Scout Harlow

December 23rd 2011

19 inches 

exactly 7 lbs. 

(i'll post more pictures after our big move!)

changes.

we found out we have to move, last friday. 

we found out blake may have a new position at work, saturday. 

and we just signed a contract for a new place to live, today.... pheeeew.... 

we are going to have to save every penny for the next couple months, finding a new place drains your saving.... 

i'm trying so hard to stay positive! its really tough with christmas coming and knowing we won't be able to do much for anyone. especially with the new baby coming and being so busy cleaning/packing/moving. 

i just have to put my faith in the universe and know everything happens for a reason and we'll be back on our feet again soon!  

its thanksgiving....

and i'm SOO thankful for this little girl. 

30 weeks.

this is the beginning of the big 10 week count down!!! 

rivers fall pictures.

its getting to hard to take her pictures. she runs around like crazy and avoids the camera. so i got two good ones. 

october :)

this is the first year we carved pumpkins :) 

we hope it becomes a family tradition

I love her.

hey baby!

so since i'm only a few days away from my 3rd trimester. 

i'm getting more comfortable with the idea of people knowing the name. 

the whole reason i was scared in the first place is, we had a name picked for river and told so many people that it ended up ruining it for us :/ 

but this name is different, Rivers name was supposed to be Ivie. 

we only chose it because we couldn't compromise on any other name! so last minute (literally) we just decided hey-we actually hate that name how about River??!!

i really don't want that to happen again cause some people got there feelings hurt 

this has been the name the whole time, and there is no other name we have even thought about so i think i may just come out and say it.... although i'm not saying its 100% only 95% 

but its Scout for now :) 

just don't call her that until she is here or i might poke you with frustration lol. 

 A little bio on our little River.

River Ashleigh 28 months. 

Favorite Foods: Spaghetti-o's.

Favorite Drink: the green hog wash.

Favorite Song: Once Upon a December from Anastasia. 

Favorite movie: Gnomeo and Juliet.

Favorite TV show: Kipper the Dog.

Favorite Toy: all four of her princess babys, with her baby doll stroller. 

Favorite Outfit: Spongebob PJs

 Favorite Past Time: flash cards and drawing. 

Favorite Phrase: "PIKA-CHOOOOOO"

i plan on doing this every once in awhile just cause i'd love to keep track :D

inspiration.

this is gerard way. 

my biggest role model, in more ways then you'd think. 

he's not just the singer of my favorite band since freshmen year.

he writes comics, he used to work for cartoon network, and is now directing there music videos. 

he is SO creative, puting together albums based on his fictional ideas. 

i LOVE him, seriously i do. 

i want this to be me. 

i used to come up with story's like i was watching a movie in my head, it all just came together and i could hardly keep up with myself when i tried to write it down. 

i'm not exactly a great writer, i don't do punctuation or proper grammer.

but i do have the ideas, thats why i want to write movies so badly. 

gerard way makes me want to do this every single day. 

i try to be like him more and more all the time, i'm so grateful to have this inspiration in my life.

it gives me something to work for. 

(plus i love his style i wish i were the girl version)

i neeedddd....

to probably post some pictures :D 

of pretty much everything haha.

 schools just been so crazy though! i haven't had any time to take pictures. 

but river is such a good talker now :) she mimic's everything!!!... which can be scary... 

she knows all her animal and food flashcards by heart. 

i'm so proud of river, my leave was the best i got so much more one on one time.  

i'm 22 weeks though!!....and i have 19.5 weeks left of school.

do you know what that means?....

i do.

that means after the babys born/maternity leave, i'll have to go back to school for almost 2 weeks....

freaking lame.... LAME.... 

but its better then couple months :D

short little post for a super busy schedule :)

the new addition is a...

GIRL!!!

