The All Canadian Girl

I don't think loosing someone ever gets easier, and it doesn't matter how long we had to prepare. On Tuesday morning we lost Tony's grandma to cancer. It was a long hard battle, and she was finally laid to rest in the most beautiful place, outside the prettiest little church.
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It's so amazing and miraculous how three months can entirely change your whole twenty-seven year old world as you know it. I have learnt so much in only twelve weeks, about my baby but also about myself, as a mother and as a person. 
Milestones this month:
- she mimics the sounds, movements and …

Our daughter Penelope was born with her daddy's super sensitive skin, and we soon realized it was going to be a problem when it came to almost every product we had in our house hold. Almost every lotion, spray and even the cleaning products had to be changed to a chemical-free solution that was…

We bought our home, and moved in during the late fall of last year. So I never got to see what we would be dealing with when it came to our garden. I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of landscaping the previous owners have done, but I still had work cut out for me. 
I was given these four hang…

This weekend was May 24. Now most college kids, and all the non-parents spend this weekend in a boozy-fun filled blur. Us on the other hand, the new parents we are had a very low-key, and very wet weekend at the cottage. After a quick visit to Tony's grandma who was diagnosed with cancer this p…

"There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture on the lonely shore, there is society, where no one intrudes, by the deep sea, and music by its roar. I love not man the less, but nature more." - Lord Byron 
Sometimes we like to take walks, get lost and find lakehouses... and som…

Baby P has been all about her mama lately, which I love but at the same time I wish I could have a break. Im sure its very typical of breastfeed babies to have that attachment to their source of food, but what do you do when dad starts to feel left out? Tony mentioned the other day that he thinks s…

1. Wake up make a coffee, oatmeal & go to the gym: We have made this our routine now for 3 weeks! weird thing is, I've actually gained weight...  confused? same. 

2. By another phone card: We've been budgeting so much lately, and have come to the conclusions a pay-as-you-go phone is so m…

We often get caught up in the mundane rituals of our daily lives, and we forget to really "stop and smell the flowers", we forget that our moments with our loved ones can be fleeting.
I got a strong reality check the other day, twice in one day actually. Tuesday I got a phone call from my …

I have been trying to write this blog post now for a few days, each time starting it just to get busy and eventually feeling my eyes get heavier and heavier.. soon I was asleep. So needless to say it never got done, and I'm slowly figuring out this motherhood gig makes me crazy tired but so hap…