{Newborn} Alex & Chloe

Oh my goodness. This is a very dear-to-my-heart session. These beautiful girls are my nieces, Alex and Chloe, who were born on February 15th at 11:08am and 11:30am, respectively. These fraternal twins were born naturally (as in, not a c-section) at 5lbs each. My husband and I were able to go in to meet them when they were two days old - it was the longest wait ever, but so worth it! And I've seen them every weekend since, which is not super typical as they live an hour away.

So a week after they were born, I went in to their little 1-bedroom sauna apartment to do newborn pictures; my first twin session ever. Space was tight, light was limited, and there were two babies to settle and keep happy. Chloe was a champ. I could do anything with her, move her, position her, and she would just keep sleeping and be super pliable. Alex, on the other hand, was far more sensitive to movement, temperature changes and positioning. So I definitely had my work cut out for me!

I allowed over 3 hours for the session and while Chris kind of laughed about it at first, by the end of it, he totally understood why it took so long. Since the girls were so little and new, they had a hard time regulating their temperature, especially Chloe, so even though the apartment temperature had me wearing shorts and a tank top (and still feeling super warm), we needed to take some time to make sure they were warm. That was also part of the reason we didn't take their diapers off until the very end.

Twin shoots are really not at all like a single newborn session. The focal points are different, the positioning is different, the whole thing is just different. But now I have a lifetime of developing my twin photography skills!

Chris & Shereen, we love you and your beautiful girls and look forward to helping you survive the first 6 months as much as we can, holidaying with you after 6 months, and supporting you as you raise these two beautiful gifts!

I'll identify the girls by name in each picture; first will be the top picture, then bottom left, then bottom right.

{Alex, Chloe; Alex; Chloe}


{Alex, Chloe; Alex; I can't identify them by hairline in this shot.}


{Alex, Chloe; Alex, Chloe; Chloe Alex}


{Chloe, Alex; Alex, Chloe; Chloe}


{Chloe; Alex; Alex, Chloe}


{Don't know; Chloe, Alex; Chloe}


{Chloe, Alex; Chris feeding Chloe; Chris with Chloe, Shereen with Alex}


{Chris & Chloe, Shereen & Alex; Chloe, Alex; Chris, Alex, Chloe}


{Don't know; Alex, Chloe; Chloe, Alex}


{Chloe; Alex}


{Alex}




{Alex, Chloe; Alex, Chloe}


{Alex on the bottom}


{Bottom: Alex, Chloe}


{Top: Chloe, Alex}


{Chloe}




{Alex, Chloe in both pictures}


{Time for you to start guessing who's who}


{Do you know?}






{Favorite of Chloe; this is amazing as a video!}