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Zoë and I spent the other morning in the garden. Gardenwise Magazine was at our house to shoot our garden, it was very exciting and terrifying for me! I love gardening, I'm not very good at it but I'm trying. My mom is the most amazing gardener I know...I'm hoping that her talent rubs off on me and my kids. Miss Z loves being outside and so far it seems that gardening is right up her alley! Beckett was at play school when we did the shoot, he would have loved it - he's definitely an outdoors guy.
The Gardenwise issue with our garden in it will be out in a couple of weeks. I'll post the cover shot as soon as they send it to me. I snapped the shot above of Zoë as she did some gardening by my favourite garden gnome, isn't he great? He's designed by Philippe Starck for Kartell and he was an engagement gift. I love gnomes, my collection continues to grow in the garden and in the house!
Happy Mother's Day! This is a photo of my beautiful mom holding me, I look pretty fresh and that art on the wall makes me think that we are in the hospital ready to go home. This would be right before Mother's Day, my mom's first. I was almost 10 pounds when I was born and my mom was in labour for 48 hours - you'd never know what she went through by looking at this photo - her smile is gorgeous - and that hair!
I received my very first homemade Mother's Day card. Beckett brought it home from Daycare, he also gave me a a little pot with a bean sprout in it! It is beautiful and I love it. This is what I have been waiting for, homemade gifts made with love by the people I love most.
Happy Mother's Day to you, I hope it's filled with love and laughs. xx
I have a great husband. He's kind, funny, generous and full of love. What I love best about D is that he's an amazing dad. When I married D I knew he would be a great dad - he really is incredible. Nothing melts my heart more than when D is with our kids. They adore him, the sweet sounds of their giggles while playing with their dad is almost too much for my heart to handle.
When Beckett was diagnosed with Down syndrome, we were tested. We had never been faced with such fear and pain before. You see a person's true soul when together you are challenged. I'll never forget the moment the doctor said the words, the tears that D and I cried and then the strength we gave each other. There's no one else on earth that I would rather be with for this incredible journey.
When Miss Zoë was born I saw the father-daughter connection immediately, love at first sight - sigh. I never had that relationship with my own dad, so to see such love was beautiful. Zoë definitely has her daddy wrapped around her finger - and she knows it. Her favorite word is "Daddy" and she's not afraid to use it.
Beckett and his dad are two peas in a pod, best pals forever. Zoë is the apple of her daddy's eye, a sweet connection. Soon Number Three will be here and a new journey will begin, what fun that will be! xx
Sweet Sarah over at flourish design + style is playing a game...and she tagged me. You have to post the sixth picture you ever posted. This is an easy one for me because I'm a newbie at this blogging thing! The photo is of my husband feeding Beckett when he was 7 months old. I love how chubby Beckett is and how Stanley is totally into it!
Now I'm tagging:
Stuff
An Honest Glance
Play along if you like. xx
I'm in love with these Vans. I guess it's because they remind me of the 80's and lets face it - I love the 80's. Of course Beckett and Zoë will never understand who Spicoli is, Ducky means nothing to them and Molly Ringwald (my 80's hero)....I know they won't ever get her!
That's okay, I bought Zoë the heart Vans and Beckett the mini "Spicoli's". Couldn't help it. They are at EiO (18th and Cambie) and there are tons of styles. More photos here.
Excuse me while I go crank some Simple Minds.
I was at EiO Kids today meeting with my good friend and business partner Marc, we wanted to take some photos of some new dresses that came in. Since we don't have the perfect white wall and our sweet neighbours at Walrus do we went next door for a visit. As soon as I walked through the door I fell in love. Look at this candelabra! Now I realize that this isn't everyone's idea of perfect but it's mine - I LOVE it. I didn't bring him home because I have no idea where I would put him....what do you think?
Walrus is at the corner of West 18th & Cambie in Vancouver (right beside EiO Kids)!
Here's a couple of the dresses that we photographed, they just came in, size 2 - 6 and they are way cute.
I love watermelon. Love. I gave Zoë some watermelon the other day, it's totally not in season here - wait a minute, watermelon is never in season here! Well I couldn't help it, I paid big bucks for my favorite fruit and I'm happy to report that Miss Z loves watermelon too.
Teaching her that you don't eat the rind was challenging, an 18 month old just doesn't understand why there's one part that you don't eat. Thank goodness it was seedless!
I have such great memories of eating watermelon in the backyard sunshine as a kid, I can't wait for warm days so I can sit in the sunshine and eat watermelon with my girl.
