Wow!! What an unbelievable day (and night) yesterday! Being pregnant with twins is tough stuff. If you’ve been following my wedding posts you’ll know that I had to have some great backup shooters cover my last weddings for me since I was put on bedrest a few weeks ago. The idea was to stop any signs of preterm labor and keep our babies growing inside as long as possible.

Well earlier this week our doctor decided that the bedrest at home just wasn’t enough and I was checked into the hospital on Tuesday. They had a hunch that the babies were on the way, so they wanted to make sure that they (and I) got as much attention and monitoring as possible. Since they were going to be early I was given a series of shots to help mature the babies’ lungs and we are so glad that I did because the babies are breathing fabulously!

Long story short(er) at around 2:00 in the afternoon yesterday the doctors decided that my mild preterm labor contractions had transitioned into full blown labor and it was birthday! The whole experince from that point on was a complete whirlwind. Apparently when I go into labor I REALLY go into labor The doctor’s first estimate was that the babies would be born between midnight and 3 am, so he went home planning to come back later. By 6:30 that evening they were frantically paging the doctor to come back because the babies were ON THE WAY!! I can’t believe how fast the whole process went, the babies were born at 7:50 and 7:57, completely shocking everyone with their speedy arrival!

And now the part you’ve been waiting for…. photos!! The little guys had to go to the NICU for a checkup even though they were looking great, so Ben went with them and took some super cute photos for me to see them… meet our peanuts!

Amelia Ann, weighing in at 4lbs 13oz, 18 inches long

and Paul Joseph, weight and height EXACTLY the same as Amelia

Ben and I are over the moon! I can’t believe our little ones are here and I can’t wait to bring them home with us. I will be in the hospital for a few days, and the babies will be as well. Hopefully we will all be together at home in a week or two. Thank you to everyone for your well wishes and encouragement, we really appreciate it

Hello all, this is Ben, Katy’s husband (and occasional second shooter.) We thought everyone out there should know that Katy went into labor a few hours ago, and the twins should be out soon! We’re very excited to be new parents, as I’m sure will be pretty obvious from the barrage of pictures that are about to appear. Wish us luck and we’ll keep you posted!

This post is a little behind schedule (my blogging in general is behind schedule, so sorry!!) but I couldn’t go another day without posting some gorgeous photos from the wedding of Jessica and Sal!

These two are an awesome couple and I knew Jessica was going to make a gorgeous bride and plan a beautiful wedding from the moment I met her! I had a great time with them shooting their engagement photos at Disneyland a few months ago and couldn’t wait for their August wedding! Unfortunately due to my doctor’s orders I was put on bed rest for my twin pregnancy and was not able to attend their wedding. Talk about disappointment!

Luckily two of my fellow photographers were on hand to help me out and they did an amazing job of capturing this beautiful wedding. All of the images in this post are courtesy of the lovely Kara Frans and the amazingly talented Nely Folk! I have snatched a couple of my favorites from Nely’s blog to post in static form here.. if you want to see more please visit her blog! I have also put together a “best of” slideshow featuring both Nely and Kara’s work. These two really outdid themselves, thank you so much ladies

And the slideshow… enjoy!



Jess and Sal I wish you all the best and congratulations on your wedding! You are such a beautiful couple and I am so glad that I had the chance to meet you both!