Blake is way out numbered now!

we have a name picked out.

i've been planning on this name since river was born

(if we had another girl)

i'll probably come out with it in a few weeks :) but for now i'll give you initials.

introducing Baby S. I. Fruits!

being on a leave is pretty much the greatest thing ever :) 

its also made me see i've gotten to caught up in school and other people that i don't work on myself any more and being a better person.... i got a little distracted... 

i need to restart, enriching my mind, enriching my daughter and doing things for others selflessly.

this also involves paying more attention to karma and what I'm sending out in the universe.

cause frankly we've had one loooong streak of bad luck lately.

time to work really hard, set goals and be that better person again.

is anyone else getting TONS of views from these online degree websites?? 

its making me think about going on private again.... 

I stole this from a friend of mines blog, i took it to heart and yes, Elisha it made me cry too...

i think we could all make a little more time for our little ones. 

by Alice E. Chase

My hands were busy through the day,
I didn't have much time to play
The little games you asked me to,
I didn't have much time for you.

I'd wash your clothes; I'd sew and cook,
But when you'd bring your picture book
And ask me, please, to share your fun,
I'd say, "A little later, hon."

I'd tuck you in all safe at night,
And hear your prayers, turn out the light,
Then tiptoe softly to the door,
I wish I'd stayed a minute more.

For life is short, and years rush past,
A little ones grow up so fast,
No longer are they at your side,
their precious secrets to confide.

The picture books are put away,
There are no children's games to play,
No goodnight kiss, no prayers to hear,
That all belongs to yesteryear.

My hands once busy, now lie still,
The days are long and hard to fill,
I wish I might go back and do,
The little things you asked me to.

its been a little rough here, we had some complications with the pregnancy

and went to the ER and doctors a lot recently.

but so far so good things have turned around and the baby's been fine all the way through we are hoping it stays that way.

plus we got an ultrasound in the ER, the doctor couldn't get a very long look but he thinks its a....

....GIRL....  

guess we will find out for sure on august 1st!!!

(its business looked the same as rivers though..just sayin'.)

barrrgggh le barrrgh.

i really have a legitimate reason for not writing any more. 

(I've been trying to graduate early, before the baby's born, not after like my graduation date is estimated)

so its 50 hours a week at school for me, some times 55. 

including 14 school days, every thing else has been pushed aside right and probably will be until December lol.

  so quick updates here and there are about all i'll be doing.

river sings like crazy now, along with her dancing.

she reenacts once upon a December from Anastasia, its pretty much the best thing I've ever seen!!

she gets soooo into it, i intend to videotape it soon and show the blogger world lol. 

talking is her new thing she has picked up SO fast

we are talking everything now! this little girl knows her stuff!

we also got her some tiny frogs, named wasabi and moe. 

(she thinks there fish)

now we are doing this thing before you kiss, you whisper "tepa tepa tepa" and look deeply into each others eyes, while placing your hand on each others cheek. wtf?  

seriously where does she get this stuff?

oh and did you know horses say bah? me either. 

i had a good couple weeks i was feeling like pooh, but its almost completely gone now!! I'm so excited because with river i was sick even to the very end :) this should be a good pregnancy besides the fact that I'm already poking out and I'm in desperate need for new clothes haha.

i wish i had some updates on Blake, but honestly he is the most consistent person I've ever met.

nothing new very often, at least hes stable right? :) 

any who, just a little tidbit. 

boring i know. hopefully something more interesting will happen soon.

blogging.

i will blog tonight. 

i will blog tonight.

i will blog tonight. 

i will blog tonight.   

i will blog tonight. 

(now maybe by already saying this, i'll HAVE to do it tonight lol)

a few of my favorites.

THANKS ELISABETH KATE PHOTOGRAPHY!

just a little taste...

like i said a couple days ago we got our family pictures done.

and here is a teaser the photographer has given us.

PICTURES!!

i needed to add a couple pictures just cause i haven't in so long. 

