remember when i used to have a Harlow blog? HA

i happened upon this blog that i have not updated since Harlow turned 2. which is great...since she is 3.5 now. i guess i got a little busy. is that what they call it when you work 50 hours a week + full time parent a toddler outside of that 50 hours + try to run a hobby clothing business on the side? yeah. i guess busy is the word. i would like to say that i will turn a new leaf and keep updating this for the sake of having a written history one day when Hlow is older. but, alas, i doubt i will actually do it. so let's just not even say it.

a lot has happened in the last year and a half. that about sums it up. Harlow is awesome. that about double sums it.

maybe i'll write more one day and maybe this is the last post ever. who knows/cares? :)

until those fates decide i leave you with this video made by Auntie Jesh. Hlow is in training.

Harlow's Room

we created Harlow's nursery bedroom over 2.5 years ago. i just realized that in all that time, i never bothered to post the pictures of her room. why? i guess i was busy. but we also never "finished" the room and i didn't want to post the pictures until it was actually finished. we got close. i just never found the perfect throw rug. who cares, right? we also never hung the 3D white flowers that we bought...or finished hanging the flowers from the tree on the wall behind her changing table. not to mention that we never found the perfect (streamlined) orange shelf i wanted to hang with those amazing table lamps i found. so yeah. it's not done. pretty sure it will never actually be done. but who cares? she has been living in this room and loving it for two years. i'm getting real and posting the pictures of the "unfinshed" nursery bedroom.

from the cell phone earlier today...

her lovely Sparo organic crib. finding a crib that doesn't use formaldehyde glue was almost impossible. and nobody cares. found this one used in Manhattan. yay.

the unfinished tree wall. oh, and there is her changing table. the table that we never once changed her on in 2 years.

Anna's old bookshelf. lots of memories and love.

the little things.

Georgie

Harlow likes to be called Georgie. it's, of course, after Curious George. she is smitten with monkeys. always has been. Curious George is the newest obsession in the love of monkeys. then, our favorite day care provider at the Y named her Georgie a few weeks back. and it stuck. my little Georgie. is it okay to change the name of a two year old? because i kinda like her as a Georgie. maybe, if we ever do this again, we just won't name the kid until 2. perfect.

a few weeks shy of two - this is March

just a few weeks shy of two. so grown up. still so stinky. and so incredibly sweet/thoughtful/funny/cute/loving/and on and on and on.

she went pee pee on the potty twice the other night. the very first time at Jess, Shan, and Laura's apartment. then again when we got home. she was a late bloomer in the pee pee on the potty movement. i hope it sticks! she was a bit terrified but also pretty dang proud.



her personality gets funnier and funnier. she tells me my shoes/jewels/bags are GORGEOUS all the time. i think she is pretty dang goregeous myself.



we are besties that go out together a lot. in fact. we had sushi together, just us gals, twice last week. she is a highly entertaining conversationalist. plus, she shares her sake with me.



we're still pretty anal about her food. this kid eats like a king. although now and again we give her a wee bit of sugar. she had a little icecream sundae the other day for the first time. the funny part is that she was WAY more interested in the big kid cup of water than the actual icecream. i suppose we're doing something right in those regards. my coworkers make fun of me and say that she is going to be the odd kid out in school but i'm pretty sure in this neck of the woods the kids eatting crap foods are the odd kids out. privledged judgment much?



we finally got snow this month. funny. the idea of snow was much more exciting then the actuality of snow. poor kid.



what else? oh. this kid is happy. happy happy happy.



and handsome. she is pretty dang handsome. just like her Papa.

so amazing - 21 months today!

my baby is 21 months old today. just three more months and she will be TWO. crazy town.

• counts to ten like no big deal


• sings her ABCs like a champ


• sings other songs such as Twinkle Twinkle and The ChuChu Song so sweetly yet in such a show-off manner


• says things like "love you more" when you tell her you love her


• tells me "i busy" when she is playing and doesn't want to eat or bathe


• dances to choreogrpahy that i create


• has lay face down / lay down toddler tantrums


• is always asking "mama/papa where are you?" when we're right next to her


• hugs like no other (and even gets bitten by other children for it)


• sleeps like a champ


• dances amazingly solo as well as with friends and as a family, all hugging


• travels incredibly well


• handles change great


• laughs infectiously


• kisses freely


• still signs words even though she can say all the words easily


• "cooks" and "cleans" all the time


• plays make believe


• "reads" books out loud


• is smart and pretty dang witty


• is hilarious!


• loves, loves, and loves

i'm sure there are a milliong other things that i am forgetting about how amazing Harlow is. i could never do her justice.

smitten

Harlow & Mama (parentheses) from RevelVideo on Vimeo.

the great gnome photoshoot

i made a gnome Halloween costume for Harlow. but since The Great Halloween Blizzard of 2011 made it so that we had no Halloween - we found another use for the costume. we did a little photoshoot one morning and then Papa photoshopped her into different locations (below). we then compiled those pictures into our holiday card this year. pretty dang cute as a gnome, eh? i think the Chicago one is my favorite with Vegas as a close second. Papa is partial to the snow gnome.

traveling

Harlow is an amazing traveler. this month she took her 8th flight. third flight to Chicago in her short 20months. she travels like a champ. we spent the night in Boston first and then took a crack of dawn flight to Chicago. she slept most of the way. pretty sure this is her last time being a lap baby. now we shall find the joy of buying a third seat on the plane for the little thing.

night before travel in the Boston hotel room.


post flight and ready to rage.



Harlow at dinner with her bestie, Ida Rocket. she simply idolizes Ida. with good reason, look at those tats! i wish they could be together more often.




most of the time was spent at Auncle Momo's new condo with Pix the wonder dog and Hlow's new favorite movie - Totoro. here she is looking all Seattle in her Papa's hat and her beans/avocado.

you know what's hilarious? portraits!

these CRACK ME UP. too good.

here she is for her first ever school portrait. put a bunch of 1 year old toddlers in a room and then make them sit on a wicker chair ON TOP of a table while some cranky guy waves a stuffed something at you = brilliant. Harlow was sobbing big round tears. i'm shocked the end result didn't have one large tear coming down her cheek. poor kid.


every year my mom has Christmas portraits taken of the grandkids for her Christmas card. i actually love these because she is dressed old-timey. but man, portraits just don't catch the personality at all.

Thanksgiving

not the best picture of her but her outfit is so dang cute. Thanksgiving was wonderful. Harlow was a champ per usual with our wild bunch.