Monday, August 27, 2012

Congratulations Mr and Mrs Mossa :)

A big congratulations to Ryan and Kelly who tied the knot this past weekend. They had a beautiful ceremony up in Caledon and us lucky guests (and Geoff being a groomsman) got to spend a night at the beautiful Hockley resort. It's a beautiful resort and the weather was stunning. It was 30 degrees and the sun shone brightly.

Geoff had gone up the night before to spend some time with the guys and his brother Graham, who was visiting from Nova Scotia. I stayed at home with the kids (well, one kid, as Mira was having her first sleepover with her little friend Gabrielle) on the friday night and then packed up the van with Shanna and the kids and we headed up to meet with everyone else.

The kids were really well behaved and dressed to the nines. Grayson was dressed in a little tuxedo onesie (thanks Jen and Dean!) and Mira in her flowery dress. Mira was obsessed with the wedding and couldn't wait for the "kissing" part.

The night was spent eating, laughing, drinking (except for us breastfeeders) and catching up with all of our friends. It was a beautiful night spent with some beautiful people.

With the whirlwind of a weekend and me being on my own with the 2 kids, it's a wonder that the only thing forgotten was the camera! Thus, I have only the one picture in my phone of Geoff and his little man Grayson, ready to strut their stuff on the gorgeous wedding day of Ryan and Kelly. Congrats Mr and Mrs Mossa :)

Sunday, August 19, 2012

Cottage Weekend

Geoff enjoying a Muskoka beer on the dock

Edd and Mira on the jet ski
 This past weekend we spent in Gravenhurst at our friends' Heather and Edd's cottage. It was a "couple with babies" weekend.

Geoff, Mira, Grayson and I headed north with Jay and Brenna and their son Kingsley. We met up with Heather, Edd and their daughter Zoe.

The wonderful thing about this weekend was that there were 3 babies under 4 months of age. Grayson is almost 2 months old (on August 22nd), Kingsley is almost 3 months old (on August 21st) and Zoe just turned 4 months old (on August 17th). Mira topped off the kid count and was able to play with the 5 kids staying in the cottage next door.

Mira spent the entire weekend in the boat and on the jet skiis. Her new favourite past time is doing anything with Edd. Edd took her fishing (she caught 2 bass and a sunfish), jet skiing and boating. She went tubing (another first) and did a lot of "sandcastling".

What a great weekend we had. It was nice to have no stress as everyone was in the same boat with an infant. Getting out with other new parents is so refreshing.

ATV ride with Mira's new best friend

Grayson taking a nap
All of the babies got along well and we even found a few moments where all the babies were awake and not crying (didn't happen all that often that weekend) to get a photo op. Mira jumped in there and now we have a portrait of all our little monkeys who will grow up enjoying eachothers company. Us adults projected ahead to the future when our three littlest monkeys will spend summers running around together, swimming and playing in the sand. Next summer the babies will be crawling and most likely walking (or close to it).

We have realized how fortunate we all are to have eachother to go through the world of parenting our Mira, Grayson, Kingsley and Zoe together. Our babies will be lifelong friends and will create memories of their own. 
Mira and the babies (L to R: Grayson, Zoe, Kingsley)


Grayson, Zoe, Kingsley



Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Closing

We have been frustrated by our new build. Our new build townhome should have been completed 8 months ago and now we're being told that our closing date of September 13th is being delayed again to January 22nd. However, they have started building our house so we are much more confident in this date versus the other ones they have given us in the past.

This will be the 4th time that they have delayed us and so we are certainly frustrated. We actually considered walking away from our new build to purchase another house in Georgetown. It was a house that I fell in love with and one that we could certainly grow with. Ultimately, we decided that it's best to move into our new place and then decide what step to take next.

We will enjoy our new build I think. The buyers of all the units in our new complex have started getting to know each other via Facebook (typical Georgetown-being all "friendly" with strangers) and it seems that everyone moving into our complex will be about the same age and somewhat at the same stage in life.

We will be going for our structural and colour appointment next week and we're excited to finally pick our options! Our builder does provide a lot of wonderful standard options. There isn't a whole lot for us to upgrade

Our next challenge is to list our current townhouse and sell it. I have this funny feeling that we may be homeless over Christmas. It's all part of being business I guess. Not many people want a closing of January and most people want to be into their new house by Christmas. We shall see what happens. :)

So the process of getting our house sold is now underway.....wish us luck :)

Friday, August 10, 2012

6 1/2 Weeks

 6 1/2 weeks into my being the mother of 2 has been awesome. It has been exhausting and a little patience-trying at times, but just awesome.

Mira has remained the affectionate, helpful big sister. Grayson remains our easy going boy who just goes with the flow. Every day we manage to do something fun with the three of us (four of us when Geoff isn't working), more to keep Mira occupied and make her summer fun and full.

So far, this summer, we have:
-gone to the splash pad (in Georgetown and Acton)
-Toronto Zoo
-golfing
-Lil' Monkeys Indoor Playground
-Kidnetix Indoor Playground
-Cooking school (twice)

 -African Lion Safari
-Woodbine Fantasy Fair
-Haliburton cottage
-Farmers Market
-numerous pool parties
-baby showers
-wedding showers

We still have much to look forward to. We have Ryan and Kelly's wedding on the 24th weekend and Edd and Heather's cottage next weekend. So much left of summer. We'll have to continue to make the most of it.

Despite my tiredness some days, I'm trying to make sure that I get out and do something every single day. It's good for all of us. :) 




Friday, August 3, 2012

Olympics

I love Olympic time. I know that most Canadians would agree with me. It's a time when the country comes together to cheer on our Canadian athletes wherever they may be in the world, working hard to make us and their families proud.

Such admiration I have for the athletes in the Olympics. Such time and dedication it takes to be of that caliber. So much heart break and so much joy they must feel along the way in their journey to athletic greatness.

Being of the track/cross country world, I can put myself in their shoes and imagine the overwhelming excitement they must feel. They get to compete in the greatest competition of all in the sports that they love. I remember feeling that way competing in the CI's and OUA's in University.....let alone if I were to have ever made it to the Olympics!

Speaking of athletics....I have finally started working out again. About 2 weeks ago I took my first step into the gym to start getting myself back into shape. I'm very excited to work on getting my body back to where it was prior to pregnancy. There seems to be so many limitations when pregnant and I have so much that I want to do now that I'm not preggo. I have this next year to perhaps try something a little new. I was able to maintain basic fitness while pregnant with my daily bouts on the bike or elliptical, but it's just maintenance. So I wouldn't have to start completely from scratch once I was okay to start working out again post baby.

Geoff has his BJJ twice a week and then come fall he'll have his hockey (work and beer league) so I want to have something to have for myself. For the time being, I have my time at the gym and once I have some fitness back then I'll take on a new sport. Thinking of options......