Yearly Archives: 2007

First 3 weeks…

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Well, today marks 3 weeks since we brought Alana home with us from the hospital. And it’s been a blast ever since! We’re not understanding the big fuss about how difficult it is to raise children. We’re pro’s now and are now thinking of writing a book on raising perfect children. Okay, whom ever heard...

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Alana’s Newborn Session!

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Yesterday morning Rich, Alana and I had the honor of having Amber over to photograph a newborn session of baby Alana at two weeks! Below are a few of the photos she took, and be sure to click here to see a full slideshow of the session on the Holritz’s blog! We are constantly in...

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Postpartum: the first two weeks…

Wow. First of all, Rich and I would like to thank all of you SO MUCH for your phone calls, emails, and blog comments. We love and appreciate you, and have been so busy learning how to care for a newborn that we have yet to respond to most of you. Please forgive us if...

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Alana’s Birth Story…

We want to take a minute to send our blog audience to the Holritz’s blog to check out the most special photos of our lives. As we mentioned earlier, our dear friend Amber Holritz came to document Alana’s “birth story” for us. Click here to watch the slideshow, and let Amber know what an incredible...

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Introducing… Alana Smith

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It’s 5:18 in the morning, so this blog is going to be brief. The full story will be told in a couple of days! But here is her picture! I know I’m biased but my goodness, that’s a cute baby! Baby Alana was born on November 19th at 2:43am. She was 6 lbs 9 oz...

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One week to go.. maybe sooner

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Heather wants to have the baby… like now. I’m “suggesting” that she wait until her family comes because of the support we’ll have. Like we have a choice. Okay, read that sentence as “because of the support I’ll have” because Heather will be fine but I have NOOOOOO idea what I’m doing or how to...

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39 week update!

Well, Rich and I just wanted to keep everyone updated, so here’s the latest baby news! I am 39 weeks this weekend, which means we have one week until Alana’s due date. At our appointment this past Monday, we scheduled an induction for Monday the 19th, which is one day after her due date. We...

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38 weeks! 13 days to go! (w/ video)

Hey everyone in cyberland that reads our blog! This is Rich. Heather writes so many blog posts that you all probably don’t think I even know how to write.Heather’s still in bed and I wanted to sneak on here to put on a fun video of us going to Lamaze class a couple of weeks...

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PUG at the Bamber Studio!

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Last night, Rich and I had the wonderful opportunity to go to our local PUG meeting (Pictage User Group) at John and Lindsey Bamber’s studio in Dayton, TN. We met up with several other photographers who we’ve known, and met several new friends! It was an awesome time of food, fun, and great information, and...

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just the three of us…

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Well, this past week was very surreal and quite bittersweet. I worked my very last week at my job with the Chattanooga Youth Network, after a great 3 years. It has been my one and only job since Rich and I got married 3 years ago, and it has been a source of blessing and...

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