iPhone camera photos--A Tip

You would think I would have figured this out before now, but I didn't. Apparently when I email photos from my iPhone--which is how I upload them to Flickr most of the time--the photos are downsized to 800x600. The original size of the photos is 1600x1200. This shouldn't be a huge problem, but it was compounded by several factors.

1. I took a photo with my iPhone that I'd now like to print bigger than 4x6".
2. The camera roll on my iPhone had gotten so full that I started deleting photos off the iPhone.
3. Though I'd been downloading photos to my PC using Adobe Lightroom on a semi-regular basis, something went horribly wrong and they're nowhere to be found on my PC. I've now successfully downloaded all of the photos still on my iPhone at their full resolution to my computer, but the one I really want is gone.

I haven't yet figured out a) how to force the iPhone to email photos at full resolution (or an iPhone app that does this) or b) why Lightroom failed to save the photos it'd been telling me were successfully imported all this time. Also, it turns out that you can theoretically delete multiple/all photos from the iPhone through Windows (something you can't do directly on the iPhone) but conveniently a bug was introduced in the latest (2.2) firmware update that caused the iPhone to crash in a big way (several minutes to reboot) when you attempt this now. Awesome.

So just be aware of this problem

Christmas shopping ends in snow

Christmas shopping ends in snow by Corinne S.

On Saturday Benjamin and I took Katie with us on a Christmas shopping outing at the U Village. To my surprise, we ended up buying a fair number of things. We also met up with Rob, Steph, and Keston for an unplanned dinner out. When we finally left the village at 9pm it was snowing. It was a long, cold, but fun walk back to the car.

Babysitting

Babysitting by Corinne S.

Tuesday evening Piper took care of Katie for a couple hours while I went to an appointment. It was the first time Katie stayed alone with someone other than a parent or grandparent. Apparently she was her mellow self (not her fussy self). Afterward Piper stayed and hung out with me. She made her famous Mac & Cheese and we chatted about babies and life. Benjamin was at the Child's Play charity auction and dinner that night. He got an HD Xbox package in the auction.

Travel-ready

Travel-ready by Corinne S.

Today I took Kaitlin out if the house alone for the first time. I only required the assistance of Claire delivering a snap n go stroller, my mother in law carrying the baby in the carseat up and down our front stairs, and Benjamin loaning me his car (mine's a stick and still a little effortful to drive). What was the exciting destination? My post-delivery OB checkup and Bartell Drugs. What can I say? Start small. :-)

Awake

Awake by Corinne S.

Happy Saturday. We're having some awake and alert time in what is our morning (2pm).

Deep napping

Deep napping by Corinne S.

Today Katie and I went to First Weeks for the second time. There were a whopping 15 mom's and babies there--lots more than at my first visit. After we got home and ate lunch, Katie took a long, hard nap on the couch. Super cutie.