Monday, 4 July 2011

Canada Day!

Oh, what a long and hot weekend!

Friday - Canada day. Parade and fun at the park. The kids got so excited they refused to go to sleep. At 10 pm Lovisa sat in her PJ:s on the porch watching the fireworks...

Saturday - new heatwave so we took of to Dorval to explore the area around our house. Picnic close to our new house in a huge park with water games for the kids!

Sunday - to bloody hot! Took of to IKEA to get some inspiration for renovating our new kitchen. The rest of the Montrealers joined us, crowded, crazy and high sound level!
At supper Lovisa put a green pea up her nose. Sneezed 5 times and finally H got it out with a Q-tip. Phu...

 Waiting for the parade. And no, that's not Andréa in my arms, 
it's Joséphine - Lovisa's favorite doll...

 Go Canada!

The parade in Montreal-West

Now it's 9:30 pm, still 29 degrees and feels like around 40 degrees. Come thunder and lightening! Goodnight!

Thursday, 30 June 2011

Everybody can comment!

I changed the settings so now it's possible for everyone to comment, you don't need a Google account. So please comment, I have around 1000 readers per month from all around the world and I'm a bit curious who you are! Leave a trace! You can be anonymous if you prefer.

Today I'm cleaning out my closet, all clothes that hasn't been used for over 3 years is going to charity (if you think 3 years is a long time bare in mind I've been pregnant and breastfeeding for almost 3 years)! That's one good thing with moving frequently, you don't keep old shit (positive thinking!)...

Today's cutest was when Lovisa said her own name for the very first time this morning at the breakfast table. She pointed at H and said "papa", she pointed at me and said "mamma", she pointed at Andréa and said "Nea" and then she pointed at herself and said "Visa". Then she smiled with her whole face, all proud. My little talker!

New words and sentences everyday now, it's so fun!

Wednesday, 29 June 2011

Poop!

Just a very philosophical reflection from a "stay-home-mummy": how the hell can you poop so your socks gets completely covered in it? She was only wearing a little baby-body and socks. And no poop ended up on her legs only on one of her socks (and of course the whole diaper was full but that you kind of expect)...

Do you understand now why I'm worried about my sanity? 
Taking pictures at poop socks... Very chic...

Good for her she's so adorable! Here on her way to her first midsumer celebration.

Monday, 27 June 2011

Worried

You know how worried you are about everything when you have your first child? Double that and you'll understand having two is bloody nerve wracking! I'm constantly worried over my children.

When it comes to Andréa I'm concerned about the breastfeeding. She chokes, moves, cries and seem to be struggling all the time. Since it's probably my last time breastfeeding I was looking forward to the cozy closeness that you only get from a beautiful breastfeeding moment. I don't know if it's her reflux or if it's stomach pains or if she's just not hungry or if it's a personality thing - maybe she's just the restless, fast type of eater (oh god please - no!).

When it comes to Lovisa, she's been, what we think, teething all weekend. Starting with a fever on saturday, being in agony, pain and been whining like crazy. She's drooling like a hungry dog all the time and constantly wants her pacifier (not strange her first whole sentence was "ou est la suce?" meaning "where's my pacifier?"). She refuses to eat. She cries and says it's hurting in her mouth. She's like a big baby, wanting to be cuddled and carried around. Oh, it worries me!

And then I'm worried about me being so bloody worried. It's annoying really, everyone tells me to enjoy this precious time and bla, bla, bla! And I really should take my postpartum vitamins. And eat a bit better. And start to exercise a bit (maybe around 5 am, after the night feeding before the morning feeding - what do you think?)... But most of all I'm worried about how I'm going to manage to take care of both babies at home ALL DAYS LONG, with my sanity still intact (or whatever is left of it), after we move to Dorval. It's practically impossible to keep her daycare place here in Montreal-West and it's not easy finding a new daycare in Dorval. It worries me that this bothers me so much because what kind of mother am I thinking I'll probably go completely mental taking care of my own kids?

Thursday, 23 June 2011

Lovisas first visit to the coiffure...

I finally realized that I'm not going to get around to cut Lovisas hair. I've been talking about it for about a month and she was starting to look like a bum... So I put Andréa in the carrier and Lovisa in her stroller and of we went...

Excellent place to run and play - yeah right!

On a booster with a cookie...

Switching to raisins when the cookies got boring...

Almost done....

Voila! After 4 cookies and a pack of raisins you need some water. 
Look at the happy, beautiful girl all proud! 

Andréa 2 months!

And the day couldn't have started better for little Andréa. Lovisa jumped in her crib and cuddled with her. For the longest time...Finally I had to take Andréa out to give her medication and feed her, hence Lovisa got hysteric and refused to leave her sisters cozy bed... It's amazing to see that their already enjoying each others company. Lovisa shouting "Nea, Nea, Nea"! And Andréa trying to make a sound, any sound! Usually "gaaaah"... My little sweethearts.
Here Lovisa's trying to put Andréa to sleep by singing parts from "Frère Jacques":


We celebrated by buying a very pink sunhat for Andréa and of course we all had some cake!

I take it as a good sign that she fell asleep when we tried it on...

Blueberrie cheesecake - so delicious!

Now I just have to find that piece of gum that I dropped on the floor so Lovisa doesn't eat it or worse; choke on it tomorrow morning! Goodnight!

Monday, 20 June 2011

WE'RE BUYING A HOUSE!!!

Yes, it's true! We're really buying a house! Everything is settled and we're going to have access from mid July. It's a nice bungalow (yes! Finally everything in one floor, no more running in stairs!) in Dorval. Dorval is a very nice area, about 15 minutes from Downtown Montreal and 5 minutes (!) from the airport. Very familyfriendly with large parks, schools, outdoor pool, tenniscourts and super close to the water front!

http://www.ville.dorval.qc.ca/en/

SO COME SEE US!!! We have a huge backyard with a big deck. Of course we'll have to do some renovations. Starting with the floors and repainting the walls and the ceilings. We hope to move in end of July. I promise to add some pictures when I have some... And I said I'll never, ever, move with an infant ever again... Well, I better start packing... He, he...