Months Fly By

Baby Stalking

Love getting to spend my whole day with this little face.

I'm sure she wonders why I always have that camera in her face :)

Can you believe she is going to be 4 months old next week?

Time is going by so fast.

This little girl has such a sweet personality.

She wakes up smiling. Who does that?

She has even started smiling at strangers.

Everyone tells me she is beautiful and looks like a little doll. I agree (but I might be biased).

Tummy time.

Camp Kawaii

Had to put her in the Gwen Stephani clothes for babies especially because it has the japanese Harijuku Girls on it.

Camp Cute.

Smiling with her hands in her mouth. So talented.

Here she is talking to all of her toys.

Look at her little mouth. She is talking up a storm.

Worth the Money (things i'm lovin')

Obviously, first and foremost, I LOVE my baby girl. She is worth everything to me.

And then this, Starbucks' iced white mocha, helps get me through my day. A new mom needs all the extra "umph" she can get.

Ok, technically I haven't really even started these. BUT I have them. Now I just need the motivation (and time) to get off my butt and get it into gear. But I'm sure once I do, I'll love it :)

Harlow loves this book best, and so do I. We read this about 3 times a day! Its such a cute book.

And technically, this isn't my swing, and I didn't buy it. We borrowed my sister-in-laws. (Thank you Brianna!) Lately my little monster doesn't want me to hold her like a baby. So when she is tired and cranky, this little swing is a life saver.

This should be #1 on my list. This diaper changing caddy is awesome! AWESOME! Especially because we live in a 2 story house. So instead of running up and down the stairs to her changing table, I can have this down stairs. And since we are away from home this summer it has been nice to travel with too.

Oh yes! I put this up here! Love this too, life saver!

smashbox tinted moisturizer.

Benefit's erase paste. Makes me look like I have been sleeping haha.
If I can't be well rested, at least I can look it.

Smashbox foundation.

Benefit mascara - BadGal

Just purchased this off of Etsy. It's a Bumbo seat cover. I Noticed that when Harlow was hot and sticky she would stick to the bumbo, and that can't be too comfortable. So this is a quick (and cute) fix.

TIGI Bead Head Ego Boost leave in conditioner and split end mender. Done wonders for my hair.

Frenchi - stripped pocket T. I wear this with everything.

This is what I've been loving lately. There are a few things that I DON'T love as well.

1. bipolar weather (makes it incredibly hard to get dressed in the morning)

2. Living in a Hotel

3. This small town that has nothing entertaining in it.

4. and the fact that my internet works only when it wants to.

Hot & Cold Summer

This summer the weather has been a little bipolar. When we got to Washington it was cold wet and rainy every day we were here the first month. And then it was nice sunny and a high of 70 degrees and then for 3 days it was between 88-93 degrees. And then went right back to being cool. There are no AC units in Washington apartments so we just about died.

I must say, I could really be a professional packer. I packed up a whole apartment in under a day!

Yesterday we (I) packed up everything in the company apartment in Puyallup, Wa. We drove to Wenatchee, Wa which is about 3 hours from where we were. Because there is only 6 weeks left of the summer, the company got us hotel rooms instead of apartments. Oh joy! (please detect the sarcasm). We now have 2 dogs, a 3 month old baby and 2 grown ups living in one little room. It wouldn't be so bad if we didn't have so much stuff packed into it too! There was no where else to put all of our belongings. Because I'm
coming back to Fresno in about 2 weeks, I made sure to pack the things I HAD to have together and then everything I can do without is staying put in boxes and suitcases until I get back home.

In Wenatchee the weather is between 90-100+ degrees. Oh great!

This what Harlow did the whole time we packed up the Uhaul.



Harlow spent some tummy time sitting on my knees checking out a sideshow of pictures on my laptop and watching tv.



After bath time.



Hanging out.


This little girl of mine loves to see herself in the mirror. Hope the diva phase isn't already upon us. I'd like to wait until she's at least in high school!

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fabric covered wipes case

My latest creation.


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I've been crafting away during nap time

Harlow's routine has settled into going down for a nap between 12 and 1 for a 2 to 3 hours. During this time I've been keeping myself busy. This is what I'm currently working on. Wish I knew how to sew so I could make matching burp cloths.

