BLOG SWITCH

If you have been following this blog and/or have it linked to your own site please make sure you no longer use the Blogger address (babyharlacher.blogspot.com). I have moved the blog over to a wordpress blog so you can find at www.babyharlacher.com. I hope you enjoy the new look! Wordpress blog has way more flexibility so I thought it was a better route to go!

Enjoy...

Whitney

We survived...Barely!

We made it through Lily's first official overnighter and my first night away from her. Dan has traveled for work and I have taken Lily on a trip so he has had a few free nights....but this was my first. I am usually fine during the day as its nice to have a break and to be able to get a bunch of stuff done. But I was worried about the night. Now dont get me wrong...I was SO looking forward to a full nights sleep with no potential interruption (she isnt always a pill at night..but most of them still). We left Lily with her adopted Grandparents Dave & Nancy where I knew she would be in good care no matter what. I apologized that they may be up giving her a binky all night but what do you know...the little booger slept SOUNDLY all night. I am thankful and annoyed at the same time! ha ha ha. But dont worry she paid us back on Sunday and Monday night...Dan and I were up 7-8 times those nights. Yeah. Big Time Paybacks. That is more than double the amount I usually have to get up (some days zero times but lately seems like 2-3 times).

Saturday at the Coast for our Anniversary was a perfect relaxing day. We had massages...dinner and SLEEP! It was a much needed trip. But Sunday though I did find myself missing Lily quite a bit. I would watch everyone I saw with their babies longingly. As much as we could have used a full weekend (two nights) at the coast I dont think I would have made it. We had full updates and a few photos sent to us (what did we do before iphones again?) So we still felt in the loop. And I think Lily enjoyed her overnight stay of being spoiled. I am sure as she gets older those overnight spoil moments are going to be awesome for her. I am not sure who wore who out? I think Dave and Nancy got her so tuckered out that she couldnt do anything BUT sleep all night! hmmm....Might have to work on that myself.

Thanks so much to the Hutt's for watching our little Peanut! We so appreciate it and are very thankful we could celebrate our 7 year anniversary with a nice relaxing weekend. We might need to do it again next month? ha ha ha ha....

Here is a couple pics from our trip to Cannon Beach:

Haystack Rock




My "Bliss" Moment






So Sweet!




~Whitney

Lily Giggles...

ADORABLE.



And if you are goofy like my hubby you can download this as a RING Tone for your iphone! LOL

Use this Link:

Lily Giggles Ring Tone



~Whitney

"5" Contest WINNERS!

Thanks for hanging in there with me. The lack of sleep had made me a bit of a zombie but hopefully things are looking up. We made it all night last night with no getting up (thank you Lily!) Fingers crossed we can do it again.

The "5" contest was a lot of fun (hope you had fun playing!)! I really enjoyed seeing what you guys sent. I had 3 judges help select the winners and I say winners because we have TWO winners again! Makes it even more fun right? Here are the two winning entries:

1. Dawn S.




2. Rebecca H.



And just for fun here are a few more photos that I thought were cute....










Thanks to everyone who participated! I will do more soon....Need to work on some fun prizes. The two winners please email me with your prize choice :)

~Whitney

No Sleep.

Hang in there with me. I have had a couple rough nights on NO sleep...(thank you Lily) so my brain is a little fried. I am pretty sure she is paying us back for leaving her this weekend. Go figure. Stay tuned for recap of first overnighter without Lily and also the contest winners!

~Whitney

Last Day...

Don't forget...Email me those photos for the "5" contest! You have until midnight tonight! I am hoping to get a few more entries!

You can do it!


Email: info@blissstudio.net

~Whitney

Baked Pasta A LA Whitney

I made dinner and actually remembered to take a pic! I didnt really have a recipe which surprising I even attempted this. I need to have step by step instructions with measurements on everything. But this time I totally winged it and it was actually not too bad. This was fairly easy but did take two steps.....First to cook the ingredients on the stove and then to combine and bake it. I just prepped it while Lily was sleeping and then pooped it in the oven when it was time. Here is what I did:

Ingredients:

1 package of Turkey Meat
1 Jar of Pasta Sauce
1 box of Pasta
Frozen Corn
Frozen Broccoli
Fresh Bell Pepper
String Cheese shredded
Red Pepper Flakes

I had this all on hand so it is a bit random :)

I made the past al dente and put in baking dish. Then I combined the turkey meat, veggies and sauce. Poor mixture over noodles in baking dish and sprinkle with shredded cheese and red pepper flakes.
Bake for 30 min at 325.

Served with baked bread and white wine.

Here is a pic...




Everyone ate it up so I assume it was tasty :)

More soon!

~Whitney

5 Months Old...

Today Miss Lily turned 5 Months Old. She is currently 16 lbs 14.5 oz. Can you say CHUNK! This girl is HUGE :)

Its been a stressful couple of days....A trip to the doctor and a sore bum makes for an unhappy baby and a teary eyed mom. A week or so ago Lily developed a diaper rash from the Huggies we bought from Costco. We stopped using them as soon as she got it but there were a couple of spots that looked like blisters. I have never seen a diaper rash quite like that but we kept putting stuff on it and hoping it would go away. The rash is pretty much gone but the spots that had blisters still had a red bump that looked like a bug bite or a zit. Well....The icky part is one of those spots got infected and now Lily has an Abscess on her poor little bum. And this thing is HUGE...her whole cheek :( All I can say is OWIE and it makes me want to cry just seeing it. She literally got the bump overnight...we took her to Dr same day and they said we needed to wait for it to pop...Like a big zit. OMG. I was ready to puke. EWWWW. So hot bath soaks and praying it would pop when Daddy was home right? Nope it waits for me to be all alone and after her bath today it decides to give me some love. Yeah. Love. So gross and poor Lily (or poor me if you really want the truth? LOL). I got what I could out but she is still hurting and its not fully drained. We tried again this evening and had a screaming Lily and a crying mommy for about 30 minutes. Wow. And its still NOT drained all the way. The good/bad news is Dan and I will be celebrating our anniversary without Lily and she will be staying with a Nurse. I feel bad leaving her but the good is that I know she will probably be in better care than I can give her. And now I will be hoping its all better when I return. I know Nancy is thrilled to watch Lily and be able to make her bum better! ha ha.

