I LOVE the maternity and newborn session combo. There’s something so special about being able to photograph a family from that time of the energy of expectation through the blissful exhaustion that comes with a newborn.

I’ve found myself so drawn to the lifestyle newborn photos at home lately—photos that include the rest of the family. There’s an undeniably special connection when you add in parents and siblings, and as someone pointed out to me, you have to imagine how amazing it will be for this little girl when she gets older and looks back at these moments when her parents held her and snuggled her in close with a look of awe and wonder.

Here’s a mockup of the 9-up Storytelling frame to put both of these sessions together to tell the whole story in one place.