So this is old, but here is rivers easter basket last month :) she loved her peeps especially! 

and this is princess cheeto face.

these pictures are all of rivers birthday today.

this is the scary pony that makes her cry lol

and this is her shiny tricycle!! she loves it and "vrooms" it every where

and here is one of her doggys from build a bear, i can't get her to stop playing with them long enough to take a picture so i'll have to do that a little later.

we still need to do cake and the candles so i'll take some of those later. :) 

kind of a lame post but i figured i should get some done lol

a little update.

so I've been a major slacker seriously.

with basically everything internet wise, even hobby wise :/

(thats because I've been busy becoming a certified make up artist along with my full time hair school schedule)

but i really really need to keep this blog up so our new baby can see all the things that his/her's family did while they are developing so here are some things coming up and things that have happened.

river is talking little sentences now, like "who is that?" "can we go out side?" plus she can say almost everything if you repeat it to her a couple times in a row.

she has finally hit 30 inches. 

she is a shrimp.

we got netflix too so our lives are sooo much better now that we aren't repeating the same 5 movies (we didn't even have local channels before either) now river is watching barney, Thomas the train and kipper her new favorite show.

Blake is taking the next two semesters off and doing his normal gaming/DnD stuff.

 oh, we also found out we make to much for medicaid and i don't have insurance. sooo we are the tightest on money that we've ever had to be. 

woooo!! here we come ramen noodles!!

everything has been pretty much the same with me only my chest is swollen clear out to no mans land and my morning sickness is evening sickness and starting way earlier then it did with river.

we've also been battling on boy names, Blake and i.

because they are the worst to me

i only like 3, that Blake very much dislikes (the same goes with me and his names)

its okay though, i don't think we'll ever get a boy lol 

we both have SOOO many women in our family's.

and our girl name is all picked out and agreed on :) 

(I'm so back and forth with my entry's haha)

THE AGENDA FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEK!! 

Monday is my childhood best friends wedding!

  Tuesday we are getting our family pictures taken again by Elisabeth Kate photography!!

she took our family pictures last year.

(we are doing our own little vintage version of the mad hatters tea party for our pictures, Katie is amazing so I'm stoked for them to be all done) 

Wednesday at school we have Spy Games which is TA's very own version of the amazing race with sumo suit wrestling and even climbing a mountain.... that should be fun... 

then Thursday.... drum roll.... IS RIVERS 2nd BIRTHDAY!

she is getting a little swimming pool party, a new little red flyer tricycle and cupcakes this year :)

we have a super big week ahead of us and hopefully I'll get the energy to blog the whole way through :)

wee baby fruits.

i've got so much to put up!!

i have pictures from hair show and easter!

plus lots and lots of stories but the most important is...

i found out i was pregnant yesterday!!

i'm only 4 weeks along so i'm still a little sketchy feeling about it

(you know where you don't want to get your hopes up and something goes wrong)

but i felt the same about river and look how healthy and cute she is!! :D

my due date is january 2nd!! thats sooo far away....

i lied.

its been such a long weekend.

and a very long night.

I've got to do something to keep me awake because i have school in just a little while.

but River has been to the ER and the doctors.

with so many different things like ear infections, allergic reactions to her antibiotic (a massive amount of hives EVERYWHERE) nonstop throwing up and a continuous 102-105 fever for almost a week now.

they hooked her up to an IV yesterday because she was so dehydrated, gave her a shot and a prescription for zofran that makes her super high. 

which led to a very complicated problem with multiple pharmacy's because no one had it.

and Blakes & Rivers insurance only covers medications from smiths pharmacy's bleeeh..... yea a couple hundred for this stuff!! :( (not to mention the hospital and doctors bills which is a different story)

but hopefully river will be herself again because all she has been doing is sleeping and not moving :(

my last post.

for a little while i think.

i like the way my friend heidi put it.

disconnecting.

i'm disconnecting from the internet for a little while, taking a little breather and working on baking, reading and sewing a bloom quilt (a BEAUTIFFFFUL quilt by the way)

i'll be back in about a month, probably with lots of news, pictures and random things to say :D

oh...and i hacked my own hair yesterday and these are my new bangs.

i'm rather fond of them :)

any who adios for a bit :)