Juno

A few months ago my first pet and feline friend passed away.  Moxy loved to laze around and hump socks, he was quite the character!  Unfortunately not long after Parker was born he died of kidney problems and old age.  He now resides underneath the apple tree in my Dad's yard.

I've been throwing around the idea of getting another furry friend for awhile.  Of course it had to be the perfect fit for our family.  I looked for a couple months, nothing really stuck out to me.  Then I saw her, a medium hair siamese cross.  I thought about getting her for awhile, and then found out she had been spoken for.  Weeks went by and while looking in the pet section on a local shop and swap page, I seen her again.  I had to get her at this point.  My friend drove an hour to go get her for me from a cat rescue in Chetwynd, BC.  So far she has been such a well behaved, playful kitten.  I'm so happy to have a furball to curl up to and some company for when Matt is at camp.

Everyone, this is Juno.

Parker seems to like her, but lets just say we're working on our "nice" touch, haha.

Christmas

Our Christmas was insanely busy.  On Christmas Eve we started the day off  having a pancake breakfast and opening a few gifts at Granny D's house.  We later had an old fashioned Ukrainian dinner at Great Grandma Olga's farm.  And we finished the night off with presents at Grandpa Adam's.  Christmas morning arrives in a hurry and we celebrate our first one as a family opening presents and preparing for more Christmas events.  We went to my Dad's house for more presents until Matt had to leave for work, then headed to Pouce Coupe to visit my Niece and  then had dinner at my Dad's house. Parker and I spent our boxing day eating turkey and candied yams (yuuuumm) at Granny D's.    I'm just beginning to recover and relieved the holidays are mostly over.   But all the madness was so worth seeing the fam jam and watching Parker on his first Christmas. 

Finally!

We finally got our tree up and decorated.  This is our first tree as a familly and I'm absolutely in love with it.

It may not be the biggest,most lavish tree on the block, not all the ornaments match and we're using a toilet paper owl in place of a traditional star or angel.  But its OUR tree and it's perfect, to me at least.

Today Parker, Nana Ginger and I did some last minute shopping (gong show!).  Afterwards Parker helped me with laundry and was ridiculously cute.

Did I mention I baked my BUTT off today?

Don't feed after midnight

This was Parker all day.  Yep, I'm pretty sure theres a stage between infancy and toddlerhood called gremlin.

I did get some awesome mail though!

These are some cloth wipes from Modified Momma Creations.  They are just too cute!

Oh, I also won a Scentsy warmer!  I was so excited to get this.  I don't have any wax, but I'm going to get some soon so our house smells delicious.

We STILL haven't got decorations (except for a lonely owl) on our tree.  I'm hoping to conquer that on top of the mountain of laundry I have to do.

Constant Chatter: Mommy Necklace Giveaway.

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Head on over to Constant Chatter for a chance to win a mommy necklace.  Who wouldn't want one?  I know I could use one with all the scratching and grabbing Parker does while he nurses!

Our Week Captured

My heart beams with happiness knowing the love my family shares

❤❤❤

Baby Wearing FTW!

Another sick day in the Hora/Broadway house. As most babies are when they're sick, Parker was the definition of clingy.  Matt is coming home Monday and the apartment is in shambles.  Dirty dishes, unswept floors, clothing on the ground, a living room that looks like a toybox exploded, you name it.  Parker was NOT going for playing quietly by himself, instead it was tantrum city.  So out came the Pognae carrier and up on my back he went!  I've only carried him on my back once before so I surprised how well he took it.  Not a peep for the whole hour I cleaned.  

Matt and I both use a few different kinds of carriers on just about a daily basis.  Our stash consists of a Pognae buckle style carrier, Buffalo Bean ringsling, a Dolcino Bali and Chimparoo Blue woven wraps.  My two favorites being the pognae and dolcino.  Lately I've been drooling over this beautiful wrap.

Fast forward to bedtime, it was not happening.  Not all the nursing, bouncing or rocking in this world could get congested, cranky, teething Parker to sleep at this moment.  Baby wearing to the rescue!  I dug out the dolcino, wrapped Parker and wore him not even 15 minutes and he was sleeping like a log.

Basically what I'm trying to say in all this rambling is if you don't already have a baby carrier (an ergonomic one, not a crotch dangler, ouch!), go get one!  Even if your infant doesn't have trouble sleeping it's great bonding and excellent exercise.  It makes my tasks soooo much easier!  Definitely a lot less cumbersome than lugging a stroller around too (ahem, stairs).

Parker and I ❤ Baby Wearing.