Alexis and Emily were tiny when they were born; just 5lbs 2 oz and 3lbs 12oz.  But every tiny bit of them is adored by big sister Isabella & Mommy & Daddy.

I came to their home when they were just 3 weeks old (and still tiny!) for their portrait session.  Both babies fed, started drifting off, and then got the hiccups! It was another 30 minutes and another feed, burp, and diaper change before they were calmed down and sleeping happily and ready to go.

But once they were ready, it was photo time!

Max William was a treat to photograph – he was a great sleeper, and even gave a couple little smiles!

Nicknamed “monkey” by his loving mommy & daddy, his room was done up like a little jungle, with monkey designs and decorations and bedding…. it was so cute! So of course when it came time to do a bit of the “prop” photos, I borrowed goodies right from his room!

Everything you see was photographed right in their living room – so no one had to leave the house – and I brought all the backdrops and lighting to make it just like a portrait studio… without the commute.

Love the images? Check out the full slideshow of images on the Carlson Photography Facebook Page (no account required).  Mommy watched it and said it made her cry…. that’s how much she loved it.

I spent Sunday afternoon with little Emma Elizabeth, just nine days old.

Emma fought her nap for most of my session with her, wanting to be awake to see what all this fuss was about.   But with a little bit of extra milk and some cuddle time with Mommy, we managed some lightning fast outfit and set changes while she slept, and accomplished a lot.

Emma was joined by her big brother Jackson, who I had previously photographed for his newborn session too!  Jackson is now a curious and energetic nearly-two-year old who helped me with my clamps and was very into seeing everything going on.  After all, he didn’t remember his own newborn session!

I spent about 4 hours today with little Trent and his family for his first photo session.  At a week and a half, Trent had some very strong opinions about what he wanted out of this session.  Okay, not really, he was mostly focused on not falling asleep and trying to keep me from pulling his pacifier out every time he did.  Yep, every time he started to fall asleep, his hands would end up covering the pacifier to try and protect it.   He didn’t succeed though, as we got all the beautiful classic baby shots that Mommy could possibly want!

I also got to see his beautiful big sisters.  At six, Samantha has the confidence to do anything.  She knows that she’s the best at everything she does, regardless of what it is.  She was so determined to be the best smiler, that she kept looking to Mommy for a ‘smile critique.’  Three year old Megan was so excited to have me there that she had trouble holding still.  In the end it was the promise of a Halloween cupcake that won out. Mommy’s going to have  a hard time making decisions at the proofing!

Here’s Allie at two weeks; already interested in the world and asserting her independance by refusing to sleep at her regular time because pictures are going on.

As a result, we have some beautiful awake images of her with her family, and then later on some sleeping shots of the little princess all tired out.

And princess she was: every one of her siblings as well as Mommy and Daddy were jumping to her commands; loudly voiced demands for pacifiers and blankets and cuddles and reassurance. Oh yes, she is loved.

Thanks for the great session today everyone.

Here’s a quick sneak peak; lots more to come later this week!

And we’ll end today with the image Daddy called the “Titanic Image” – all that’s missing is the necklace