Hark!! The Harkers!!: Another year, another blog post

Subtitle: 12 months in photos

Last year, we had a garden. It was awesome.

In August, we unexpectedly went to San Diego for a week. It was great!!

Stopping in Las Vegas to play with cousins

and their dog.

Then, to San Diego, and straight to the beach.

Another dog to play with at our the house of our excellent hosts--Matt's uncle and aunt.

Adele, as it turns out, LOVES dogs.

Touring the local battle ship

Adele was mostly interested in all the stairs.

Back to the beach.

She had the soundest nap of her life there on the shore after a few hours.

Enjoying the pool at the home of our excellent hosts.

Adele met her great-grand parents,

and we got a three-generations picture.

Upon arriving home, Adele discovers her love of crayons

Sept 16, 2014

Adele LOVES babies. This is her (at the time) new nephew.

Sept 20, 2014

Of note when reviewing the year is my Fallopian tube exploding in September. It was a very lame, albeit educational experience. One good thing that came out of it was my mom coming to help for two weeks, God bless her, because I wasn't allowed to lift Adele.

They had fun bonding.

We got this great video of Adele enjoying her rocking moose,

which is a dream come true for me, since I've been obsessed with

this rocking moose since my first trip to Ikea back in 2006

(Sept 26, 2014)

Becoming a puzzle genius

Oct 7

I can't remember the details, but this day I decided she could

carry her own diaper bag, so I packed a small one for her

10/9

My favorite event of the year!!! Fifth annual 1st date re-creation at Cornbelly's. Especially exciting because it was the first year Adele was old enough to enjoy it. 10/10/14

Everything was a big hit, but the

corn beach was her favorite.

For Halloween, we put her in her a Dell costume again.

We practiced holding out her pail at home, and she had it down pat at the Trunk or Treat.

Halloween day we joined Grandma and some cousins for free pancakes at IHOP

Adele's first time taking a photo (I think)
Her feet are just too adorable!

11/5/14

Mama scored this playhouse at the DI for $35!!
("Mama" is me, in case that was unclear.)

11/6

In November Adele and a newly pregnant and thoroughly exhausted I left Matt at home and joined Grandma and Grandpa on a one week vacation to San Diego.

Matt walking Adele to the car the morning we left.

I love her outfit!

Adele became quite a Grandpa's girl on this trip.

At this pit stop, she wouldn't let me to hold her, only Grandpa.

Panning for gold at the Mormon Battalion Visitors' Center

Visiting the cousins and their dog on the way home

Loving the bounce house amusement park

11/22/14

She was fearless!

Eating a cupcake to celebrate Aunt Sara's birthday

12/5/14

Adele receives a baby doll from Grandma and Grandpa at the Harker family Christmas celebration

12/21/14

Sharing breakfast with new doll

And lunch

Doing her share by carrying the bags in the after Christmas shopping

12/26/14

Playing in the snow with Dad.

In true toddler fashion, she came back inside in less time than it took to get her dressed.

12/29/14

Various adorable Sunday go-to-meetings photos

1/4/15

1/11/15

Matt's birthday!!!

Nothing brings out that smile like his grandma's chocolate cake

1/6/15

In January, I started to redecorate our bedroom,

and Adele was very interested in helping remove the wallpaper

(four layers in some areas-- thank goodness for my steamer!)

1/10/15

Diapering one of her various babies

1/11/15

Loving Flaming Hot Cheetos

(I said to Matt, "You must be so proud!"

He replied, "No way! More competition for scarce resources.)

1/20/15

Adele and Cousin Ben are quite tight

1/22/15

First trip to Cafe Rio

Did you know they do free kid-sized quesadillas?

1/23

She loves snuggling up in the hallway rug and reading

2/11/15

Valentines's Day 2015

Another big smile for grandma's chocolate cake

Matt surprised us both with several thoughtful gifts.

Her is Adele enjoying her coloring book.

Modeling her beloved John Deere hat

2/24/15

Loving In-n-Out

3/5

Future engineer strutting her stuff with her new jumbo Legos

3/5/15

She gets to choose her own clothes.

This boarder look made several appearances and always cracked me up.

3/25

For some reason, she obsessed with this photo collage.

She holds it and runs around or rocks wildly on the recliner.

The glass has been broken out and the frame pieced back together.

4/6/15

I had to document this killer parking spot I got at Walmart

4/18

Hilarious video of Adele being very sleepy at dinner time

4/25

and falling asleep on the kitchen floor right before dinner the next day

First haircut: before

(there is no after. it wasn't too noticeable anyway)

5/1/15

First friend birthday party

Taking a ride with the birthday boy in his favorite gift

5/2

Eating blueberries straight off the table while mom is busy trying to write an important email

5/5/15

Adele really loves Daniel Tiger. He came to town, so we went and waited in line two hours to meet him. She was excited to see him across the room, and she liked the cardboard cut-out, but she freaked out when she met the actual character.

5/16