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Mommy Musing Monday – Mighty Monster Hunter

Posted on August 19, 2013 Posted in 2013, Baby, Miranda, Musing Monday, Parenting .

It looks like we have a mighty monster hunter in our house!

Around six weeks ago we realized Missy Moo had her first tooth! We suspected a tooth was en route because she was doing a lot more drooling and had entered into that EAT ALL THE THINGS stage… which she continues to rock on a daily basis.

We first discovered the tooth at night, but earlier that day she was nomming constantly on her little knitted monster I had recently made for her (I’ll post about that another day). Clearly she found some comfort teaching her monster the food chain and pecking order in our house.

I managed to get some video of the mighty monster hunter in action…

But fear not! Our darling hunter isn’t just a carnivore. Oh no. She also has a taste for other food groups.

Carrots are so tasty. Especially their feet!

Mmmm! The new exersaucer at Nana and Poppy's house is yummy and lots of fun!

Stars are yummy. You should try some.

It wasn’t long before the second tooth on the bottom made it’s grand entrance. They’re just so freakin cute! I’m hoping to get a photo at some point if she’ll sit still long enough.

Her top teeth are not far away, but for now she’ll keep nomming on anything she can (including her daddy’s nose when she can get close enough).

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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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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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.

Mommy Musing Monday – Swim swim

Posted on July 22, 2013 Posted in 2013, Baby, Miranda, Musing Monday, Parenting, Products .

As I mentioned during a recent #ThrowbackThursday, we’ve had a pretty hot and sunny summer thus far.

And hopefully I didn’t just jinx us so that the rest of the summer is RDF (rain, drizzle, and fog).

We were at our summer home at Bull Pond a few weeks ago and it was a scorcher of a weekend. It was in the low 30 degrees Celsius (that’s around the high 80s for any American readers). The Humidex was definitely making it feel warmer and there was no way of getting any real relieve except going for a swim in the pond (as I also mentioned on Thursday, it’s something I thoroughly enjoy when at Bull Pond).

Yet we faced a problem – Missy Moo was just as hot as the rest of us, but she couldn’t go swimming because even on such a hot day, the pond water was still too cold for her itty bitty body. The poor thing was stripped down to her diaper and was hot, hot, hot. She wasn’t even able to nap during the day much at all because she was so overwhelmed with the heat.

How silly did I feel when I remembered that we have an extra baby bathtub at home, but didn’t think to bring it with us! And yet I remembered to bring her new swim diaper and some bathing suits…

Sometimes you just have adapt and make due with what you’ve got.

My father had a small mail crate and we filled it with some water. After it was in the sun for a couple of hours we decided to help little miss cool off and boy did she ever!

A little bit of shock at her first experience in some fairly cold water while wearing her new My Little Lion Designs swim diaper!

Notice the adorable swim diaper she’s wearing. It was made by the wonderful and talented Christina Kubik, owner of My Little Lion Designs. The swim diaper we have is fantastic and was perfect for the cool dip Missy Moo needed on such a hot day.

Note: I tend to call my daughter “two by four” when she will no bend because she’s like a piece of plywood!

My Little Lion Designs has lots of other great products and I’ll do a proper review of some other products that we’re enjoying including a very snazzy bib and wet bag. So if you haven’t yet, go check out Christina’s Etsy site and her Facebook page!

All finished cooling off!