Harmony keeps herself entertained while I get ready for church. Today, she decided to do a little drumming while she sang :-)
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Friday, July 02, 2010
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Tea Time!
Cheryl and Denis Johnson got Harmony this cute little tea set, and she just went NUTS over it! Mike showed her how to use everything, and now she spends every morning having a little tea party. It's so funny. She still does't always pour very well (as you can see in the picture where she is completely missing the cup), so we put down a towel to save our carpets from being soaked. Harmony usually ends up with water all over her, but we really don't mind. She is using her imagination, and that's just awesome. :-)
Friday, April 09, 2010
Wednesday, April 07, 2010
A life of Grace and Harmony
The Kellers came over tonight for a wonderful evening full of good food and really cute kids. Harmony LOVES holding Grace, so I took a few shots knowing that I had this awesome quote that was perfect for the occasion. Love it.
Love them.
Monday, April 05, 2010
Like Father, Like Daughter
Harmony LOVES Mike's iphone. When she wakes in the morning, Mike usually goes and gets her, then puts her in bed with us. Immediately she asks to "play game". Mike gives her the iphone, and not only does she play a game, she first unlocks it on her own, then navigates her way through the ridiculous amount of apps to get to the one she wants. It's this puzzle game where you drag certain shapes or objects to the spot designated spot. It's amazing to watch.
She is extremely concentrated when she does it.
Her favorite on is the train.
I'm proud to say she gets is right every time.
Smart little girl.
She is extremely concentrated when she does it.
Her favorite on is the train.
I'm proud to say she gets is right every time.
Smart little girl.
Sunday, April 04, 2010
Happy Resurrection Day!
What a perfect day to celebrate the reason why live in victory! Thank you Lord!
H and I went to the early service at The Fathers House, and then came home to spend a quiet day together. But of course, i had to get a few pictures of her in her Easter dress :-)
H and I went to the early service at The Fathers House, and then came home to spend a quiet day together. But of course, i had to get a few pictures of her in her Easter dress :-)
Saturday, April 03, 2010
Excited
Because of these things:
She becomes cuter and cuter every day
We are sitting outside on our porch with our coffee and iphones
Flowers are budding up everywhere in our front lawn
She is loving the space and all the exploring she can do.
I love spring at our new house :-)
She becomes cuter and cuter every day
We are sitting outside on our porch with our coffee and iphones
Flowers are budding up everywhere in our front lawn
She is loving the space and all the exploring she can do.
I love spring at our new house :-)
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Before and After
Spent some of my morning editing a wedding I recently did, and I thought I'd share a few before and afters.
Editing is both so fun, and so time consuming. Probably because I have to do SOMETHING to every picture. Whether it's upping the contrast, or making it look vintage, or adding some 'pop' to the color. But i love it. I take pride in it. It's always fun to play. :-)
Before
After
Before
After
Before
After
Editing is both so fun, and so time consuming. Probably because I have to do SOMETHING to every picture. Whether it's upping the contrast, or making it look vintage, or adding some 'pop' to the color. But i love it. I take pride in it. It's always fun to play. :-)
Before
After
Before
After
Before
After
Friday, March 26, 2010
Love this face
I love the faces she makes
The curiosity in her eyes
The little voice that always has so much so say
The ears that hear everything, and then repeats :-)
The smile that dissolves any bad mood
I love her zest for adventure
Her need to always "help"
Her energy- oh her energy....
Her determination to do everything by herself
The way she gets sooo excited when she succeeds.
It's amazing.
She's amazing.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Around the House
A snowy day is the perfect time to get out the camera and capture LIFE at the Shipman home. And it's a good life.
Mike painted the fireplace white. We love it. It really stands out now.
Harmony bouncing around the house in her pj's.
a view of the snow from our front door.
this one just makes me smile.
she's very serious when it comes to coloring
She's a wild one. :-)
Little bubba wanting so badly to go outside and chase squirrels.
This is my house on our Friday's off. What's your house look like?
Mike painted the fireplace white. We love it. It really stands out now.
Harmony bouncing around the house in her pj's.
a view of the snow from our front door.
this one just makes me smile.
she's very serious when it comes to coloring
She's a wild one. :-)
Little bubba wanting so badly to go outside and chase squirrels.
This is my house on our Friday's off. What's your house look like?
