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Larry Birkhead out with Dannielynn last month

cbbauthor — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:05:04 +0000

Larry Birkhead kisses Dannielynn Hope, 12 months, on the head as they are photographed out and about last month. Dannielynn’s mother is the late Anna Nicole Smith.

Source: Woman’s Day, September 17th, 2007. p. 146.

Video of Dannielynn Birkhead celebrating first birthday

Sarah — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:31:55 +0000

This evening, The Insider aired footage of Dannielynn Hope Marshall Birkhead‘s first birthday party, held on Saturday. What a sweet smile!

When it came time to dress Dannielynn for her first birthday, daddy Larry Birkhead turned to the Naked Baby Boutiquein Studio City, California. He went shopping in the store on September4th, picking up a beautiful Kaiya Eve Ruffle Fluff top ($57) in baby pink, which you can see Dannielynn wearing in the video above.

While shopping in the Naked Baby store, Larry also picked up this adorable outfit from Kumquat that Dannielynn wore during the week of her birthday festivities.

ET Online has additional footage of the birthday party and Dannielynn’s cute party suit.

Dannielynn celebrates first birthday with a bash fit for a princess

Angela — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 09:44:25 +0000

Larry Birkhead went all out for his daughter, Dannielynn’s, first birthday party which took place a day after her birthday on September 8. It included over 200 guests, an inflatable princess castle and two hot air balloons at the home of Tricia Barnstable Brown in Louisville, Kentucky. And while it was a princess theme, the character Barney made his appearance in a couple of places including the little girl’s high chair, where she ate a chocolate and vanilla castle shaped cake.

The Insider‘s Lara Spencer spent some time with Larry discussing various aspects of his daughter’s life including her mother, the late Anna Nicole Smith, who passed away when Dannielynn was five months old. What would Larry say to Anna if he could on this special occasion?

I would say, ‘I hope you’re proud of the way she’s growing up and getting big.’

Dannielynn also lost her older brother, Daniel Smith, when she was just three days old and while he may no longer be here, you can still see glimpses of him in his sister. When asked about a resemblance between the two, Larry shared,

Yeah, sometimes. Especially when she gets out of the bath and her hairis parted to the side like a little boy, she looks a lot like Daniel.

Larry does everything that he can to try to ensure that his little girl will know her mother and brother. The 34-year-old father shared,

I show her pictures all the time and I say, ‘This is your mommy andthis is your brother Daniel.’ We talk about them all the time.

When all was said and done, Larry just wanted to provide his daughter with a fun day fit for a princess and when asked what he hoped to give her, he said,

Another happy day in life. I know she’s not going tounderstand everything that’s going on but just something that she cansay one day, ‘Wow, what a cool party, what a cool dad!’

Source: The Insider and US Magazine

Dannielynn Birkhead goes for a drive

cbbauthor — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 05:36:02 +0000

Dannielynn Birkhead, 10 months, got behind the wheel of her toy car during a park outing in Burbank, Calif. on July 22 with dad Larry. And it sounds like that set of wheels is her favorite toy.

We went down the slides, and she played with her car. She loves driving it. When she has car problems, she looks under the hood!

Source: Life & Style, August 6 issue, pg 16

She rides in a Step 2 push around buggy ($40; also available in pink).

Larry Birkhead's first Father's Day

cbbauthor — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:25:12 +0000

Sunday, June 17th marked the first Father’s Day for Larry Birkheadand he and daughter Dannielynn Hope, 9 months, celebrated in style at Anna Nicole Smith‘s L.A. pad, into which they’re planning to move. In anexclusive interview with OK! Magazine, Larry gave all the details onthe big day, Dannielynn’s new milestones and how they remember Anna Nicole.

Read on for highlights, photos, and to see what Larry’s sister,Angela Birkhead Johnson, has to say about her brother and new niece.

Waking up on Father’s Day: I just thought it would be one of thegreatest days of my life. You always give your dad presents and spendthe day with him. The best gift for me was just to wake up and haveDannielynn there looking up and smiling at me.

Sharing Father’s Day with his dad: He’s actually a little jealousbecause I have to divide my time up today for my own daughter. I’d bewith him, but this is kind of my day, so I had to say, ‘Sorry, Pops,today’s my day now too,’ but he understands.

