The Monkey Mural!
Before Cole was born, a friend of Alex’s offered to paint a mural for the nursery. We gladly took Vian up on her offer, and very soon had a sketch that incorporated the monkey designed by Jan at...
View ArticleThe Witching Hour
Thankfully, Cole is healthy and bright. Thankfully, Cole is not actually “cholicky”. But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have his precious moments. Today for the first time, I found myself handing him...
View ArticleLaughing, Joyful Feet, and Blankets!
Blanket! I asked Alex a few weeks back, “You know how some kids are ‘blankie’ kids? How do they GET that favourite blanket? Where does it come from? Is it a receiving blanket that they’ve just never...
View ArticleMama Monkeys First Post
Greg has been after me for awhile to post on the blog. Its not that I haven’t wanted to but most of my computer time has been one handed since Cole joined our family. He is down for a nap and I’ve...
View ArticleAn Aunt and Uncle Monkey in Vietnam
So, my sister and her husband are avid travellers. They’ve been to tonnes of great places around the world already, and show no signs of ever slowing down. It’s awesome for them, and they always have...
View ArticleMovember
I have teamed up with a good friend to form a 2-man team for Movember. Our team name, chosen by David (who originally wanted “Movember Reign” which was taken) is “The Movemberists”. Movember is...
View ArticleColes First Halloween
Cole experienced his first halloween this past weekend. We had our very own little Buzz Lightyear who was exceptionally cute if I do say so myself. In the morning we attened a halloween party hosted by...
View ArticleIt’s About Sleep
Tonight was a good sleep night, which is why I have a moment to write a blog post. But the past couple nights have been slightly less than ideal. There’s not a parent alive who doesn’t ask new parents,...
View ArticleThe Tree, plus Happy Birthday Abuelita
First off, Since I came so dangerously close to missing saying “Happy Birthday” to my mom (I actually DID miss it by 5 minutes; called and woke her up at about 12:05am, which was a dubious choice (she...
View ArticleOut as long as he was in
Today marks the day that Cole is 41 weeks 1 day old, which means that he has been out as long as he was in. Hard to believe isn’t it? Our little man has completely changed out lives in the very best...
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