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First Birthday Party Ideas and Decor

This past weekend we celebrated Maya's very first birthday. It was a pretty exciting and emotional day - probably more for us than for our little girl! We survived our first year of parenthood! You know I couldn't help myself, and of course had to throw her a first birthday party, right? I didn't have any real "theme", but decided to stick with the colours that were in her nursery - pink, ... View the Post

top 10 tips to support a new mom

I have been meaning to write this post forever, but somehow it kept slipping. Since Maya is almost a year old (!!), it was about time I got around to it. After having Maya, and having such amazing friends and family around, I definitely learned a thing or two about how best to support new parent. These are my top 10 tips to support a new mom. Oh - If you're not a super good friend of this new ... View the Post

my weekend according to instagram

If you guys follow me on instagram, you will have noticed that there was a wedding, girlfriends, and anniversary celebration all packed in there this past weekend. When I was at Queen's University for my undergrad, I lived with five girlfriends. It was way, way too much fun, and I love them all dearly. Can you believe that it took us seven years to have a full reunion? There have been times ... View the Post

furniture redo: a navy and gold dresser

We basically just needed one piece of furniture for the bunkie, besides bunk beds, and that was a dresser. I searched the online used sites for quite a few weeks, but it was tricky as the dresser had to be a fairly specific size that didn't seem to be popular. I was spotting either really tall, narrow dressers ("tallboys") or long, large dressers. I needed something in between, but not as small ... View the Post

house reno: a progress update

There has been a flurry of activity over at our house in these last few weeks. My last update - here - was after they had gutted the interior of the house. Well, a lot has happened on our house renovation since then. First they peeled off all the brick. It filled a whole dumpster worth - which can actually be ground up and used as fill again, so it's a "clean" dumpster - but not before I ... View the Post

a day at the beach: family photo shoot

A few weeks ago, Dan, Maya and I headed off to the beach (Britannia Beach in Ottawa, for you local folks) and had a family photo shoot. Before I get to those ones though, I am taking a little step back down memory lane. Here is Maya at our first family photo shoot -- she was 5 months. {Photos by Baby & Belly} I swore I wasn't going to do "baby in a bucket". And yep ... here is ... View the Post