Penelope’s Playroom

I’m not gonna lie – we had the BEST time planning Penelope’s playroom. It’s just so fun creating a space that’s meant to be fun and spark creativity and adventure for our little girl to enjoy. We took advantage of Pete being off for the summer to create the perfect space for Penelope. Right now, […]

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Penny’s Six Month Update

Six months. SIX MONTHS. I can’t believe this little peach has been in our lives for six whole months. This has been the most incredible six months we’ve ever had, although time is moving too quickly for my liking. Penny is 18 pounds and in 6-12mo clothing. She’s growing so fast, I can’t even believe […]

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Penelope’s First Pool Day!

This past weekend we celebrated Canada Day with a nice long weekend & the nicest weather we’ve had yet this year!! My sister invited us over for a pool day (two of them, actually), and it was Penny’s first time ever in a big pool. She LOVED being in the water! My mom bought a […]

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Tips from a New Mom

As a new mom, I know not all tips work for all people. But I was always itching for tips from other moms that I could try out when I became a mom – anything to help make the days (and nights) easier, right? I wanted to put them into a blog post for other […]

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My Labour & Delivery Story

I wanted to document my labour and delivery story for other mom’s to be, but also for me to look back on since I know I’ll forget a lot of this! While I was in the hospital, Pete took down notes so we could recount exactly what happened, and I’m SO glad we did. Before […]

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Second Trimester Update

I can’t believe I am in my third trimester!!! It’s officially 28 weeks into my pregnancy, which means we have less than 12 weeks left until we meet our little peanut (how is this possible?!).

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Spring Time!

Even though it is still pretty cold where we live (hello, Canada!), I was tired of the winter decor we had all over the house, so over the past few weeks I’ve been updating our house with some new decor. Spring is one of my favourite seasons – it’s another fresh start. Snow melts, flowers […]

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Basement Renovation 2/3

Welcome to part 2 of 3 of our basement renovation! Like I mentioned in the first post, we did not plan this renovation. Mother Nature and the flood that hit our city forced our hand on this. And as much of a nightmare the flood was, it has been the best thing that could’ve happened! […]

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Basement Renovation 1/3

Hello and welcome to part 1 of 3 of my basement renovation blog post! Let me start off by saying – we did not plan this basement renovation. Almost EXACTLY to the day, 1 year after we bought our house, our basement flooded. We had a foot and a half of water in our completely […]

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