Saturday, January 22, 2011

Sorry for the 3 posts in 1 days, but I wanted to put some pics up too

So clearly it get harder to photograph kids the older they get. Also it feels like I should do video more because of how funny she is. So I've been doing more of that. And I really don't post them that often b/c I think they would be boring to everybody but me and Alisa.

But trying not to suck at being a photographer dad, we went to Trolley Square today and I snapped a few pics of Millie. She runs not stop so it is challenging. I should have taken a fester lens I guess. There's always next time.

At 18 months Millie is talking a TON. She says and knows so many words that I don't think I could even count them. She is always making jokes, loves wrestling, scarring people/being scarred, reading, sleeping and long walks on the beach.

The one moment she stood still











A proud dad moment

Yeah...... my kid climbs:


Untitled from Casey Hyer on Vimeo.

Weeee!

I've spent the past few days with Millie, trying to make up for the 8 I was out of town. We've had some fun.
I don't like sitting around so we went to the climbing gym to run around and then after being beat up by the other kids at Chick fil A we went to Liberty Park (yesterday) and Fremont Park (today).

We had a blast!

This video is super repetitive, but I like it.

Weeee!! Millie on slide from Casey Hyer on Vimeo.

Saturday, January 8, 2011

The News


It's true. I know that many of you know because I haven't kept it a secret very well, but Alisa has and we just need to make it official because people are finding out in weird ways at this point. 

Due date is mid June!

That might be why we have had less photos on this blog. Millie is a little hard to photograph by myself at her current state.
Millie is wild, full of life and surprises. We love her.




8th Anniversary


Another year gone by and another anniversary celebration!  Our anniversary tradition is to take the long treacherous journey all the way to Vegas in search of adventure.  Vegas is just as romantic as Paris, in case you didn't know.  Okay that's not true at all but there's not a whole lot of options if you're on a budget and it's winter.  Anyway, we had a fun long weekend of relaxing, watching movies, walking around, and eating really yummy food.  Casey had his adventurous craving satisfied by mountain biking and climbing.  My cravings were satisfied by eating at all my favorite places and munching on treats from Trader Joe's in between.
**Sorry for the iphone photos (ghetto).  We didn't take a whole lot of pictures.

Bellagio
We hit up the buffet for the all you can eat crab.

 Max Brenner's is never a disappointment.  


 Serendipity (Over-rated frozen hot chocolate.  Just got to Max Brenner's)
Yep, all we got were food shots.  weird.  

It was great to hang out with my best friend for 4 days straight.  Casey is so much fun and is such an amazing person.  I love you Casey, Happy 8th Anniversary!

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Merry Christmas Everybody

Sorry about not posting for a little while. We have been pretty busy and I have not been pulling photos/videos to load. Plus I'm not sure how I want to upload videos. Do I edit them first, with transitions and effects like my photos? I want to but it just takes longer for me right now.

We are having a wonderful Christmas break. Millie loved opening presents and is still loving playing with all of her toys. I expected her to just play with the boxes and wrapping paper, so that was good.

I have some time off so we have just all been hanging out around home and playing. Millie has been pretty adorable most of the time.




This is huge! Her friends Backpack and Map have arrived.


Loves the train


Bonding with Grandpa


Great Grandma & pa Hyer


Action shot





Christmas morning


Happy cousin Lily


Making cookies





Temple square to see the lights




Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Spoiled

This is a photo my mom just sent me of Millie. Looks like someone has been watching their grandma's behaviors all weekend. The can was closed, but it didn't matter, it was still refreshing. She even made the noise ahhhh after every fake swing. That's my girl!!

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Another, New Time Lapse Video

This one is different I promise. Check it out at my photography site:

http://caseyhyer.com/blog/?p=757

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Finally walking

After pretty much refusing to walk, Millie got out of bed on Sunday and walked across her whole room. Then we got to church and she walked down the whole row. Then she walked all over the entrance of our church during Sunday School. And I'm pretty sure she loved it. She'll always give us this look like, 'I'm going for it'. Then she runs off squealing.

It's pretty cute to see her excited about running around.



She has been running while pushing one of these around for a while. But it will be nice to not have her crawling around dirty restaurants.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Pretty Busy

Millie is getting pretty mobile and is loving emptying out every container, cupboard, or drawer that she can find. She still has some serious stranger anxiety, but at home she is miss independent. Wandering from one spot to the next trying to figure out where everything is and how she can bring mass havoc and destruction everywhere she goes. Now we just need to figure out how to get this little lady to walk, then things can be even more chaotic!



Saturday, October 30, 2010

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Halloween at Stampin Up

We are knee deep in Halloween here at Stampin Up. It is the biggest day of the year here. This year we did a Lord of the Rings theme and it was pretty amazing!

I have many pictures from the day but here is a sweet video in the mean time

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Wheeler Farm Time Lapse


Here's another Time Lapse. For more info check out Casey's photo blog www.caseyhyer.com/blog/

Saturday, October 16, 2010

New Time Lapse Video

So, I’ve been shooting more and more video lately, trying to learn all that I can and practice as much as possible. It has been a slightly slower process that I thought. Between all my other work, family, climbing and scouts it is kind of hard to fit it all in (that’s weird). I have done a few time lapse videos lately though. I just shot this one and was pretty excited to upload it.


There are photos from the shoot at my normal site: http://caseyhyer.com/blog/?p=745



Lake Mary Stop Motion Video from Casey Hyer on Vimeo.

Monday, October 4, 2010

14 months





Millie's life right now:

~ loves walking while holding on to our hands. she could do this all day and be content. she gets really mad if I make her sit down, all she wants to do is walk. Lately she has starting walking with the assistance of her little car, thank goodness.

~ She cruises around on all the furniture and has taken multiple steps on her own. She could walk full on but she's not interested. She is a speed crawler and that works just fine for her. I bet she wonders why anyone would be stupid enough to walk when they could crawl just as fast.

~ loves balls, dogs, sparkling water, black licorice, and showers.

~ gives the best open mouthed kisses. Besides people she kisses her stuffed animals, dolls, glow worm and our phones. That's right, our phones.



~ crawls around everywhere and gets into everything. She takes everything out of our drawers and cupboards. Our house is always a mess.

~ is very opinionated and knows just what she wants. If things don't go her way she can throw an impressive tantrum. Ask Casey to do an impersonation, it's pretty dead on. I'm trying not to raise a diva but man, she's got an attitude!

~ can say dad, ma ma, ball, duck, bob, backpack, map, boots. She can also repeat lots of words.

~ is the best sleeper ever! 12 hours straight at night and a 3 hour nap during the day. Thank you!



~ shakes her head no to just about everything and everyone.

~ has some major stranger and separation anxiety. She gets really mad if anyone besides me or Casey tries to hold her, pick her up, touch her or even look at her. She swats them away and is not very polite about it. There are a few people she will tolerate but not many.

~ Her two most favorite things are hanging out with her cousin Ethan and watching Dora. She also loves going on bike rides and playing outside.

~She is obsessed with Dora hence the words she can say. This is mostly my fault but not all of it. I need to start weening her off of it. She throws tantrums when she wants to watch it and I won't let her.



~ Has about 8 teeth. I'm not really positive because she doesn't like me looking. It was not a fun experience when 6 of them came in at the same time.

~ thinks she's pretty funny and will laugh at herself.

~ growls like a bear to scare us.

~loves listening to music and dancing. She likes to do this first thing every morning, and every evening before bed.

~ is either super sweet full of laughs and smiles, or she is over dramatic and emotional throwing a tantrum.





Tantrums or not, she is still stinkin' cute and we love her to pieces.