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  1. ‘Round Here

    April 18, 2012 by Katie

    Not a whole lot going on around here……just the usual nurturing a tiny human kind of stuff.

    Even with the mundane, I like to take at least one photo every day {usually with my phone—because it’s quick & easy, and usually of Elise—because nothing else seems as noteworthy}. I have about 50 creative ideas swirling around in my head of what I’ll do with all these daily photos someday, but in the meantime, I’ll share some with you.

    (If you follow me on Instagram {@kteharris}, then you’ve already seen some of these pics.)

    (And if you’re like, “InstaWHAT?”, then consider this your lucky day to see some new photos!)

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    i looooove chubby baby feet.

    Easter morning sunshine.

    landscaped during nap times. {i tore out 4 dying lavender bushes.}

    watching the rain.

    a rose for ellie rose.

    garage sale find.

    post-brunch fun @ Jason & Shauna’s.

    strawberry + cake batter gelato @ sirena.

    first taste. she liked.

    8 mile run along river.

    new ‘do by Sydney

    big girl bath.

    found a rogue Cheerio.


  2. Outtakes

    November 18, 2011 by Katie

    Lest you think that taking Elise’s monthly photos are a quick & easy thing, I’m here to show you the real story. It can be quite a lengthy process.

    First, I wait until we have some good natural light in our west facing family room, then I lay down the colorful quilt that Grandma H made (with an extra blanket underneath for padding). Next, I edit the file that I designed for her monthly tag—all I do is change the number, but maybe someday I’ll change them all ahead of time so I can be ready through month 12. Then I cut out the circle and clip it to a ribbon with a tiny clothespin.

    Time to prep the model. I make sure she’s fed and happy. This is very important, as nobody wants to work with a drama queen. Then I dress her in a white cloth diaper & basic white onesie, fluff her hair up, maybe put a bow in her hair, lay her on the quilt, drape the ribbon over her like a sash, and ‘voila!’. Ready to shoot.

    I usually take about 60 photos before I decide I have at least a couple decent ones and say, “It’s a wrap!”. Then my model can go about doing her business, such as chatting, having a wardrobe change, or yelling at her agent (that’d be me).

    Here are some outtakes from the past few sessions. She’s not always the easiest to work with….

     

    too stubborn.

    too excited to pose.

    too distracted by a cat.

    too goofy.

    too much like a helpless bug flailing on her back.

    too wiggly, therefore blurry arm & leg.

    too distracted by a cat. or tree. or dust particle. who knows, it could be anything.

    too tongue-y. not the smile I was looking for.

    too slobbery & squinty.

    uh-oh, we’ve discovered something to put in our mouth.

    um, yeeeeah. that pretty much sums it all up, right there.

    Funny, I used to think she had chunky thighs back when she was two months old. One thing is for certain, I love being able to see how she changes from month to month. And I hope you do too.


  3. Showered with love

    June 10, 2011 by Katie

    A couple weeks ago, my good friends Aubrey & Shauna threw a wonderful shower for baby & I (uh, and Todd too).  I’m pretty sure they’ve been planning this since the moment we told them we were expecting.

    Lots of ladies from our church attended, and BOTH grandmas were able to come for the celebratory occasion and stay all weekend.

    BOTH Grandmas!  Yaay!

    Thank you, Aubrey (and Ryan), for opening up your lovely home. Thank you, ladies, for EVERYTHING. It all was so cute, every detail carefully thought out, and the food…..mmmmm. I have some very talented friends, indeed.


    See that in the picture above….we had real, breakable, fancy china! I felt pretty super special.

    Fun games & opening presents followed. I feel so blessed to have such a wonderful support system around us out here. It’s certainly not easy being so far away from our family & friends, but we have a wonderful ‘substitute’ family of sorts through our church. And being that our baby will be the 5th one born this year at our small church (+ 2 more others due), it meant a lot that everyone was still enthused for yet another baby shower. :)

    Can you tell these ladies are a bit excited to be grandmas?

    Since several people weren’t able to attend the shower, we acquired quite a few more gifts for the baby at church the next day. And since—as the guy—Todd usually only gets to see everything after I bring it home and have show-and-tell, we figured it would be fun to let him open these presents. I think he rather enjoyed himself.


  4. Paint it Blue

    April 3, 2011 by Katie

    Baby Junebug/Squirrel and I at 28 weeks.

    We are purring right along. I’m sure the due date will be here before we know it, but in the meantime, we are gradually doing prep work for his/her arrival. This is how we’ve spent most of our weekend:

    No worries about the pregnant lady there slaving away. I used an all-natural wallpaper removal solution of vinegar and water—which may’ve been a bit more tedious and slower than the special stuff you buy at the hardware store, but it was free and safe for baby.  I’m just glad we only had to remove a border, and not an entire room of that stuff!

    And fortunately for me, I get to sit out on the painting part while Todd is doing all that hard work. :)

    Blue!

    You’d think that’s the future nursery…..but it’s not. It’s actually our office, but every computer contraption that Todd owns has been camping out in the nursery until this room is painted, new desk assembled, and shelves hung. Once that happens, nursery decorating will be back on in full force and I can’t wait. I have lots of fun projects to entertain myself with for the next 12 weeks or so. And hopefully there will be a few I can share with you before the baby arrives—but only the ones that don’t give away gender, name, etc. of course. :)


  5. Hard at Work

    March 9, 2011 by Katie

    Hope you haven’t minded that we’ve been absent for a few weeks. We were busy doing stuff like this:

    And this….

    And all of this….

    Tough job, but somebody had to do it.

    I’ve officially been told I have a big belly. Could be because the only things that are truly comfortable now are maternity shirts and they’re made to emphasize the bump, or it could be the fact that I ate a lot of shave ice & a massive amount of luau pork and it all caught up with me after vacation.

    Either way, I love this belly—no matter how ‘big’ some say it is—because it means that we are healthy. Junebug/Squirrel/Baby Harris has become an active little boxer, and is packing on the ounces, weighing in at just over 1 pound. And judging from our most recent ultrasound images, quite the cutie. Ok, maybe we’re a little bit biased.

    24 weeks down. ? weeks to go!