The Harkers: December 2010

Monday, December 20, 2010

What's new

Notice anything new on our blog lately?

Surprise! :)

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Well until I decide what to do I'll just have to post without photos. In 12 days Camille will be 15 months old so I thought I'd do a little post on how things are going with her and our definition of exciting!

New words:

Love you
bye bye
up
Jesus
ball
meow
bear
banana
hot
ouch
"no no" (said while shaking her finger!)
snuggle

*mind you they don't sound exactly like that! :)

New tricks:

getting better using a cup, spoon and fork
a great walker
when you ask how old she is she usually holds up one finger (my girl definitely does things on her own time. she doesn't perform on command!)
wipes her face with a napkin
"helps" with the laundry. if there is a pile or basket of clothes around, she will carry them piece by piece and put them in the washing machine. I find lots of non-clothing items in there too!

Loves:

to snuggle with her baby dolls, stuffed animals and blankets
to fake laugh at herself
reading her books
playing catch with a ball
talking on whatever she decides is her phone
frozen fruit

Stats to come after our appointment in Jan. We love our goofy girl!

PS in our new blog pic Camille is wearing a vintage Polly Flinders dress. Previously worn by me! (thanks for saving them, Mom!

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

What to you mean I'm out of space?!

I guess I've posted too many pictures on my blog. I was trying to upload some more pics for a posting, and blogspot told me:

Whoops! You're out of space. You are using 100% of your 1 GB quota for photos. Purchase more storage

What?! I thought this thing had unlimited space. I was planning on keeping this as sort of a journal for years to come! I don't want to pay for anything!

Ok enough whining. Does anyone else have this problem?? Anyone know any way around it? I would delete some photos, but I don't want them to disappear from my blog postings.

Ideas??

Family photos

Even if it isn't much, I have been improving a little with taking our family pictures and learning as I go. I love the backdrop in our first location, but of course the direct sunlight gives us some weird shadows on our faces.

So we went in search of a better spot with indirect sunlight and some pretty trees.

Nick took some mom and daughter shots

And a few daddy daughter shots

And finally found the perfect spot for good lighting. We came prepared with treats, toys, and other bribery, and of course went for a large quantity of photos hoping for a few quality!

Here's what we picked for our Christmas photo this year:

Thanksgiving 2010

We had a fun Thanksgiving with lots of good food! Nick smoked a turkey for 5 hours and it turned out amazing!!

Kyla pretty much sucked this turkey bone clean

Camille missed most of dinner while taking a nap. Here she is still trying to wake up

I made a painless trip to our mall on black friday and got exactly what I went for, didn't stand in any lines, and didn't fight any crowds. Overall a great experience. We got Camille a tent with a tunnel for Christmas, and since we won't be here, we had to try it out right away. Warning: adults can get stuck in the tunnel!

Just her size. It will be fun for living room campouts, playing in the backyard, or for a little shade at the beach. The tunnel can detach so both can be used seperately.

Camille loves to "wash dishes" lately. It gets pretty messy, and she gets a little ticked when I take the dish cloth away from her when she's soaking everything with it, but overall she has a blast!

I organized a hair pretties exchange a few weeks ago and finally got everyone else's. They all turned out so unique and cute, and it was super fun. Here's my attempt at an artsy shot.