Thats the icky for the day. Hope I didnt gross you guys out too much. The things we have to deal with huh? I will let you know how Lily's first overnighter goes without us soon. Or better yet how our first night away from our baby goes :)

Here is a quick shot of my Big 5 Month Old from today...



Hope you guys are working on your entries? You have until Sunday night! Im excited to see some more "5" photos!

~Whitney

Contest Deadline Extended...

I realized that I made the deadline the 23rd but I will be out of town celebrating my 7 year anniversary with my wonderful hubby! So I will extend the deadline through the weekend. You have until Sunday Sept 25th at midnight! The entries have started coming in and are AWESOME! I hope you will take a minute to play! I really enjoy seeing what you guys come up with!

Here is the link to the post with the contest details...


CLICK HERE


~Whitney

Wow...I guess I am a Slacker.

I am such a Dork...... Dan says to me yesterday...You a slacker? Huh? I was confused....Well he says you posted TWICE on Lily blog that you are a slacker. Umm...Huh? I did? What the heck? So for one...I did not know Dan even kept up on Lily blog unless I make him read something! LOL. So thanks honey for checking up on us. And two...I am a DORK. I must have been feeling like a big slacker the day I was writing posts. So just a little truth...I dont actually write posts everyday. Sometimes I do...but there are days where I write several posts in the same day and just schedule them out to post one at a time. As many of you know there is only so much time in a day when you have little ones so we do what we can. I had written several posts in a day this last week and I guess that day I must have felt like a big slacker? Or else super tired which could also be the case. If I am too tired I have to re-read what I wrote a few times to make sure it does not sound like too much gibberish. I TRY to keep things interesting for you guys who are Lily Stalkers :) Hopefully I succeed most days.

This week...I vow to NOT be a slacker! LOL Instead I will get plenty of sleep. Lots of work Done. And my Lily girl will be an ANGEL. Easy enough right? Got to start this week out positive.

And just so we can see my little angel....Here she is :)



~Whitney

My Entry???

Everytime I post a contest (well both times I guess I should say) I find all kinds of photo ops that would be perfect for an entry. I know...I cant enter my own contest...that would be just silly. But 5's? I think I made it too easy. I had 5's galore on friday....I was in an elevator going to floor 5! In a hospital room that was room number 5013. Then of course my license plate is BLI55. And I live on 55th. Okay...There was even more...5's were ATTACKING ME! The best 5 of the day was Little Teagan! I drove to Eugene on friday to photograph a client's baby who was born the day before. Teagan decided to show me exactly what 5 should look like....




What a smart little guy huh? I stole this pic from my Bliss Blog and thought it would be a perfect entry IF I was allowed :) Now no stealing my idea...gotta come up with your own! And thanks to the Richards for letting me snag this shot to post on Lily's blog! He is too cute not to share!

~Whitney

Random iphone pics...

You would think with her Mom AND Dad being photographers we would have more "pro" pics of Lily. Can you say SLACKERS! Oh my goodness. I think we take more iphone pics than anything. At least we are getting those I suppose? And dont worry I am getting the key points with the "good" camera for her baby album. And hey...all these fun random pics are still cute!

Here is a couple recent ones...





Did you laugh? Crazy Hair child...and Polka Dot Bliss :) She is a funny girl....

~Whitney

New Recipe...

I LOVE it when someone finds a new recipe for me to try! I've been a little bit of a "slacker" on cooking dinner but its time to get back to it. Especially with the weather changing so quickly into fall. Makes me want to Bake and COOK :) I will be trying this recipe given to me from Nancy very soon! I will do my best to take an actual photo this time! LOL....

Here is the recipe (and thanks Nancy! Its going to be YUMMY!)



~Whitney

Photo Contest-" 5 MONTHS"

Lily is turning 5 months the 23rd of this month! So that is your deadline and your clue! You have until midnight on September 23rd to email me photos representing 5! Can have the number 5 or 5 things OR anything that is 5! I am going to be a little looser on the rules for this one so get those creative juices flowing! You can still enter as many times as you want and just make sure YOU take the actual photo! Must be taken from today on (cant use something old) and I of course need permission to post it on the blog.

Anyone may enter....I will NOT be judging again. Its not fair if I judge as I know most of the people entering.

Please email me your entries to:
info@blissstudio.net
Include your name/city/state

I am going to give the winner a choice on their prize which seems to be more fun! Here are your 5 options IF you are the winner (you get to pick one).



1. Photo Session with Bliss Studio (value $95.00)
2. $25 Gift Certificate to Paint Pots
3. $25 Gift Card to Itunes
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Book
5. Sophie the Giraffe from Pottery Barn Kids

Ready for another Contest?

The last little contest was a lot of fun for me...and I hope you guys had fun coming up with photos! Im thinking a round 2 is in order! This month Lily turns 5 months on the 23rd! So start thinking 5's. Ill post details and prizes tomorrow...Just thought I would give you guys a headstart! And make sure you were up for another?

More soon...

~Whitney