Newton and Olivia

This is a surprise gift session for their mom, so if you know these two don’t tell! This inseparable pair of Bichons share the same dad and are both two years old. Newton has the rounder head and was killing with the head tilts, and Olivia has the big brown eyes that just draw you in. As you can tell, they were ridiculously photogenic and were so much fun to photograph.

Their names aren’t what you might think – Newton is named for Sir Isaac Newton, and Olivia was named after her mother. Newton’s favorite toy ever is a plastic water bottle – he loves to rip the labels off – and Olivia LOVES to watch for lizards. It is the funniest thing – when she is in the backyard you can just see her scanning every inch of the place and sees them well before any human eye could.

Here’s Newton:

And Olivia!

I was especially fond of Newton’s “clapping,” which we taught our own Sienna to do and it still gets me every time. Apparently this must be a Bichon thing, since I’ve met a few others who do it too.