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Tag Archives: raising boThis small town life…One of my readers commented on my last post that it looks like Bo has grown up overnight. And I couldn’t agreeView full post » This small town life…For the first time in over a month (or has it been months?), Bo and I have had a week without any drama, without anyView full post » Peace out mama… I was just messing with ya.So it would seem my baby is no longer a baby. She is a havoc-wreaking, hellish toddler already… hiding things inView full post » Coming home…We arrived home yesterday afternoon. It was a strange sensation coming back to this house. This halfway house, halfwayView full post » This family lifeWe are on our way home. Back to reality. Back to the world that had just been turned upside down. Back to unknowing, toView full post » Happy New Year.photo by Kate Heaslip Photography New Years eve is one of those nights where in the past I have found myself less thanView full post » Flying solo, with company…Flying Solo during the holidays is not something that is foreign to me. I’ve spent many a Christmas alone (with myView full post » So this was Christmas…Surrounded by family, young and old, we celebrated Christmas. With simple gifts, and amazing food, Bo spent her dayView full post » Dear Bo,Dear Bo, Normally I only write these letters to you every three months. But this past month and a bit hasView full post » This small town life…It’s been a beautiful, long, exhausting week. With my 92 year old grandfather and Aunt arriving from Canada toView full post » This small town life…When something really tragic happens in my life. I am always really amazed that the world just keeps on going. I mean,View full post » This small town life…Some weeks there are no words. Or so many words that there is no where to start. This is one of those weeks. But theView full post » Him and me and baby makes three…It’s been a weird few days since Ni arrived, I haven’t written about it yet because I still don’tView full post » You make me feel like dancing…One more day till Ni arrives and I couldn’t be more excited.And in celebration, Bo learned how toView full post » Advice to my teenage selfI’ve been thinking a lot about growing up.. Maybe it has something to do with being back in my mothers houseView full post » How we (mostly) conquered sleeplessness…Sleep… it’s right up there with water as being essential for survival. Sleep deprivation is the absoluteView full post » This small town life…Another week down makes it less than one week until Ni is here and we are all together. This mama can’t wait!View full post » This small town life…We are one week closer. With less than two weeks to go now we are racing towards our family union faster and faster.View full post » Dear Bo,Dear Bo, Today you are nine months old. I can barely believe it. Nine months is a very important time for a mama.View full post » Eating Green…Loving good wholefoods as a part of our November Challenge… xox Share this:MoreView full post » Feminism is not a dirty word.I am a feminist. There I said it. Loud and proud. And I don’t know why you wouldn’t be. I know lots ofView full post » This small town life…Another week?! How is it possible? Time is flying. Which is great because now we are only 20 DAYS until Ni arrives andView full post » ChatterBox…She’s a talker… like her mama. She has a lot to say and from the moment she get’s up to the time sheView full post » This small town life…It’s been a busy week in this house of Bo. You know, with all of the no-sleeping going on we’ve hadView full post » November challenge… changing the way we look at food.My transformation hasn’t really taken off just yet. What with the lack of sleep, I’ve been lucky to haveView full post » Don’t hate the haters… hate the game.In this past week I lost something that is (was) to me a safe place. Yes it may have been on the internet… andView full post » This small town life…We are settling into our small town life, Bo and I. We are staying at my mothers place about two hours south of Perth,View full post » Being great… and admitting it.It has been a very hard few weeks. Months. Year. I have struggled. I still struggle. Searching for a peace within itView full post » This Village Life…There are no more words necessary. Just pictures, of this village life… We will return to this beautifulView full post » Making it (mostly) work… sometimes.This post started very differently to how it ended. It was supposed to be a post on how to make a cross culturalView full post » This Village Life…Sometimes life is hard. Really hard. And other times it’s not. We’ve been having one of those really hardView full post » This moment…Well, we have returned… weary but well enough. Bo seems to have caught a little cold somewhere along the way andView full post » This City Life…I hate goodbyes at the best of times. Saying goodbye to my family and friends here in Perth is harder this time than IView full post » Keep on keeping on…With the best of intentions to get a really interesting blog up today about one of the issues in the parenting worldView full post » This City Life…I’m not sure how time has gone so quickly but as of yesterday we now have a seven month old. It seems like justView full post » Controversies, compliments and giving praise…A few weeks ago Dr Peggy Drexler published on Huff Post a pretty controversial thought provoking piece on complimentsView full post » This City Life…The past week in Perth has been an eventful one. With vaccinations, daddy-celebrations, lunch dates, long walks andView full post » Got shot(s)…The entire predominant reason for our semi-regular jaunts back to Aussie-land is to get Bo’s vaccinations. ToView full post » For you, AbahSunday was fathers day in Australia. The very first fathers day for Ni and one he spent in the surf and on the beachView full post » Mama babble and a salad of words.I have lost the ability to communicate with words.You know, the kind of words that come out of your mouth? I hear thatView full post » |