Camping in Puyallup, Wa (not really)

We aren't really camping but sometimes it sure feels like it.

This little one took a 3 hour nap this afternoon!

Living room
"side table"

"TV Stand"

dining area

80's Kitchen

Bottle station - sightings of a baby live here

Living Room

2nd bedroom - empty except for baby stuff

Baby's closet

Master bedroom

bathroom - sightings of a baby lives here

Buddha's favorite hangout - the cave

In the summer when we are living away from home while Pete works, I call where we stay "Camping". Because instead of my beautiful home with everything I could possibly want and all its luxuries to go with it, we live instead with the BARE necessities.

No plates or silverware here

No curtains

No AC in Washington apartments (stupid right?)

Only enough hot water for one person to take a decent shower

no night stands or side tables

No tv stand

No spa size tub

Only one pot

Only one pan

and a cookie sheet (like I said, the necessities :) )

I did bring measuring cups and spatulas but forgot the knives (had to buy those) oops.

we use plastic cups, plastic silverware, & paper plates

At least these apartments have a flat screen TV mounted in the living room. But don't let that fool you, these are not luxury apartments. These things are like 30 years old and gross.

Since all of the furniture is rented through the company Pete works for, we have just the basics. Coffee table, dining table and dining chairs, bed, dresser, couch, & chair.

I got creative and have been using the dining room chairs as side tables and tv stand...

camping.

Scrapbooking

I never posted Harlow's birth announcements. Here you go! Made from Tinyprints.com

(sorry for the bad quality of the picture of a picture)

Since I have so much free time while i'm in Washington, I have been scrapbooking like crazy. This is just half of her pictures so far and I've already filled up one book. She's only 3 months old! How do I have so many pictures already?!?

Blurb Book

I've been slow in posting this but here it is! Harlow's baby picture book. We used all of the newborn pictures that Stephanie Ryan took for us to make it. I think it turned out great, much better than I was expecting.

HARLOW EMI HAFEN

Front of the book

Back cover of the book

Can't wait to make another one of her first year.

And one of all the monthly pictures I've been taking.

Happy 4th of July!

We celebrated our first 4th of July with Harlow. Since we are in Washington we were unsure of what to do or where to go. I looked up a few options on Saturday and decided that we would try the Tacoma Freedom Fair on the Waterfront. It was so chilly!!!! We all had to wear sweaters and we brought 3 blankets for Harlow and we were still cold. We found a small park with an open grass area to sit and watch fireworks. The waterfront was a little too crowded for us since that is where all the food and booths were located. Finding parking was a huge challenge, and all of the streets where so hilly. We found parking about 15 minutes away. The walk to the park was all down-hill. Which meant that the walk back to the car was all UP-HILL! ack! I think I almost died. I didnt realize until that moment how out of shape I am from having a baby and not having worked out for MONTHS!

I was afraid that Harlow would freak out with the loud fireworks but she did great. She even watched most of them until the end. She got a little cranky because it was way past her bedtime. She ended up falling asleep the last 5 minutes of the show and slept until we got home.

This 4th of July was pretty low key for us. Wish we could have spent it with family and friends. We miss everyone so much!

Daddy helping Harlow see the fireworks

Please excuse my 5 inch roots! ack! I can't wait to be home to get my hair done.

Happy 4th of July - From the Hafen Family!

3 Months Old

My baby is 3 months old!

Holy Cow!

Love how they both look quilty of something in this picture :)

I have the world's prettiest baby!

Naptime

Harlow's naptime!

Lately her schedule has been out of wack! We went a couple of days where I couldn't get her to take a nap. She'd sleep for like 30 minutes and wake up ready to play. Then fast forward 4 days later and she is napping for hours after each feeding. What's the deal?


Here she is nice and sleepy. Cuddling with her froggie.

She is learning so much. Her motor skills are getting so much more coordinated. She uses her hands all the time now. She grabs her blankets to cuddle it to her face, she plays with her hair and her ears. And I can't keep them out of her mouth. I've given up trying. Instead I've started cleaning her hands like 3567885 times a day! It's hard to keep a headband and bow on her little head now. Once she figures out it's there she pulls on it until the bow comes off or she pulls the whole thing over her eyes.

She has been a little talking machine! Get to listen to this all day long. And the other morning it's what I woke up to instead of the usual grunting. Pretty cute! I played back this video and let her watch it. It made her smile :)

She loves looking at us in the mirror. In the morning when we get ready I bring her into the bathroom to see herself and she loves it. She also stares at herself during bathtime.

I'm worried about all the fireworks this weekend and how she will react. Hopefully her first fourth of July will be a success!

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Homesick...

I'm missing...

THIS

My kitty: Ashes

AND THIS

My beautiful house
AND MY FAMILY & FRIENDS :)