One baby is fun at a session.  Two is really really fun but really challenging.  When mom called me for this next session, I admit, I was a little bit nervous.  A family of four with nineteen month old twins and at the end of November outside!  So many things could have gone wrong with this shoot.  But it all came together beautifully.  And I mean ALL.  The weather was stunning.  November 20 and it was 61 degrees and sunny.  The family – absolutely gorgeous.  The kids – adorable and so so well behaved and just so stinking CUTE.  The hand-knit sweaters on the kids – perfection.  It was seriously so much fun.  And never in one session have I had as many family photos as I came away from this session with where everyone is looking!!   As an added bonus I also definitely got my cardio workout in.  😉  We met up at Lincoln Woods for my first time shooting there – an absolutely fabulous location!!  The family took me all around and showed me the good spots.  And we did the usual Amy Ro session things until the sun set – sang lots of songs, quacked like a duck, jumped up and down, said the word “poop” a lot.  😉  All the good stuff.  But clearly, it paid off.  😀

It goes without saying that as parents we love our kids.  Whether it starts the moment that stick shows a positive sign, or the first kick a mom feels, or the first moment they are placed in your arms, or when adoption papers are signed, we love our kids.  They truly are our hearts walking around outside our bodies.  But every once in a while you meet a family who reminds you just how lucky you are to be parents and shows just an extraordinary amount of love.  Meet the H family.  Their baby girl decided to come in an unconventional manner – an emergency c-section.  And after all was said and done that day, the doctors told them that she probably was not going to survive.  But the next morning, she opened her eyes for the first time and continued to heal and get better.  For 20 days she stayed in the NICU and then was able to come home with her mom and dad.  And in the nine months since then she has defied doctors, early intervention specialists, everyone.  And she has thrived.  And she has been loved.  So, so loved.

When I met up with this adorable family of three on Saturday morning at slightly chilly and windy Colt State park I knew they were going to be special and fun – mom’s excitement in her emails to me had almost jumped off of the page.  But spending an hour and a half with them, watching them snuggle, make complete fools of themselves for smiles, seeing the looks, the kisses, the touches, it was truly special.  By the end I felt like the lucky one.  🙂

Thank you for a delightful Saturday morning, guys!!  I will be in touch soon!