a little trip to the aquarium

these past few days we have been enjoying some family time with my dad and stepmom who are visiting from costa rica. we decided to take a little trip to the ripley's aquarium here in toronto which i have been wanting to go to so bad since first hearing about it. we spent hours there and if you couldn't tell from my instagram feed yesterday i was pretty excited to be there. i mean shark tunnel, really. and the jellyfish wall, seriously. i could sit in front of that for hours. we actually went back to sit there for a second time. we also may have ended the day with two new memberships. 

hope you enjoy our little film from our adventures that day!

a little video

its hard to believe we have had this little girl with us for a whole month already! the time has gone by so fast and so slow at the same time given that all days seem longer when you run on three hours of sleep. as exhausted as i am this month has been the best getting to know miss mila and adapting to life as her mom.
we already can't get enough.

above is a little video of our first month with her. it sure has been wonderful, tiring, challenging, worrisome, beautiful and a bunch of other emotions all wrapped up in one. one thing is for sure, 2 a.m. is sort of my favourite time with her...weird right? i know!

european getaway :: in video

last fall jay and i jetted out for a three week european getaway and had our hearts pretty much stolen away by the beautiful sites, wonderful people, unbelievable history and super amazing food. in france we only made it to paris but we did get to travel about through a few cities in germany and italy. and while at the end of our trip i was pretty happy to get home to sleep in my own bed, i can for sure say that i am ready to pack my bags right now and get on the next plane to any one of those places. especially italy! and germany! and paris! i miss you all so.

here is a little video of some of the sites jay and i got to see but best of all, these are a bunch of clips of 3 weeks spent laughing, exploring, dining, dancing and memory making with my favourtie person ever.

if you care to see any photo posts there are links below!

paris :: here & here

monshiem :: here & here

munich :: here & here

venice :: here & here

cinque terre :: here & here

florence :: here & here

rome :: here & here

doerkie family cottage weekend

a little family video from last weekend's getaway

we are minus a few family members in the video but promise they were missed 

{until we went down to the dock and forgot all about them}

a very merry christmas

goodbye to the first apartment we had together

3 years and a lot of memories!
goodbye first 'married' apartment, we will miss you!