a bit of our weekend

this girl above just turned three. three! seeing as the last birthday we celebrated with this lovely little one was her first birthday, we packed up our car and took a little trip to spend the weekend to celebrate with her. jay's mom & dad travelled down for the party as well which inevitably means that we get trumped by oma & opa, which is fair, i mean grandparents are pretty much the best thing ever right? 

saturday was like looking at jay and my future in three years. nine kids plus parents equals loud room but honestly, really really fun. i had one three year old make me imaginary food for a good half hour. he even cut my imaginary food and washed the imaginary dishes! seriously he actually washed the dishes. then there was the four year old who rubbed my belly and chatted up boleslaw because she knew there was a baby in there. heart... melted.

in other parts of the weekend was my first mother's day! yay! it consisted of some good baby kicks, a  surprise gift, card and morning decaf latte run/delivery from jay, a morning at a park with family, and a traffic free drive back to toronto listening to some of my favourite past albums i haven't put on in a long time!

happy mother's day to all of you mother's out there!
if you care to see posts from viv's first birthday you can go here and here!

this week.

this week was looong, and selfishly, draining as all get out. but in retrospect given everything that seems to be negatively happening in parts of the world, selfish is exactly how i felt at the end of the week. especially tonight as i just got a fulsome low down of current events from my brother-in-law and his girlfriend at dinner. some events i knew, others not so well, and some not at all.

personally, there have been parts of this week that i wish i could have run away from, or at the very least erased. there are for sure parts that got the better of me and other parts that i probably could have dealt with better, but for whatever reason didn’t. i’ll admit i haven’t been able to follow current events as much as i would have liked which after hearing everything that happened made me feel even worse. at one point i couldn’t even find a positive spin or input on anything that was said so i just sat there and listened, blank faced, dumbfounded and shocked by all of the intentional and unfortunate happenings.

but maybe positive spins isn’t what is needed right now. maybe it’s not thoughts of how to better right now, maybe it’s to sit for a bit and take it in. to familiarize ourselves with everything that has happened, things that happened in the moment and things that never seem to end, the people suffering and the people scared, lost and confused. maybe it’s to be friends with one another regardless of our differences, regardless of where we are from or how we were raised. maybe we shouldn’t be thankful for the sunshine and warm weather right now but be thankful just to stand next to another person. be thankful life even exists. and then remember what we contribute, whether small or large on a daily basis.

for now, i am going to soak in some of my favourite time with jay, with this growing belly, and our home. i’m going to find time to catch up on all current news and remind myself a long hard week is not something to be affected by, but instead something to reshape. hopefully, always for the better.

photos from the phone

...and a few from my friend @christinelu too!

...and sometimes we run in to a beaver and lion on the street and jay has a roar off while i sit and watch.

sunday at kensington

we took a little afternoon trip to kensington market yesterday to catch up with friends, bump in to other friends, stock up on fresh fruits and veggies and discover the best bagel that ever was! it was a pretty packed afternoon but great to get out and feel the sun on our faces. plus we got to catch up with a friend of mine {also mama of the cute babe below} and see two other friends who recently got engaged!

kensignton is great because it is such an eclectic little spot in the city where you can find some pretty amazing vintage finds, great produce like the photo above and specialty goods like lizano- our fav salsa from costa rica. not to mention is has some pretty stellar restaurants, one of which we hadn't been to in a long time. you can read all about that spot here.

i also have to thank our recently engaged friends {kelly & carlos} for introducing me to nu bugel. and at the same time not thanking them because since eating one of those bagels i can't stop thinking about them. i seriously want one right now.

hope you had a great sunday too!

baby bump

we have officially switched from the constant bloated look to a full on baby bump!

i love everything about this bump. everything! beside feeling the most comfortable i have ever felt in my own skin, the best part is this daily giddy feeling i get about this little babe. a few weeks back jay and i recorded the heart beat at the doctor's office and that eight second clip has pretty much become a daily listen around these parts. 

just five months left little one, not long now!

since announcing the news we have had so many lovely notes and parenting conversations. i can't say enough how blessed i feel that boleslaw is loved so much already. i hope, i really hope, the babe continues to know, and feel, this love and support for the rest of its life to come. just having boleslaw know that one day would make this mama really happy.   

snow date.

the other night the most beautiful snow fell! it fell on a mound of hard, icy, leftover snow so with the fresh batch right on top it looked like a winter wonderland. typically i like to use these cold dreary nights to stay in and hibernate but handsome called me on his way home to ask if i wanted to go on a random nightly stroll in the snow, of course i said "ummmm...well, yeah...no yeah okay, let's go!"  

*my apprehension was only due to hot perogies and an episode of downton abbey freshly started. 

i'm happy i didn't give in to my inner lazy because i have always loved spontaneous outings like these with jay. no matter how big or how small they are, sometimes, they are just so necessary. plus with the babe on the way who knows how many moments like this we will get for awhile.   

other little spontaneous dates can be found here, here and my favourite, here!