I use to get really upset at children's sessions that quickly turned into family/sibling sessions.

Why couldn't they just focus on one child at a time? Isn't that a disservice to the poor kid!

Then I had Flynn. And yes there is a big age gap between my kids, but I finally got it.

You have less time and a lot more chaos going on. To save time is not why I don't mind anymore though.

That is your second child's life. They are never alone. This is their lifelong friend no matter what. 

I have known the Bachmans for several years. In fact I worked with Chelsea at Starbucks, and her husband worked with mine.

When she came to me with her second child to photograph I was honored and nervous. She is a friend after all lol.

Little newborn Eliana is everything you would want to photograph cute, round cheeked, and a head of hair.

Her older sister Avery never minded when I just focused on Eliana, but through the last year I found myself putting Avery into the shots more and more.

I could see there connection right away. It warmed my heart.

Yes I knew there were going to be fights, and hair pulling, and all the craziness that comes with a sister, but I could already see the love and friendship there.

So I couldn't help it.

That is Eliana, that is one of the major things shaping her, the love of her sister.

So I stopped minding when mothers bring along their sibling to the shoots and ask for pictures. It took me twenty years but I get it now.  Eliana 1yr-79