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Mother Blessing Ceremony
Last week I was invited to photograph a Mother Blessing ceremony. This was the first time I had attended a Mother Blessing and it was absolutely beautiful. I love the idea of women coming together to nurture and love on the expecting mama and her baby. A Mother Blessing is a time to put the…
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Downtown Lynchburg
This past Saturday Brendan and I went on our first date of 2019. Back when we were dating one of our favorite activities to do together was take photos. Sadly, my camera has been collecting dust for the past year or so. But I’ve recently been inspired to pull it out of its case and…
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Postpartum Healing
I’ve wanted to take the time to sit down and write an entire blog post devoted to postpartum healing and recovery since I gave birth back in September. My body continues to amaze me every day with all that it has been through over the last 15 months and all it continues to do to help…
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Ellis’ Birth Story — Welcome Ellis Everett Smith
At around 11:36 p.m. on Sunday September 2, 2018 I realized that my life was about to change forever. I was feeling tired after a long 2 mile walk on Liberty University’s campus with Brendan. It was a different kind of tired — a tired that sank deep in my bones. We came back home after…
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End of Year Reflection 2018
And Just like that another year has come and gone. It seems like just the other day I was writing 2017’s reflection post on my previous blog, Novel Ideas. I’m pretty sure 2018 has been the biggest year of my life, full of so much growth and transformation. I haven’t blogged since Ellis was born,…
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About
Hey there, I’m so glad you’re here! My name is Ashley Blair Smith and I am currently living in beautiful Central Virginia with my husband, our two children, and our fat orange tabby cat. I grew up journaling about the everyday details of my mundane life in the country all while dreaming of what it…
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Watching and Waiting – Weeks 37-39 Pregnancy Update
As I sit here in front of my laptop on this beautiful last day of August, I am blown away by the fact that tomorrow we enter into a brand new month, the month where my son will finally join our family outside of my womb space. September has always been a favorite month of…
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Weeks 33-36 Pregnancy Update
I’m still a bit behind on writing these pregnancy updates and honestly at this point I feel like all of the weeks are sort of blurring together. Being finished with work has taken some getting used to but I’m thankful for the time I’ve had to rest and start my nesting. Brendan and I got…
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Weeks 29-32 Pregnancy Update
Another long overdue pregnancy update! With our move to Lynchburg and commuting back and forth to Roanoke for work these past couple weeks I just haven’t found the time to sit down and blog. But now that we are all settled into our new home and I am officially done with work, I figured now…
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Weeks 25-28 Pregnancy Update
Hello Third Trimester! I honestly can’t believe that I’ve already arrived to the final stretch of this pregnancy. At this stage in my pregnancy I feel like things have been flowing without much physical change, but there have been a few changes with life during the past few weeks. Travel Within the past 4 weeks…
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