Wanted: one (or more) patient sewing teacher(s) willing to deal with a not so great student with a bad memory and little attention span.

any takers? I can pay in baked goods only.

the grey one is my favorite so far.

Still have 3 others in the works.
If you are interested in any of them, let me know.

She can ROLL OVER!

This past weekend my parents flew out to Washington to visit. It was nice having them here, I wish they could have stayed longer.

While they were here Harlow learned how to roll over from her stomach to her back. Now she does it like a pro all the time. A little sad that she's growing up but still so excited and proud of all the things she's learning.

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Mother like Daughter

My poor baby girl, got my ugly toes curse. Her feet are an exact copy of mine.

Poor thing.

Don't worry, I got a pedicure this morning after looking at this picture.

Ewe.

2 year anniversary pictures... kind of...

Here we are at The Crab Pot in Seattle, Wa on our anniversary July 13, 2010. 2 years of marriage!

Our feast I was so excited for (but that was short lived)

Before the "storm"
she's even smiling... hmmm...



and then... a tired yawn...

Here he has no idea what is about to come...

And this is where the pictures end because our sweet tempered little girl had a massive meltdown which sent us home early with our feast in a doggy bag.

Wish I would have gotten a picture of her screaming because I can look back and laugh about it now. But not at the time.

2 year anniversary

On Tuesday Pete and I celebrated 2 years of being married! How did it go so fast? Looking back, I'm proud of where we've gotten since then. We got married, bought our first house, and had a beautiful baby girl! I feel so blessed to have so much when I don't feel so deserving.






On Tuesday Pete took the day off work. (I know, I can hardly believe it too!!!) I thought for sure I'd be cursed with not ever getting to celebrate our anniversary because we got married in the summer, his busiest time of the year. But he surprised me and we got to spend the whole day together. He took us (baby came too, no family here in Wa to babysit) to Seattle to a great place called The Crab Pot. We ordered a ton of king and snow crab and they dump it out on the table and let you go at it. So yummy! But then... The chaos erupted. Harlow, who is usually so calm and sweet and happy, FREAKED OUT!!!! Like I've never seen her do before. She literally was shrieking. She cried so hard she was blotchy and red. We have no idea what happened but neither of us could calm her down. We each took turns taking her outside and trying to soothe her but neither of us could settle her. So it was either we take turns eating alone while the other sat outside the restaurant with her or we just get the food to go. We took the anniversary meal home in a doggy bag. But then as soon as we put her in the car seat, she whimpered a little but eventually fell asleep. She wore herself out crying that hard. We think she was just too overwhelmed with the atmosphere of the restaurant. It was packed, noisy, smelled like crab, and was hot. Now I know why people get a babysitter when they want to celebrate a special occasion. But we don't have that luxury in the summer. Oh well, she sure showed us who the boss it.

By the time we got to the car she was OUT so we went and did some shopping. She actually woke up for awhile and just like that, she was her old happy self. Like it never happened. Crazy kid.

Oh the memories we make!

I'll have to post a couple of pictures later. Not that there were many before the freak out.



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Harlow found her feet!

For the past couple of weeks Harlow's little hands have been EVERYWHERE! Sometimes feeding her with the bottle is a battle. I can't keep her hands off of it. It would be ok if she could control them to feed herself but she can't. I started having to hold her hands down with one hand and hold the bottle with the other. Or I let her hold on to one of my fingers for each of her hands. Otherwise it's a huge mess.

A couple of days ago I noticed her sitting in her swing with her hands on her knees and then the next day they could reach her calves and then... Tada! She found her little feet! She loves having her feet rubbed by us and now she can do it herself! Touching her feet is like turning on her talking button. She coos away when she gets her feet rubbed.


I wish I could be fast enough to catch some of these firsts of hers with my amazing and expensive 15 mega pixel camera (and get its moneys worth) but instead I always seem to only have my iPhone on me.

Pete and I celebrated 2 years of marriage yesterday. But I'm holding a sleeping baby so I'll post about that later. But let's just say, now I understand why people get a babysitter so they can celebrate special occasion kidless... Harlow showed us who really is the boss in this household.


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Aren't Sundays the Best!?

This is what happens a lot of the time on Sundays, Pete's only day off during the summers.

I was sitting on the floor of the living room making baby stuff and I looked up to see this...




Pretty sweet. :)



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