Wordless Wednesday - Mont-Saint-Michel (Normandy, France)

Bon Voyage Kathy, Doug and Max! France awaits you.

8 months!

Happy 8 months, my beautiful girl!

Happy Earth Day!

I love that I live in such a beautiful country and especially in such a beautiful province on this planet.

When Brea was born, I researched many things in order to find what would work best for us and to make sure we had some green alternative. One such thing was cloth diapers. It really looked daunting at first but there was plenty of information to weed through and eventually after talking to friends and family... I decided it was the way to go. We chose to go with Bummis (a nice Canadian company) and it is one of the BEST decisions that we have made and I am so thrilled with the results. I am a huge advocate now and am so happy to share my new knowledge with any new parents.

We started off with Bummis "Cloth Diapering Kit" which consists of prefolds and covers. For about $150, it was more than enough for us to use and only do washing every 3 days. I have friends who use diaper services - a good alternative - but I found it wasn't any harder to do it myself at home. I checked out some detergents that works well with cloth and decided on "Country Save", Brea's never had any problems with bum rash. I do a short wash in cold and then a hot wash with detergent, the diapers come out clean (even with poop on it). Now that Brea is on solids I supplement the diaper with a bio-liner which is flushable.

There you have it, I am happier to know that the landfills are a little less cluttered and that my baby has a happy bum.

Wordless Wednesday - Bath time!

Squeaky clean!

Mommy Bloggers

I started this blog mainly for family and friends to follow in our life with Brea. It has been so wonderful to be able to stay connected with those who do not live near us and give them a chance to see what we have been doing. I haven't been one to go all out in terms of putting my blog WAY out there into the public eye, the closest was the blog party I was a part of where people from around the world participated in a chance to visit each others' blogs. During that party, I had a chance to discover that there are so MANY amazing mommy-bloggers out there. Many have a wonderful sense of humour, great advice and terrific ideas to share. I have been meaning to list a few of the blogs I've found for a while now so here goes:

The Home GourmEH! - A fab Canadian Mommy who shares her yummy dishes and a whole lot of great foodie advice.

Chronicle of an Infant Bibliophile - A Mommy who shares wonderful book reviews through the eyes of her bookworm son.

Muthering Heights - A quirky and oh so funny blog from a Mommy that I would love to be friends with.

I am floored by this community of online people who share so much and I am so happy to be a part of it.

Wordless Wednesday

The path that leads down to Omaha Beach in Normandy, France where Allied forces landed June 6, 1944.

Easter

Cousins at play.

I hope everyone had a good Easter.

We had the joy of visiting family to share a wonderful dinner with. Brea has really enjoyed her time with her cousins and Auntie and Uncle. Nana and Grumpa were on hand as well and it was a scrumptious feast. Craig made a fabulous ham, Grumpa told us of a great recipe for turkey, and Auntie Signe brought a yummy pie!

Brea was super spoiled for Easter. She got such lovely presents from Mexico - including a beautiful dress and a cute beaded box and bracelet.

Brea in her lovely Mexican dress chosen by Grumpa.

A colourful beaded box for special treasures.

Thank-you everyone for making it such a great get-together :o)