Seaside stories

Goodbye, hello

We are saying hello to the winter season here. We traveled to Quebec last month where they had already gotten snow. In Quebec babies have traded their strollers for small sleds which we will hopefully be doing here in New England. We went out in the snow today to mail some last minute Christmas cards with my trusty baby carrier and it kept us nice and warm.

For me the Holidays are mostly about tradition since we are not religious. We were married at the Unitarian Universalist church which we share similar beliefs with but do not belong to since we do not feel the need to belong to a religious group. Sadly, with all the time we spent travelling for my American visa this month, we didn't quite get to prepare for Christmas. We will certainly remember this year's December because we are now officially all legally living under the same roof! I am an Permanent Resident of the US, woo!

We are saying Goodbye to the travelling, stressing over finances and possibility of having our family torn apart at any moment. 

On a totally different subject, we are also saying Goodbye to a piece of equipment many couldn't live without! Our house isn't on the bigger side so we decided to say Aurevoir to our microwave. Seems like a perfect plan so far. The reason behind it is not only the fact that microwaving isn't really good for you, but also that Liam and I's iron has been a little low.

The solution? Warm everything up in a 15oz cast iron melting pot. Sounds genius to me.

 

-Esther

Patience...

Life has been quite stressful for our family lately. Immigration is taking forever. It feels sort of like waiting on the line to speak to customer service...for months and months. I am nervous about finding work and about finishing our home. Everyone is telling me to be patient but I am such a perfectionist. I am finding comfort in the little things that I am thankful for. We have a roof, a healthy son, a great family, wonderful pets, newly found friends. I have an amazing husband who works very hard for us. We are both young and have a bright future. Funny that I am reflecting on this...As a Canadian, I sort of go through Thanksgiving for a whole month since my homeland celebrates in October...this is a time that I absolutely love, in between my "thanksgivings".

Liam is both evolving into a very active baby and having some sleep regression. As I am trying to spend some time on attending some Webinars and getting some kind of business plan together, our "Merry muscles" has come in quite handy. I couldn't afford a full-price one so I searched for months and months to find one on Craigslist somewhere in the Midwest. Luckily for me, the people who owned it put a listing up on Ebay for me and I was able to get it in a more "legit" way! It is absolutely awesome. Most jumpers aren't supportive enough especially for young babies, but Liam can even recline and fall asleep in the one. It was originally developped for special needs children so we know they had children's best interest in mind when designing this one. We love it!

 

Our home is slowly coming along and I will probably start posting some pictures and tutorials soon. After all, I did re-finish a cast iron tub! I think we are taking a little break from home improvement to enjoy fall and its many festivals & happenings. 

 

 

-Esther

 

 

Rainy day

What a perfect day to start blogging. Alas, we haven't done much lately...we are mostly getting ourselves ready for fall and winter. Buying some long johns and longies for Liam, getting our quilts and wool blankets out, harvesting the last veggies from our garden, getting ready for dog beach season. Starting September 15th doggies are allowed to hit the beaches of Cape Ann so we are excited about that. Today is windy and rainy so we are staying inside. This time of the year makes me feel so instinctual and I love the little ritual of getting my home ready for the cold seasons.

 

-Esther