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February 12, 2007

Anna Nicole Smith final footage with Danielynn

ET has the exclusive final footage of Anna Nicole Smith with her baby Dannielynn Hope caught on tape.

In the home movies, filmed just days before Anna Nicole's untimely death, the
39-year-old mother lovingly dresses her daughter in a pink outfit.

"She's got my personality. She's so tall. She's got really long fingers like mine and she's real dainty. ... She rolls over; she's very strong. She holds her head up. She can say a couple words -- she says, 'Ma-ma.' She's tryin' to grow up faster than she is, and she gets aggravated 'cause she can't."

Sadly, now that Anna Nicole is gone, a major baby battle is brewing. Little Dannielynn's innocent existence has become a lightning rod of controversy, with several parties attempting to lay claim to her -- and the potential windfall she could stand to inherit. Paternity and the child custody decision could determine what happens to that inheritance.

Questionable claims and theories abound -- like how Anna Nicole's half-sister, Donna Hogan, alleges in an upcoming tell-all that her sister used the frozen sperm of her ex-husband, billionaire 90-year-old J. Howard Marshall to become pregnant with Dannielynn; and Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband, Prince Federic Von Anhalt, claims that he is the father of the baby after an alleged decade-long affair with the former Trimspa spokesperson.

But before those posthumous claims came out of the woodwork, Anna Nicole's alleged former boyfriend, photographer Larry Birkhead, declared that he is the father of the child and has waged a legal battle to determine paternity of the baby. Last Friday, his lawyer submitted a request for an emergency DNA test on Anna Nicole's body as part of his ongoing paternity suit. But an L.A. judge refused the request, and Anna Nicole's body will be preserved until another hearing on February 20.

Birkhead's attorney, Debra Opri said that:

"Larry wants his baby. Larry will do everything to make sure that Howard K. Stern does not have that child."

Anna Nicole's estranged mother, Virgie Arthur, took action over the weekend and flew to the Bahamas to look after what she believes to be are the best interests of Dannielynn, who is currently said to be under the care of Stern's mother and sister. Virgie was spotted visiting several locations in Nassau, including the Southern Police Station on Quakoo and Market Streets, and a social services address on Thompson Blvd., reportedly trying to get the local police and child protective services to intervene on her behalf.

Under Bahamian law, Stern -- whose name is on the baby's birth certificate -- now becomes the baby's sole legal guardian. ET was with Howard as he reluctantly left the body of Anna Nicole to be with the 5-month-old child, whom he says is the light helping him go on.

"I wouldn't be here now, but I had to get back to Dannielynn. I held her in my arms and couldn't believe her mom is gone. I know Anna loved her more than anything in the world."

In October, Anna Nicole herself said that she detested Virgie, saying:

"She's not my mother, she's my birth mother."

Stern has vowed to maintain Anna Nicole's wishes, saying Virgie is not welcome:

"As long as I have a breath in my body, that woman will not see Dannielynn. She has no right. She can't take Anna's baby."

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