep, but they just didn’t want to. I got a few shots of them snuggling up together in the heart bowl, but once they woke up, they were UP.

I decided to try to do a few individual shots of them, so, I put them in their swings to get a little more relaxed and restful. After a few minutes, Sawyer was proving to be the sleepier one, so I got him out and all set up, when he proceeded to wake up. Meanwhile, Stella fell into a really nice snooze, so I switched babies, but then Stella started to stir…. haha that’s how the whole day went [and I’m sure how all of their days and nights are for the time being]. They ended up kiiiiilling it though, and I got perfect little poses of them each separate.

…..and we can’t forget my favorite thing: [TWICE] the details!

I had so much fun spending time with these two cuties, catching up with Julene and Jon and getting to know the toddler version of Jackson [I hadn’t seen him since his first birthday session!]. Massive congratulations to The Ambuske Crew, you guys rock!