Mama-luia

We celebrated our fifth anniversary this week. It was truly enjoyable day. We were able to get to Mass as a family, which was lovely, and the kids were excited because we hyped it for them a little (not to be self-centred, but because we think it's an occasion worth celebrating as a family). Noah even surprised us with a gift! While out doing an errand with his aunt, he decided he wanted to give us a big bag of marshmallows. Not the size of the bag, but the marshmallows themselves. Enormous . He promptly asked us if we could go camping that night and roast them by the fire. Isaiah "helped" me set the table. I'm kind of in love with how we went from having virtually nothing when we got married, to so many beautiful things, basically all given to us! Tablecloth: Dollarama find-o'-steel from my Mom. It seemed appropriate because my bouquet was lilies. China: A beautiful hand-me-down from my mother-in-law. It was her own mother's. Hutch: (still e...

I just love my new house!  The tall staircase, the tin ceiling in the living room, the fact that it has two, count 'em two, bathrooms, the spacious backyard, the sweet little laundry room away from the public's eye (as our old house had the laundry RIGHT at the front door). All of it is begging to be photographed. . . when perhaps there are fewer cardboard boxes to be seen.  Yet some of it could use a leeetle sprucing up, Jenna-style, so it will look more like our home. Thus I give you this week's 5 Favourites! 1. This adorable kid-room art. This little fellow in the painting reminds me so much of my own boys that I would love to have this hanging in their bedroom. Right now their room is a mishmash of dated wood-panelling and stencils of... wait for it... hummingbirds feeding from morning-glories . It fascinates me who decided to go ahead with that! My agreeable little four-year-old told me, "I like the hummingbirds pretty well, but I think...

We are alive. More than that, we are so very content. We arrived in the little town that is our new home, and will be moving into the home we hoped and prayed could be ours, in just a week. We have already been met with warm welcomes, a bottle of wine, and a box of pantry items. (Thoughtful friends give you Saran Wrap and all-purpose cleaner when you're moving, for your information. They have both proven to be imminently useful.) We faced what seemed like many setbacks getting here -- our initial offer not going through on our house, our van breaking down in rural Quebec, among others -- but we are here, and so happy. **** We had our first glimpse of Baby Lemon this week via ultrasound. Imagine our surprise and delight when we discovered the hospital here allows women to bring three guests in to watch! Noah, Isaiah, and Patrick all got to meet our very active, sweet little baby, who did his or her darndest to allude the technician's efforts for a clear images. She ...