How he and Dannielynn spent the day: We had breakfast in bed and played withtoys and went swimming. She loves the water; she’s a little fish andjust kicks away. If I let her, she could probably go and win theOlympic gold medal. Then she played dress up with her cousin Chloewho’s here. They were really cute together. Later, we had an ice creamcake from Cold Stone Creamery, and Dannielynn put cake all over my faceand ruined one of her dresses – but it was all worth it because sheloved the icing. She was wearing a shirt that said, ‘My Daddy is King’but had to take that off and slipped into a cute shirt from Kitson witha big heart on it and then a pink dress. She had more outfit changesthan J.Lo. She had a really good time.

Dinner plans: We’re going to finish the night with dinner, and I’mgoing to let her have her first French fry. It’s the only food she canmash up with her teeth.

On teething: She has two on the bottom, two on top and is getting twolittle ones coming in on top. She’s doing really well. She’s not evenbad teething. She’s really being a good sport about it. She’ll bite onmy fingers, and those teeth hurt – they’re like little saws. It seemslike every day I look at her mouth, there’s a little piece of whitepopping out of her gums, and it’s so cute. It might be hurting her, butif it is, she’s not letting on.

On baby foods: They have graduated stages of baby food, and she’s upto #3. It’s a lot of kiddie-type gourmet meals like lasagna with meatsauce, macaroni and cheese, and she likes to eat bananas right out ofthe peel; I call her my little monkey now.

On her first word: She says, ‘ging, ging, ging’ over and over. Whenshe sees me, she starts kicking her feet and stuff, but she doesn’thave a lot of words yet. I keep coaching her to say, ‘Dada,’ but ithasn’t worked out yet. I think it’s going to be any day now.

Remembering Anna: I show her pictures of Anna all the time, andshe grabs them! I show her photos of Anna on my BlackBerry, and shekisses the phone and tries to put it in her mouth. She doesn’t do thatwith other photos, so it’s really sweet. I don’t know if it’s somethingshe recognizes, but I tell her about her mommy all the time and we goout and look up in the clouds.

On having a nanny: When I hired a nanny, I didn’t get her to be areplacement or to mimic a female influence. She’s just there to assistme, not to take over any parenting. People think a nanny is areplacement for a mother, but that wasn’t my goal and it isn’t thecase. I want to be there for all the milestones and experience allthose things. I’m really hands-on, like too hands-on with my hand onthe baby, a hand on the cell phone, a hand on the diaper. I’m getting alot better at multitasking and learning to do more with one hand. Theold invention of the speakerphone is becoming a new friend again. Butit’s a good balance, and just because I have a nanny doesn’t mean thatI’m not constantly changing diapers. I have a supersonic sense ofsmell when it comes to diapers.

Dannielynn’s got rhythm: She has an ABC school bus that is now herfavorite toy, and she kicks her legs to the ABCs and really kicks whenI start singing along with it. She loves music, and she’s starting todance. She gets crazy when she hears singing. She loves it so much Ithink she’s going to be in the music business or something. She’s gotlots of rhythm.

On playtime: I think I’m her favorite toy in a way. I say thatbecause when I put her on my knee, she bounces up and down like it’s ahorse. That’s one of the only things that makes her smile every singletime. And she likes to play rocket. I say, ’1,2,3′ and I shoot her uplike a rocket. She knows that three comes after two, and she waits forit and her eyebrows go up. When I bring her back down, I act like I’msnoring and she taps me on my face to wake me up.

On Dannielynn’s features: As she’s getting a little older, I’m seeingmore of me than I did when she was a little baby. More people aretelling me she looks like me now that they can see the side-by-sidecomparison, but I see Anna in some faces she makes at me and say,’Whoa, that’s your mom.’ And sometimes I see Daniel. Her hair isgrowing in, with some parts short and some long, and when it’s parteda certain way, I see Daniel, so it’s a good mix. She definitely has hermother’s legs and feet and toes exactly. She has long legs and chubbylittle toes exactly like Anna’s; it’s like a mirror image. It’s reallyincredible. And I think her lips are her mom’s lips; especially whenshe pouts, she has her mom’s lips. She also gets what she wants exactlylike her mom always did as soon as she’d pout.