Thursday, February 25, 2010
stream of consciousness...
I'm stealing this blog title from this blogerwho i stalk on a regular basis. If you don't read her, you should. She talks about motherhood, marriage, photography, kids, yummy recipes, and just LIFE. i love it. Every once in a while she does a blog called "stream of consciousness...", where she writes down all she is thinking- there's no order, no objective, just what's on her mind at that moment. So i thought I'd give it a try.
Right now I have a sleeping toddler tucked away in (hopefully) pleasant dreams, and sitting in front of a fire with a cuddly dog at my feet, and I'm so relaxed. We are LOVING our new house. It's everything we ever wanted, tho I wish we had 2 full baths, but other than that, it's awesome. We have room to live. Harmony has room to run. Kemper has new places to hide from the torment Harmony brings upon him. Mike is loving the fireplace, and I'm loving the fact that I don't have to take Kemper out anymore-all i have to do is put him in our completely fenced in backyard. yessss. I'm looking forward to painting our family room and dining room- we're going bold and bohemian. it's going to be awesome. I'll be sure to post before and after pics.
I'm having better days with Harmony this week. Last week I was singing a much different, much darker tune. It was a rough week. I vented quite a bit to my family, and probably said things I didn't mean, but I couldn't help it. I felt totally defeated and like a complete failure. No part of my parenting "skills" were working, and I just gave up. My poor husband saw some ugly moments in my attitude, and poor Harmony had no idea how to handle me. There were actually times she looked scared of me. Ugh. It's a week I hope to forget very soon. no one warned me on the difficulty of raising a two year old. It's tough. really really tough. I actually have a really hard time talking to people about my shortcomings as a mom because I feel judgment. I feel like people leave my conversations thinking or even saying out loud to me "i'm so glad my child isn't like Harmony,", or "my daughter/son will never do that", or my personal favorite "maybe you'll get it right with your next baby". Really people? And I'm sorry if you are reading this, and you are actually one who has said this to me. i don't mean to offend, really I don't, but it's so hard to hear. Yes, I have made some mistakes as a mom, I will own that, but I didn't teach Harmony to be strong-willed. That's how she was born. It's who she is. Just ask Mike's mom. Harmony is Mike Jr. to the hilt. She inherited her father's disposition, and I can't do anything about that. But in all honesty, Mike and I say all the time that we wouldn't want Harmony any other way. She will grow up being a very decided woman, who will lead, not follow. Who won't settle for anything but the best, and she will do awesome things for The Kingdom- we just KNOW it. We pray it into her life every single day.
With all that said, I (well, WE) are doing much better this week. Thank goodness.
I'm gearing up for the very busy time that March will bring me. My first wedding of 2010, showering Becca ( a couple times) with lots of fun things for Norah, family portraits, baby pictures... kind of want to upgrade some of my gear before it all happens... maybe I'll use some tax return money... hmmmm. I've had my eye on the Canon 7D for a couple months. We'll see if the hubby gives me the OK.
Holy Crap, Norah is going to be here before I know it. I kind of feel like she's going to be another daughter to me, and not just a niece. I wonder if that is how Becca feels about Harmony. And speaking of Becca, she officially has pregnancy brain. Today in class she was reviewing the week with the kids, and she went completely blank. It was awesome. Really, I got a huge kick out of it because she was always bragging that she didn't have it. One word. Karma.
My husband is next to me, snaking on Harmony's cheese-it's. He'll probably finish the whole box. I'm going to make him explain to Harmony where they went when she asks for them tomorrow. She's gunna be TICKED!
It's making me hungry... what to eat....
Right now I have a sleeping toddler tucked away in (hopefully) pleasant dreams, and sitting in front of a fire with a cuddly dog at my feet, and I'm so relaxed. We are LOVING our new house. It's everything we ever wanted, tho I wish we had 2 full baths, but other than that, it's awesome. We have room to live. Harmony has room to run. Kemper has new places to hide from the torment Harmony brings upon him. Mike is loving the fireplace, and I'm loving the fact that I don't have to take Kemper out anymore-all i have to do is put him in our completely fenced in backyard. yessss. I'm looking forward to painting our family room and dining room- we're going bold and bohemian. it's going to be awesome. I'll be sure to post before and after pics.
