we had a fabulous christmas.

We stayed in pj's all day, took our sweet time opening presents (the boys lost steam about halfway through; Max even stopped to take a donut break), stuffed ourselves full of bacon and pancakes and hot chocolate, watched Home Alone (we got it for Christmas and the boys have never seen it before... they weren't so into it. Except for the part where the guy's head is set on fire. That was funny to a 6 and 2 year old), tried out our new video games, played with new toys, and took a nap. We did have a couple hiccups to our plans; Nick was sick Christmas Eve and Oskar got sick later that evening. So after staying up reeaaaallllly late wrapping gifts Oskar then screamed every half hour the rest of the night. So Rob and I were zombies Christmas day. We ended up nixing Christmas dinner of calzones due to me falling asleep and running out of time to make the dough (whoops). Thankfully we had plenty of leftovers from Christmas Eve dinner and breakfast. And we will have calzones later this week!

Now we are trying to reclaim our house from the chaos of the past couple of months... It is pretty slow going thanks to some little creatures that demand so much of my time. But I did manage to empty out my (small) closet and reconfigure it (getting rid of a huge stack of clothes in the process!)... now I just have to get everything back in there. Then it's on to the kid's room!

Oh, and I need to send out our Christmas cards. It only took three tries to get them printed right, and while they still aren't right (the bottom words are cut off) I ran out of time to try some more. Oh well, who needs things perfect anyway?

Please tell me I'm not the only person who feels like they are always a couple steps behind. Please?

Anyway, I hope you had a fabulous holiday! I still get warm fuzzies thinking about ours.

happy christmas!!

Nick Christmas morning last year. Shoving treats out of his stocking in his face. (Normally we are not so dressed for unwrapping gifts; last year Christmas was on a Sunday so we attended church before coming home and opening presents.)

Happy Christmas from the Harmon Squad!!


I'm sure as you read this we are knee deep in wrapping paper!

it's christmas eve!

scenes from our Christmas last year: the boys in their Christmas pajamas; me and my boys in front of the Christmas tree (me in the early stages of pregnancy and already feeling really rough); putting cookies and milk out for Santa.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season! I know we have some very excited little boys who can't wait for morning to come!

But before Santa comes, we like to focus on what Christmas is really about, the birth of Jesus Christ. I love this video that features one of my favorite Christmas songs:


Regardless of your beliefs, I hope your Christmas is filled with happiness!

i love my haircut.

Here's another view of it...

someone loves his fingers!

Although he doesn't suck on them, just gnaws away.

he is all boy.

Keeping himself entertained while waiting in a very long line.

i love babywearing.

Oskar zonked out in the sling. And yes, he could breathe just fine.


It is going to be a little quiet around these parts for the next couple of weeks... things are going to be absolute chaos from now until Christmas. And since I have seen a couple of self-imposed deadlines come and go without actually reaching them it is time to buckle down and get to work. I hope you understand and I will be back in full force for 2013!