About Us

Victoria, BC, Canada
This blog began as a modern "baby book" for our first child, Finlay, who was born in December of 2010. The recent addition of Seamus, born in January of 2013, has meant continued efforts to put into words and pictures his early years. We also use this forum to catalog our family life: two loving partners, two beautiful kids, car-free, child-centred, attachment-focused, with a love of food and health thrown into the mix!

Moving Day; building a nest

Lyndze - The day that seemed so far away finally arrived: moving day!  The lead-up was quite stressful but we were both so excited when it finally came as we are both anxious to create a nest for our new family.  We ended up hiring movers which was such a great choice and made the day pretty easy and fun.  The moving company, "Two Small Men With Big Hearts," consisted of a truck and two small men with faded tattoos and few teeth.  They arrived at the cabin early and by 11:30am we were all moved into the apartment and they were gone.  We crammed a lot of our things into the second bedroom and just unpacked from there.  It's still a work in progress, but we're getting there!


 Tyler built us a bed!  Just in time too, because it's getting pretty challenging for me to get up off the floor in the middle of the night to pee (and at 2am, 3:30am, 4am, 6am, and 6:10am...).  It's a beautiful bed that is very sturdy and we love it already.  The room still needs a couple coats of paint though!

 I started the unpacking in the kitchen and it was done by the first night.  Still lots of things to do though, the painting is not quite done and we need some basics like a garbage can, etc...
 The living/dinning room that was so bare was quickly full of stuff.  We reassembled the table and futon the first night.
 Tyler got all "manly," as he puts it, and painted our bathroom pink.  It turned out really nice and it is the first finished room in the place.

Still no pictures on the walls, and very little colour because we have yet to get curtains or shelves or accessories but the table is set up and the buffet is full of dining room treasures.

This home-making thing is exhausting!  But so so much fun!

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