I'm having better days with Harmony this week. Last week I was singing a much different, much darker tune. It was a rough week. I vented quite a bit to my family, and probably said things I didn't mean, but I couldn't help it. I felt totally defeated and like a complete failure. No part of my parenting "skills" were working, and I just gave up. My poor husband saw some ugly moments in my attitude, and poor Harmony had no idea how to handle me. There were actually times she looked scared of me. Ugh. It's a week I hope to forget very soon. no one warned me on the difficulty of raising a two year old. It's tough. really really tough. I actually have a really hard time talking to people about my shortcomings as a mom because I feel judgment. I feel like people leave my conversations thinking or even saying out loud to me "i'm so glad my child isn't like Harmony,", or "my daughter/son will never do that", or my personal favorite "maybe you'll get it right with your next baby". Really people? And I'm sorry if you are reading this, and you are actually one who has said this to me. i don't mean to offend, really I don't, but it's so hard to hear. Yes, I have made some mistakes as a mom, I will own that, but I didn't teach Harmony to be strong-willed. That's how she was born. It's who she is. Just ask Mike's mom. Harmony is Mike Jr. to the hilt. She inherited her father's disposition, and I can't do anything about that. But in all honesty, Mike and I say all the time that we wouldn't want Harmony any other way. She will grow up being a very decided woman, who will lead, not follow. Who won't settle for anything but the best, and she will do awesome things for The Kingdom- we just KNOW it. We pray it into her life every single day.
With all that said, I (well, WE) are doing much better this week. Thank goodness.
I'm gearing up for the very busy time that March will bring me. My first wedding of 2010, showering Becca ( a couple times) with lots of fun things for Norah, family portraits, baby pictures... kind of want to upgrade some of my gear before it all happens... maybe I'll use some tax return money... hmmmm. I've had my eye on the Canon 7D for a couple months. We'll see if the hubby gives me the OK.
Holy Crap, Norah is going to be here before I know it. I kind of feel like she's going to be another daughter to me, and not just a niece. I wonder if that is how Becca feels about Harmony. And speaking of Becca, she officially has pregnancy brain. Today in class she was reviewing the week with the kids, and she went completely blank. It was awesome. Really, I got a huge kick out of it because she was always bragging that she didn't have it. One word. Karma.
My husband is next to me, snaking on Harmony's cheese-it's. He'll probably finish the whole box. I'm going to make him explain to Harmony where they went when she asks for them tomorrow. She's gunna be TICKED!
It's making me hungry... what to eat....
Monday, February 22, 2010
Sunday, February 14, 2010
What a difference 2 years makes
Valentines Day 2008
Valentines Day 2010
I see very little of that baby in her today.
Now, she's my little woman.
Happy Valentines Day!
Valentines Day 2010
I see very little of that baby in her today.
Now, she's my little woman.
Happy Valentines Day!
Friday, February 12, 2010
Late night painting fest!
Last night Mike and I were sitting by the fire, relaxing, waiting for 9:00 to come so we could watch The Office, but as we were chatting, we started to get the "itch" to finally change the face of our new place. Aside from unpacking, we've done nothing. Not one blind is up, and our curtains are hanging by thumb tacks, and all our pictures are stacked in storage. We had the paint already, so we said, "lets do it!". This was the paint we chose:
So our original thought was to just do the trim work. That way we could just roll the next day, and it would be easier to get done while Harmony napped. But of course, we couldn't leave the job half done! We were up till 12:30 getting it all painted! I admit I got a little cranky at about midnight- I was so tired, and H was up quite a bit with come congestion, so I knew it'd be a long night with her. But I sucked it up and stayed awake till every inch was painted. Aside from a couple trimming accidents, it was actually quite easy and fun! We're so pleased with the result!
BEFORE
AFTER
BEFORE
AFTER
Finished result!
One room down! Harmony's room is next!
So our original thought was to just do the trim work. That way we could just roll the next day, and it would be easier to get done while Harmony napped. But of course, we couldn't leave the job half done! We were up till 12:30 getting it all painted! I admit I got a little cranky at about midnight- I was so tired, and H was up quite a bit with come congestion, so I knew it'd be a long night with her. But I sucked it up and stayed awake till every inch was painted. Aside from a couple trimming accidents, it was actually quite easy and fun! We're so pleased with the result!
BEFORE
AFTER
BEFORE
AFTER
Finished result!
One room down! Harmony's room is next!
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