Sunday Stuff

We decided to not do anything major on the house this weekend after the bathroom vanity fiasco of last weekend (which turned into a week long process) and I woke up Sunday morning to a sunlight filled room. It almost felt like summer up here and let me tell you, it was swell. I'm sure almost everyone is feeling those end of winter blues creep in and we haven't even had a bad winter this year.

Never the less, March is almost here and Spring feels like it is right around the corner and for that I say Huzzah!

Some pics of our lazy morning;

This is the amazing vintage find I made on my b-day, $14.99 for this wool rug! It's the vintage find of 2012 so far...

Sometime H&M gets it so right. I am obsessed with this tank top onesie!

What can I say? The girl's got moves!

Thanks Sunny Sunday, you really came through! Today is about as grey as can be and it is the Papa's birthday. Unfortunately he had to roll out of bed extra early and rush off to be on set for a shoot. Here at the ol' homestead we are wishing him the best day filled with delicious burritos and on set food. Thanks for being the absolute best Papa, hubs, pal for life. We love you and all you do for us!

Grand Theft

We got home from a day out yesterday to find a little surprise. M secreted some toys from the Storefront into our bag. I guess she just couldn't live without this elephant and piece of tube in her life. She already stays up way past curfew, what's next? Planning a dance with the new boy in town to overthrow the religious anti rock music regime?

Birfday

So yeah, it's my birthday today. 35....there I said it. 35....wow, I still felt 19 like 4 years ago, I still call myself a girl, but lets face it I am a woman, with a child. Nothing like having a baby to make you feel old, just compare my old tired un-manicured hands next to mini fresh hands over there, don't even get me started on my face!

But really, it's ok, it's good. I'm content, ...had a great day, scored an amazing woven wool rug vintage for $14.99, got a new hand product (they are almost comparable to mini fresh's now), had baby milk breathe laughed all over my face, dog walks, ate too much chocolate and talked on the phone to an old pal, ate amazing Vegan food with amazing husband, drank wine, got new boots and delicious lip balm presents AND finished it off with a pancake!

So many birthday wishes from good old friends, I've kind of been over birthdays the last few years, but this one has renewed them for me. Long live the birthday!!!


ps many thanks to aunty Kathryn for giving the best gift of all, dinner out alone as a couple without baby for the first time in over a year!

Super Mama moment

I just took both dogs and the baby for a walk in the snrain. Here is photo eveidence;

I'm no stranger to juggling multiple tasks on a wheeled vehicle, there was this one time in Taiwan that I drove home on my scooter with a giant palm tree, sadly I have no photo evidence of this event, but it was epic. Don't even get me started on my career as a bicycle doubler.

I came home feeling all awesome and powerful only to find Mitzi got her wet dirty paw prints all over my new couch while Pepper ran up and down the hall barking and waking up the baby. Thanks jerks, Happy Valentines day.

13 month photo...only 8 days late!

Things have been busy, we are working like madmen trying to get the new place in shape so we can go back to normal life as soon as possible, but I think we are at a place where we can relax, just a little. We have baby gates, we have a fridge, we have painted some walls and not painted others. Some walls need to be built and it kind of feels like we are camping out on the third floor here, but it's good!

I realized on the 6th that the Nikon was still packed, and once found I realized the batteries were dead and the charger was packed, not to mention the cord to get them all off the camera and onto the computer. Once all was found, M came down with a horrible flu bug and we were in Barfsville for 24 hours, not a thing was left vomit free in our home. Luckily it only lasted 2 days, but then of course, I got it! So glad it was a Sunday that I was sequestered on the couch watching Degrassi Junior High on Netflix, don't know how I would've done mama duty alone!

Anyhoot, it's been a rough couple of weeks around here for small person as 3 teeth come in. Getting a happy shot of her sitting in a chair (and not attached to my boob where she currently resides 85% of the time) was not easy. I think this one sums up her feelings of late.

Not even Brown Bear can heal the pain...

Down the rabbit hole

It feels like forever since I posted last, I can't believe we only moved just over a week ago. I can barely remember what trust fund baby cologne smells like. We didn't have internet for almost a whole week and in a way it was a blessing in disguise as I'd become quite the little internet addict. But I'm back dear fellow internet junkies.

The move weekend was pretty intense, we realized the night before that we were very much not packed completely and had to stay up throwing things into boxes and Ikea bags. Thanks to our amazing friends that showed up on Sunday morning to haul our belongings to the new place. Finch, Jared, Colin, Clint, Mom and Dad you guys brang it. We owe you.

It's been hectic, we have been painting, babygating, we have cut new teeth, we are still waiting for a fridge and have been using the windowsill as a cooler, but really, it is great here. We are so happy to be in a neighbourhood again. People here say hi to each other and smile at you. It is so very nice to be out of the Liberty Village bubble and this old house just has this familiar feeling. It's like we belong here.  Both M and P are enjoying this new thing called a hallway...novel thing that. Did I mention we have a window seat now? It's amazing, why was I being such a house Grinch?

I've been stuck inside this box shaped box for a week

It's been a busy couple of weeks as we gear up for the move. In all honesty I am exhausted and I've been a mega grouch lately. It seems like we just moved in here and everything is so nice and done and organized. I am having some real problems dealing with the chaos of regular life these days. I can't help it, I love organization. It makes me so happy. I am one of those people that think organizing your sock drawer is a good time and it is way not organized around here, big time! I am going to try VERY hard to go with the flow and try to not let moving into a new space with all sorts of things to get done bug me. I used to love a project and an adventure...maybe that was before I spent a whole year without one good nights sleep.

The one good thing about this is it gives me a chance to get rid of stuff we don't need. Purging junk is the highest form of organization. "Have nothing in your home you know not to be useful or feel is not beautiful" Words to live by....

I dream of Gene-ie

My number one favorite thing about meeting new babies is finding out their names. I consider myself a freelance name-ologist and I find the study of naming trends to be really interesting. Next best is looking at babies and kids and figuring out what parts of their parents they look like. Genetics is fascinating! I love when a kid looks so much like one parent and not at all like the other.
Check out these two;

talk about Mega genes Sandler!
Strangers always tell me that Maude is a mini me, but I really think she is starting to look a lot like Ivan, I have some photo records that really don't support my claims at all.

Here is  a photo of me when I am two with Grandma Lydia (Maude's middlename sake).

And here is Ivan when he was probably around the same age. I realize the sunglasses aren't that helpful, but this is the only photo we have of him!

I realize we kind of have the same hair and eyes, but look at those chubby arms, also I think she has Ivan's nose and mouth and eyebrows (thank the gods!).  Oh genetics magic 8 ball, what does the future hold? Only time will tell my friends, only time will tell.

Love Angel Music Baby

Maude now has an entourage. They seem to care about her as a person, but where were Naima and Barbara when Maude was rolling around on the floor with a screw in her mouth? Sometimes I get the feeling they are just in it for the fame and fancy cars.

The After Party

The dust is finally settling after the holiday/birthday rush. The party was great, but of course I spent too much time hosting and not enough time photo taking. We played some games and learned that Leah and kathryn can pin a mean tail on a Donkey, Branko is a shape sorting wizard, Erin knows her celeb babies and Annie knows every fact about babies in general. What a world wind (as Ivan always says). Good food, vegan cake, and amazing amazing presents by all our thoughtful and talented friends. A big mega thanks goes to Babi for hosting and helping us until midnight on Saturday and all day Sunday. You are an amazing Mom and Grandma! My Mom said to me before she left "you have really nice friends" and she's right. Thanks dudes for being a part of our life, I know little M will learn something great from each of you in her lifetime, I know I have!