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Mommy Musing Monday – Family Selfies

Posted on August 12, 2013 Posted in 2013, Baby, Family, Holidays, Miranda, Musing Monday, Parenting, Photography .

I mentioned in a recent #ThrowbackThursday and I want to make sure we have lots of family photos for Missy Moo to see when she’s older. I can easily admit that it’s not always easy to accomplish quickly!

On Wednesday we attended the Royal St. John’s Regatta, the oldest continuous sporting event in North America. It’s a holiday that is weather dependent and will shut down businesses in St. John’s based on the judgement call of the Regatta’s organizing committee (which consists of volunteers no less).

It’s definitely a unique situation to say the least. You can wake up on Regatta Day and even if there isn’t a cloud in the sky, if it’s very windy, that’s not going to work for the rowing races, so the committee will have to delay it until the next day (again weather permitting). You could also wake up to a morning with lots of overcast and light rain, but if the winds are good and the rest of the day’s forecast seems ideal, then the city will likely shut down for the day.

Anyway, since this was the first Regatta for little miss, we wanted to make sure a few photos were taken. I attempted to take some selfies of Matt, Missy Moo and I and there were mixed results. I imagine that little miss had some interesting thoughts going on in her head as we tried to have her cooperate.

Here’s what happened…

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Magic Pill

Posted on August 7, 2013 Posted in 2013, Running, Tely 10 .

If someone offered me a magic pill that would make all aspects of my Tourette Syndrome disappear, I would simply say no.

If that same person offered me a magic pill that would make my asthma go away, I would say…

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Mommy Musing Monday – Kate’s new royal pain

Posted on August 5, 2013 Posted in 2013, Baby, Miranda, Musing Monday, Parenting .

Warning: incoming rant …

Before you get in a huff, I’m not referring to sweet Prince George as being a royal pain for the Duchess of Cambridge. No, no, that’s not it at all. The royal pain the Duchess is now going to experience is the fact that she’s a new mom and the whole world is watching… so don’t screw it up princess!

I’ve ranted before about the fact that moms often judge each other when in my opinion, we should stand united and support each other. I’m happy to say that I have lots of moms and friends who are supportive of how Matt and I are raising Missy Moo.

Before Prince George was even born there was speculation as to whether or not Kate would use hypnobirthing in her birth plan. I’m happy to say that I was able to use elements from what we learned in a local hypnobirthing class at Shakti Yoga (it was awesome, but more about that in a future post). Whether or not Kate did use hypnobirthing (and it sounds like she did), just talking about it has helped increase awareness, so that’s good. But I can’t stress enough that it’s a personal choice and sometimes your “plan” for birth can’t always go the way you envision. Either way, she had a baby – good for her! High five sister!

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#Throwback Thursday – Family Photos

Posted on August 1, 2013 Posted in 2013, Family, Nostalgic, Parenting, Photography, Throwback Thursday .

Family photos. They’re something I’ve always enjoyed looking at. My parents have some old albums and I’m able to see lots of great things from before I was born, to events I remember when I was little.

MM's family

Matt with his parents and sister

 

It’s funny because both Matt and I have seen lots of childhood photos from our families (especially when we were tracking down photos for our wedding slideshow). But one thing we both found is that there aren’t a lot of photos where all four of our immediate family members are in the same photo.

I feel like things have gotten worse now with the advances of technology. Often times, both parents will now have a smartphone and it’s easy for one to say, “Hey, take a photo” or they take the initiative and snap a photo of their child/children which may also include a mom or dad in the photo. Continue reading →

Mommy Musing Monday – Tasty Feet

Posted on July 29, 2013 Posted in 2013, Baby, Miranda, Musing Monday, Parenting .

I’ve written before about Missy Moo’s feet. More specifically, her toenails that are near impossible to cut.

It looks like her feet are making another appearance on my blog.

It seems that they’re quite tasty. But don’t take my word for it, see from the expert yourself…

I was in the car with little miss while Matt was in Home Hardware looking for something. I looked back and saw her nomming away on her foot (this is something she’s been doing for a few weeks, but it was the first time I saw her do it while in her bucket seat and it was hilarious). So I couldn’t help but grab some video of the moment.

I love, love, love the expression on her face at the beginning of the video. She’s all, oh hey Mommy. What’s up? I’m just having a chew on my foot. Not much else on the go.

If she keeps up this bendy tendency, perhaps she’ll be a candidate for Cirque du Soleil  someday.

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Been there, done that

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