Category Archives: Stuff

When Claire was first born, there was little “me” time, but that is to be expected. She slept a lot, to be sure, but then, I also needed to sleep a lot because we were up throughout the night. I … Continue reading →

Until this past Saturday, I had visited all of the Atlantic Canadian provinces except for Prince Edward Island. Neal is from New Brunswick so I had been there, and we went to Newfoundland a few years ago to go to … Continue reading →

I didn’t realize it had been so long since I last posted an entry. My intention has been to remain more or less up-to-date mostly because I don’t want to forget anything about this first year, and I know I … Continue reading →

We Nova Scotians had a horrible, cold, wet Spring. It’s never the best season here in the Maritimes, but this seemed to be worse than normal. But finally, over the Canada Day long weekend, we started to have some really … Continue reading →

… Claire can’t be two months old already! I will admit – sheepishly – that yes, when we were first home with her and I was getting used to being woken up several times in the night that part of … Continue reading →

As if being a baby wasn’t hard enough, I learned this week that many babies also suffer from what pediatricians call “Grumbling Baby Syndrome” (GBS). Claire had to leave the warm comforting home that was my womb where all of … Continue reading →

You often hear from women that their labour and delivery did not go according to their “birth plan”, and that was certainly the case with my birth plan! I was planning to have a natural birth: no narcotics, no epidural. … Continue reading →

Sherry suggested that I post a poll here and ask you all to vote on the date you think Baby Guthrie is going to be born! I’m 39 weeks pregnant starting today, and as of 11:11 a.m. Atlantic time, there … Continue reading →

My sister recently posted an entry sharing some very exciting news: she, George and the girls are going to be moving to Halifax this summer! I’ve known about this plan for quite awhile, since well before Christmas, but obviously I … Continue reading →