If you check out the picture of the day and you use firefox, you probably have noticed a "Reported Site Attack" warning message when checking it out. Around the end of 2008, somebody did hack this site. It was only yesterday that I became aware of some of the finer details of what he or she did. I have cleaned it up and resubmitted qwertyp.net to be scanned as "clean", as well as taking care of some upgrades that will hopefully prevent this from happening in the future. Until they rescan the site, you will be prompted with the warning message when trying to view any picture of the day. I apologize for the problem, and if you have any concerns or questions, please let me know!

Posted by Josh at 9:14 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

So, Karis has been singing "Jesus Loves Me" for probably over a month now, but only at hard-to-film-times... we're in the car, she's rocking before she goes to sleep, whatever. It's just so darn cute I knew I had to try and provoke it for the camera, and in trying to get it she actually flips (as you'll see) between shy and camera ham. I love our little girl. And, as she'll tell you, Jesus loves Karis too. Apologies for the background noises.

Posted by Josh at 1:10 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

OK, you should now see a field to the RIGHT called "Karis-isms". We'll be trying to catch you all up on some of the fun things she seems to constantly be expressing these days. Hopefully this will be automatic for you all who subscribe via RSS - if not, know it's a work in progress. Just like designing a new layout for the site. :-)

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So, this last Wednesday was Karis's first day of preschool. Can you believe it? Karis was waaay ready for it, too - she's such a social little girl that she is bursting to get out to "people!" (One of her favorite exclamations. To put this in a bit of a bigger picture, during the week when she goes to the church, she'll walk into the worship center and ask, "Where did people go? People, where are you!" On Sundays, she walks in, smiles, and says, "People!")

We already have a duck with pasted-on feathers on the fridge (stay tuned to pictures of the day!), we already washed said paste out of her hair, we witnessed macaroni explosions on the floor, we hear about the songs and the kids - and all from just one day! This morning when I pulled into the parking lot, she recognized the building and said in a very excited voice, "Preschool! Happy!!!" Some kids we see crying as their parents work to get them in there... Karis runs right past them to get started on the day's activities. It's a new era!

Posted by Josh at 9:14 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

So, I was cleaning house on our video camera, and I thought it'd be a good time to share some of the fun tidbits on there.

To get us started, here's Karis at the beach from earlier this summer. Nothing to fancy, but just a glimpse of what we'll get to enjoy with our family later this summer!

Now for some fun stuff. Here's Karis singing along (with hand motions!) to Itsy Bitsy Spider. Can you believe this little girl?

And finally... one with a little explanation. Karis can count to ten quite consistently and clearly, but she likes to actually be counting SOMETHING. So, daddy is off camera, raising fingers. Of course.... with one hand holding the camera, he runs out at five. Always resourceful, Karis decides to find something that can take her count past five.

Posted by Josh at 11:30 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)

Although you wouldn't know it if you only judged from this site, but Karis has grown and changed a lot since "Buh... butterfly!" While you can't summarize ALL of her talents and skills in one video, I thought this was cute enough to break the blogging silence.

To set the scene: Karis is doing as she often does, and removing everything she can find from her drawers to the floor, where it is much more acceptable. After trying (unsuccessfully, unfortunately) to put her socks on the dog's feet (which, I might add parenthetically, is what brought daddy and the camera to the scene), she begins chasing the dog which is now trying to escape her grasp.

Begin scene.

Posted by Josh at 3:01 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)

What a great night. We were putting our daughter to bed, and read a new book to her, "Good Morning, Good Night!", a gift from the Boyers, when we hit this line:

Good morning, little one!
What fun this day will bring!
Butterflies and flowers
And a place for you to swing.

As *soon* as I read the word "butterflies", our little scholar looked up, pointed straight at her butterfly mobile, and said "buh!"

There was something so awe inspiring about the connection - a word in a book connected to something that has been in her room since before she was born. She's always listening and learning, and it is a thrill to not only be a part of it, but to see the world through her eyes.

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