In February of 2020 we found out that we were pregnant with our fourth child. I had some mixed emotions over this, I had been thinking about what my future would look like since my third baby would be starting school that September and this news meant that my future was going to be pushed […]
From March 2020 until May 2023 the world experienced something that hadn’t really happened in over 100 years. It caused a lot of panic and stress and hate. It created a whole new way of life for many people. And, having four young children to enjoy this experience with made it so much more … […]
Well, it has been many years since I posted anything here and in that time a lot has happened. I do hope to get to post here more often now, but I guess that will depend on life. So, please, life, let me do this! Here are the bullet points of the past 5 years. […]
I haven’t added anything to my blog in a very long time. I began drowning in my dark places. They would come and go, and there seemed to be no real reason, or help for me. I spent many days wishing my existence away. I often had moments where I wished that there was something […]
So, apparently, I am a Mom. For more than five years I have been sharing my home with small humans who grew inside me. I could look at them and think, ‘hey, I made that!’ I have, since day one, loved them so much it hurts. But, up until yesterday, I have never felt like […]
Well, it has been a VERY long time since I have written anything here. There has been a while that I have felt the need to write something, but have not had the courage. I knew, however, that a day would come that I would feel less afraid of what I wanted to put out […]
I will warn anyone preparing to read this that there is quite a few descriptions of my induction, labour and delivery that you may not want to read. We recently welcomed another new baby to our family. After the very different birth stories for my first two children, I felt like I knew what was […]
Okay, so here I am 35 plus weeks into my third pregnancy. Mostly I don’t really have the time to think about the fact that I am pregnant, with a three year old and a one year old to be worried about all the time. I mean, I always know that I am simply exhausted […]
So, every year we take a road trip in the summer. Sometimes we take two, a short one just to New Brunswick for a couple of nights and a longer one to Ontario to visit my mother-in-law. This year we did one two week road trip, we went to Quebec for a week instead of […]
So, a baby’s first birthday is, for a lot of Moms, a time to hit up Pinterest for ideas on cakes, decorations, favours, snack trays and I’m sure so much more that all follow some specific theme. Because we all want our child’s first birthday to be extra memorable, right? Because they are going to […]