Oh how I love this family. I’m so grateful they chose us at their wedding photographers so many years ,and that they’ve grown to be such incredible friends. Both Carter & I have had the honor of photographing their major life milestones. Of course their Fearrington engagement photos and Sutherland wedding day, but also their first baby, maternity and now as their Apex Newborn Photographer for baby number two. There are so many other shoots than those too! That’s just to name a few. Time and again, they keep coming back to us and we’re so thankful.

We’re not just thankful because they’re such loyal clients. They’ve become even better friends! Each time we get together, it’s like we never parted. We pick up right where we left off, non-stop (literally) talking for hours, laughing and enjoying our kids playing all around us. We don’t get to see them nearly often enough, but it’s a friendship we absolutely cherish!

I’m pretty sure I squealed when she told me she was pregnant again! They make the sweetest babies and I had no doubt the second would steal my heart too. They decided to wait to find out gender this time, and I sat there on pins and needles waiting for the text he/she was here! This little boy is the perfect addition to their family. An even mix of all of them with the sweetest head of dark hair! He was an angel for his pics, sleeping like a champ and soaking up all the snuggles.

But I think, big Sister Sophie stole the shoot. She got sick immediately after he was born and wasn’t able to spend much time with him that first week. We took his newborn portraits around day 12, just as she was well enough to snuggle again, and these pics are some of the first times she got to hold him! We practically had to beg her to let him go. All she wanted was to hold him and love him. The sweetest.

I could talk about this session for days, but I’ll leave it to the pictures now! All of these were taken on film, and I love how they turned out. Something about the softness of them makes the moments even sweeter.

Thank you sweet friends for letting me take these for you all!! Love each and every one of you beyond words!