Several of you have commented on how cute Zane and Zoe were in their 3-year/9-month photos that we posted earlier this week.  While we appreciate all the doting, we didn’t want you to think that the photo shoot was all Peaches ‘n’ Cream.  In fact, I think my children are the hardest subjects to shoot. […]

Zoe turned 9-months old yesterday (and Zane turned 3 a little over a month ago) so we took the kids into the studio and did a quick photo shoot with them.  They’re growing like little weeds.  Here are a few favorites from Zane and Zoe’s photo shoot today.  

Today . . . something completely unrelated to photography. When you have children, I think somehow the heart grows exponentially.  I am not usually (and never really have been) the emotional type, but today I stumbled across an article that really touched me.  I was reading it out loud to my wife, Rachel, and all […]

Do I sound like a proud papa or what?  Yeah Zoe is exactly 3 months old today so of course we took some 3-month pictures. It’s amazing how much she’s changed in just a short time. Most of the time, Rachel and I both just stare at her and can hardly believe how beautiful she […]

Well . . . I imagine every parent in the world tries to figure out who their kids look like when they’re born.  Of course, Rachel and I are no different.  We’ve been making comparisons all week long, and while the general consensus is that Zoe looks like Rachel, I did manage to find one […]

Well, we came home from the hospital on Friday, I shot a wedding on Saturday, we shot Zoe’s official newborn session on Sunday and today I’m finally getting around to giving you all an update on how things are going in the Zahner house . . . pretty good actually. First of all, Zoe and […]

Well . . . Zoe Lyn Zahner is here.  She arrived last night (5/26/2010) at 6:50pm.  She is a big girl weighing in at 8lbs, 2oz.  22in.  Delivery went pretty smoothly (thank God for epidurals! – I think I benefited from it as much as Rachel). Zoe was 1 week late (taking after her father) […]

I know I haven’t posted much personal/family stuff recently so here’s a chance to catch you up a bit.  I won’t bore you with all the details but Zane has just been too cute lately.  Something tells me he’s going to be the class clown and the star of the school play. Every night when […]

We went to the doctor today and Rachel had her first ultrasound.  The nurse said that the baby was very cooperative.  The most cooperative she’s had all day in fact.  Everything looked good.  The baby was moving quite a bit and we saw it’s heart beating and we saw it’s little toes and rib cage […]

Most of you know the news already, but for those of you that don’t, consider this the official announcement.  Rachel is pregnant!  Yes, we were as surprised by this news as everyone else.  In fact we had our application in at LFCS for adoption #2 when we found out.  Rachel is about to go into […]