Baby Hayden arrives!

In this corner weighing in at 9 lbs 10.5 oz introducing Hayden James Linke! He was born into this world at 2:39pm Wednesday August 22nd. There will be a slideshow update later this week. But for now I just want to say thank you to all of our friends and family for their thoughts and prayers and support. It was a day that changed my life and I give special thanks to a close friend of mine Mark Adams for documenting Hayden's birth and capturing images that will always bring us back to those emotional and energizing moments. Here are a couple of quick pictures...

This is just a short post to let everyone know that we made it through ok.. If you need to some more pics immediately, you can check out LaCour and they have posted some beautiful pics. This is our friend’s blog and I think it is the second or third post down.


Talk to everyone soon,


Adam

Partner Con LA

It is not very often that we talk about work on our personal blog, but I thought it might be fun for friends and family to see what this trip to L.A. is all about. For those of you that know what I do profesionally, I am wedding photographer as well as the Southeast regional pro consultant for a company called Pictage. A couple times a year we hold a members only conference to collaborate, teach, learn, and reconnect with many of our peers in our industry. I have the great fortune to be speaking at this conference about marketing. So check it out for yourself, and thanks as always for reading our blog... Below is a video snipit that encapsulates what this conference is about. Many of the photographers seen in this video are the best and brightest in the industry.

Adam

What's north of Dahlonega?

Besides Tennessee? Actually, in the two years that Jenn and I have lived on the outskirts of Atlanta, we have never actually ventured north of where we live except to go into Dahlonega to hit our favorite Mexican restaurant. To my delight, Jenn and I drove up to Unicoi State park (map) after work last night so I could do little mountain biking. I might have been inspired by my brother in-laws recent post (Sam and David Infanger, and his recent post). SO, we got up there and I thought there were 6 trails to choose from and I had my mind made up to try this very easy 2.5 mile track to warm up. I couldn't figure out why it said it would take 2.5 hours to complete. I was thinking, "wow, this must be pretty hilly." These turned out to be hiking trails only. To my sad surprise the only Mountain biking trail was the one they used for Mountain bikers to train for the 1996 summer Olympics. The actual course that was used was located in Conyers, GA. That being said I was a bit worried that my first outing of the season might be an unforgiving one.





That was not the case. The course ran about 7.8 miles and I think I made a wrong turn that reduced it to about 4.5 miles. 4.5 miles was the perfect break in ride. It took about an hour and there were a couple of pretty steep climbs. The course itself was in great shape and a lot of fun to ride. It also splits off and you can ride to the nearest town, Helen. This town has a fantastic history. It was revitalized in the 60's and became an alpine themed German town in an effort to boost tourism. They hold one of the largest Oktoberfest's in the country. Click here for the complete chronology.





I look forward to my next adventure up in northern GA.
























Here are a couple of Pics from the evening...

This lil Turkey is Cooked!

Today we are officially 37 weeks and medically considered - FULL TERM. That means Mr. Hayden James Linke is good to go! He is statistically around 6.5 pounds and 19-20 inches from head to toe. The home stretch is definitely proving to be a challenge physically, emotionally and mentally!

Physically - I"M HUGE!! Getting around is definitely a major challenge with all the various aches, pains and extra pounds. I had a great time this past weekend having friends at the lake playing but imagine we will keep things pretty mellow for the rest of the time! I'm pooped!

Emotionally - well I'd tell you but then I cry for absolutely no reason at all and then hurt my belly by laughing at myself :) :( :) :(

Mentally - I am freaking out about all the things we have left to do and prepare before Hayden arrives! Unfortunately, I too darn tired to do them - which makes me cry, then laugh, then my belly hurts... you see the vicious cycle.

We did finally take new preggers pics a couple days ago! Adam did a great job despite his difficult subject :) So this is me - a very large, crazy, pregnant lady ready to pop!

Your thoughts and prayers are greatly appreciated! We are so excited to meet the little man and see that he is happy, healthy and whole!

Much love

Jenn