Birthday to my beautiful niece, Avery! Jaia and I literally spent the entire day outside. We lunched, we played and then met up with some friends to play, play, PLAY! If I can’t go to a pub and sit out on the patio and have a pint or two to celebrate one of my favourite...
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Wow. Santa is one generous guy. Jaia made out with a ton of loot. A literal ton. But she’s been having having fun with all of it. At first glance she saw the green hippo she had specifically asked the big guy for. I think she was excited. It was also the year of dress...
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My love for the holidays began, like most of us, when I was a little kid. We lived down the street from my Nanny and Pappy and from what I remember, spent a great deal of time at their house. And what a house it was at Christmastime! My grandparents took pride in decorating for...
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This was Jaia’s third Halloween, but the first that she *really* got it it. Her costume this time around? A giraffe. Warm, fuzzy and with a huge, hilarious, padded bum. Perfect for doing the Wiggle Bum dance with. Before we headed out trick or treating, we went to our friend Sarah and Barry’s house so...
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…and they are especially nice when we get to share them with family. This time we had Dan’s aunt and cousin in town from Saskatchewan. We had oodles of plans and the weather did not play along. But we made due. We did lots of touring – including an attempt to go to the Museum...
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Part of my Mother’s Day gift from Jaia and Dan was them willingly, happily and without complaint following me around while I scouted out new photoshoot locations. I did test shots at each and Jaia was such a trooper from beginning to end – the end being a trip to the park after our dinner...
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Jaia adores her Papoo. She takes his hand and has him follow her everywhere. They go on walks, have long chats, read books and have tea parties. So it was no surprise that when Papoo suggested they paint a birdhouse, Jaia was game. What could be better than an afternoon with Papoo all to herself?...
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We had our Easter hunt on Friday morning. My mom was in town and leaving today, so we wanted to not have to rush through and take the time to properly enjoy Jaia’s first hunt. As I mentioned, we had not said much about Easter to Jaia prior to a few days before, but the...
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Jaia has started to ask hard questions. Questions I’ve never thought about before and some I can’t easily anwer. It started at dinner the other night. Dan did something silly and I said he was weird. Jaia looks up at me and says, “Mama, what does ‘weird’ mean?” I chuckled to myself because I had...
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