Puppies and Babies and Chaos, Oh My! | Louisville, Colorado

This wasn't my first rodeo with the Nicolaysen family. In fact, I was here to capture baby #3. Little did I know it would include baby #4 as well — a puppy to boot. What followed was the kind of beautiful chaos that no Pinterest board can prepare you for: a newborn, two big brothers, a puppy mid-zoomie, and three adults pretending we had any control over the situation. We did not. We were all here for it.

Here is what nobody tells you about in-home family newborn sessions: the chaos is the keepsake. The big brother shoving his face two inches from his sister’s because he is so deeply, urgently, unreasonably in love with her — that is the picture you will print huge for the hallway. The puppy mid-zoomie photobombing the swaddle shot, the toddler who refuses to wear pants, the moment your partner finally exhales and laughs because the baby just sneezed on cue — those are the frames that beat any perfectly posed studio newborn portrait every single time. When I show up to your house with my camera, I am not looking for stillness. I am looking for the real, unfiltered rhythm of your family in the fourth trimester, because that is the season you are going to ache to remember.

So if you are a Colorado mama-to-be Googling “newborn photographer near me” at two in the morning and panic-spiraling about whether your house is clean enough, your toddler will cooperate, or your golden retriever will behave — please hear me. Your house is enough. Your kids are enough. Your slightly unhinged Tuesday morning is enough. The best in-home newborn photo sessions in Louisville, Boulder, and the greater Denver area are the ones where we throw the shot list out the window, pour the coffee, let the chaos breathe, and trust that the love in the room will do the heavy lifting. That is the magic, friends. Let’s go make some.

Ready to book your session? Let’s capture this special season in your family’s life—fur and all. Click the button below to get in touch.