You know when you meet someone and just immediately can feel how much they genuinely like each other and that they’re good people and you just really like them?  That is what happened during the newborn session for this precious newborn girl at her family’s home in Lincoln.  Penelope was just over two weeks old when I arrived at their house for their in-home session and she wasn’t quite ready for her big moment yet – totally normal.  So I had the absolute pleasure of hanging out with her big sisters while we waited which meant I also snuck some big sister only images.  A lot of the time (and I know this from my own experience as a mom) as you have more kids you get fewer individual kid time and photos!  But then Penelope and mom and dad were ready so we started for real.  It was a gorgeous morning so we took advantage of their beautiful back yard for some photos.  One thing I love about going to clients’ homes – I can do that.  If I like the backyard and it’s nice we can go outside and often do!

After we used their gorgeous front porch which resulted in one funny sibling photo that I still love, we headed indoors for most of the rest of the session.  There is a reason I ask to see all of the house when I arrive to my newborn sessions.  I would never have gone into the basement for photos if I hadn’t.  But I did, and when I saw this GORGEOUS window seat and blue wall??  Yes please!  Besides mom and dad’s room for some precious sister photos, and the living room for a few, the seat and window were the perfect backdrop for some timeless family images.  You guys – remember what I said at the beginning?  How you can tell when people genuinely love each other?  SO obvious during these family photos.  It was so much fun and happy and they were all in love with this sweet newborn girl.  After capturing quite a few (read: a lot) of family images, it was Penelope’s big moment where she got to star in her own beanbag images with some swaddles.  Check out those colors on her.  I mean come on – could she be prettier??