On Howard K. Stern, who was in town on business: He and hisparents bought me a Father’s Day gift and a present for Dannielynn, andhe still has a car seat in his car so he drove her and the nanny frommy apartment to Anna’s because I had to drive the moving truck. He’sbeen really supportive, and we’re civil for the sake of Dannielynn.

On the paparazzi: I was a photographer and I understand they needa picture, but when they’re running you off the road and you’re in thecar with your daughter and they’re putting lenses up to the car so thatit’s like lightning in the car, it gets to be too much. I miss thequietness, but it feels good to be back home.

On moving into Anna’s house: I’m taking it one step at a time, anyday now hopefully. I’ve been working so many nights trying to get itready and perfect for Dannielynn. I want to get it so there’s a pieceof Anna but also a piece of me so that I’m not constantly seeing hershadow. I’m getting Dannielynn’s nursery ready. She’s going
to be thefirst baby with a plasma TV. I’ve got her a little music system and allthe little toys that were in her mom’s hope chest.

Larry’s sister, Angela, brought her daughter Chloe, 3, from Texasto visit Larry and Dannielynn and here’s what she had to say aboutseeing her brother as a father.

Larry as a dad: I always knew Larry would be an excellent fatherbecause he’s so good with all of our kids. My kid was the firstgrandchild, and he just took to Larry. My son (Justin, now 16) waslike Larry’s little brother. They even look alike. Larry is my son’shero. If he sees Larry wearing a shirt, he wears the same shirt.[Larry's] so much more comfortable now. I think he has gotten in thegroove of things and he’s so comfortable feeding her and changing herdiapers.

Larry always wanted to be a dad: Larry always talked about wantingkids someday. Once his career took off, he always wanted to settle downand have children.

On Dannielynn: She looks so healthy and happy and has littlechubby cheeks. She was so happy just being on Larry’s stomach andlooking at him. Her overall demeanor is excellent. You would neverthink she’d been through everything she’d been through.

Parenting advice: Just lots of unconditional love.

Source: OK!, July 2 issue, pg 22-25

Virgie Arthur tries to prevent Larry and Dannielynn Birkhead from leaving The Bahamas

cbbauthor — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:24:39 +0000

Virgie Arthur has filed an appeal in a last ditch effort to prohibitLarry Birkhead from returning to the United States with Dannielynn HopeMarshall Birkhead. According to a source,

Virgie filed a last-minute appeal to try to keep Larry in the Bahamasso now he has to be in court Friday. Virgie wants money, so she’s notletting the issue go.

On Wednesday, a Bahamian judge granted Larry permission to leave theBahamas with Dannielynn on the condition that he returns for a June 8court date.

The source adds that the recent turn of events shouldn’t affect Larry’s plans to depart the island this weekend.

Source: OK!

Larry Birkhead is a step closer to bringing Dannielynn home

cbbauthor — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:51:00 +0000

Larry Birkhead, Virgie Arthur and Howard K. Stern were back in court today for a custody hearing over baby Dannielynn, 7 months. Virgie is petitioning for joint custody of the baby while Larry wants full custody – after all, it is his child. It appears an end might be in sight – after court, Larry remarked,

It was a good day for me in court!

Star Magazine is reporting that Larry could be bringing Dannielynn to the United States as early as next week. A source told Star:

The judge ruled that Larry can take his daughter to the U.S. next week, as long as all the paperwork is in order. That includes correcting the birth certificate to show that Larry is the father, and not Howard and getting Dannielynn a U.S. Passport. All of that is in the works and should be ready by next week, and Larry can bring his baby home!

Everything should be finalized next week at the final hearing needed before Dannielynn can go to the United States. The custody hearings related to Virgie’s custody concerns will resume in June due to Virgie’s attorney’s busy schedule. Entertainment Tonight is reporting that Virgie’s team is expecting for the custody battle to turn into a full-blown trial. However, many others related to the case don’t feel it will go that far.

Source: ET Online and Star Magazine