Saying Goodbye

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.
Im writi…

3 Month Update (14 weeks old)

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 …

What diapers we use for our sensitive baby

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…

Patio Season

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…

Penelopes First May 24 at the Cottage

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…

You'll never guess what we found hidden in our back yard!

"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…

The New Mom Uniform

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…