My sister just sent me this link, and now I'm in tears.

I wish that everyone would have to read this before they surrender their animal to a shelter, or even before they decide to breed their animal. I can't imagine how I would feel if I ever had to give up Rosie or Juniper. While I was pregnant, I had this fear that the baby would have an allergy ( Read more... )

We're back in Toronto after spending the long weekend in Kingston. It was really lovely! Theo adores my mom and sisters, and it was nice having a bit of a break from the full-time mom gig.

Sunday we had our big turkey dinner, which was delish. I'm a (pretty shitty) vegetarian, but I actually ate some of the turkey. It's because my mom guilts me into ( Read more... )

Every once in a while PPD rears its ugly head again, usually in mundane, am-I-a-good-mother ways, or it's more disturbing form of oh-no-I-am-somehow-going-to-unknowingly-hurt-my-son-or-maybe-I've-even-already-done-so. And then sometimes it surfaces in just plain weird ways.

For instance, this morning my fatter and slower-witted cat, Rosie, came into ( Read more... )

We had such a great day on Saturday. Matt and Theo went to the Early Years Centre in the morning while I went to a rummage sale at a church next to the centre. I got an awesome Melissa & Doug wooden stove (complete with accessories) for $5, and a flowery old lady sweater AND a hat. Score!

This weekend AGO was holding a members-only open house for ( Read more... )

I am kind of loving pinterest, if only because it's something easy to play with while trying to get Theo to sleep. You should add me if you're pinteresting too!

http://pinterest.com/the_belle_jar/

Theo is the king of milestones this week! Within the last few days he has started crawling (after spending 3 frigging months "almost crawling"), pulling himself up on furniture AND cruising. Our life is about to get much more interesting, haha.

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What is pinterest? How does it work? Do you like it? Would I like it?

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Apparently the UARS satellite went down in Okotoks, AB, where Matt's parents live. Huh. Weird ( Read more... )

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