You never know…

You never know when you are going to meet a true-life hero and in this case, we met three heroes PLUS mom.

Our history with mom Michelle and her family goes back several years as we had the pleasure of photographing her and the boys when they were younger.

When she called to schedule a portrait to update the one she had done a few years ago (above), she said the boys would be wearing t-shirts with suit jackets, white shirts and jeans...huh?

Then she told us the story. 

The t-shirts, hidden under the white shirts for the more formal portrait, represented each of the boy's favorite superhero as these boys were superheroes themselves having been born prematurely and given little hope of survival.

NICU babies.

She adopted each (the two youngest are twins) and she has never looked back. They not only survived, but they are also now thriving!
She calls them her "superheroes" as they have overcome so much in their young lives.

We think they are ALL superheroes!