photos from the phone

...and a few from my friend @christinelu too!

...and sometimes we run in to a beaver and lion on the street and jay has a roar off while i sit and watch.

sunday at kensington

we took a little afternoon trip to kensington market yesterday to catch up with friends, bump in to other friends, stock up on fresh fruits and veggies and discover the best bagel that ever was! it was a pretty packed afternoon but great to get out and feel the sun on our faces. plus we got to catch up with a friend of mine {also mama of the cute babe below} and see two other friends who recently got engaged!

kensignton is great because it is such an eclectic little spot in the city where you can find some pretty amazing vintage finds, great produce like the photo above and specialty goods like lizano- our fav salsa from costa rica. not to mention is has some pretty stellar restaurants, one of which we hadn't been to in a long time. you can read all about that spot here.

i also have to thank our recently engaged friends {kelly & carlos} for introducing me to nu bugel. and at the same time not thanking them because since eating one of those bagels i can't stop thinking about them. i seriously want one right now.

hope you had a great sunday too!

baby bump

we have officially switched from the constant bloated look to a full on baby bump!

i love everything about this bump. everything! beside feeling the most comfortable i have ever felt in my own skin, the best part is this daily giddy feeling i get about this little babe. a few weeks back jay and i recorded the heart beat at the doctor's office and that eight second clip has pretty much become a daily listen around these parts. 

just five months left little one, not long now!

since announcing the news we have had so many lovely notes and parenting conversations. i can't say enough how blessed i feel that boleslaw is loved so much already. i hope, i really hope, the babe continues to know, and feel, this love and support for the rest of its life to come. just having boleslaw know that one day would make this mama really happy.   

snow date.

the other night the most beautiful snow fell! it fell on a mound of hard, icy, leftover snow so with the fresh batch right on top it looked like a winter wonderland. typically i like to use these cold dreary nights to stay in and hibernate but handsome called me on his way home to ask if i wanted to go on a random nightly stroll in the snow, of course i said "ummmm...well, yeah...no yeah okay, let's go!"  

*my apprehension was only due to hot perogies and an episode of downton abbey freshly started. 

i'm happy i didn't give in to my inner lazy because i have always loved spontaneous outings like these with jay. no matter how big or how small they are, sometimes, they are just so necessary. plus with the babe on the way who knows how many moments like this we will get for awhile.   

other little spontaneous dates can be found here, here and my favourite, here!

xo happy valentine's day xo

this is easily one of the cutest videos i have ever seen! 

thanks to my friend noor for sending it my way!

xo.

last november we found out that we would get to share our walls with a new little member of our family and we couldn't be more thrilled! even though it was planned, it still came as a bit of a shock. i mean…parents. we are going be parents! parents to a little face that we get to call our very own. from time to time, it just seams unreal. i keep thinking “is this actually happening? yep it’s really happening.” and to put it lightly, the last few months is just about the most blissful type of worrying i have ever done.

we won’t be finding out if it is a boy or a girl but we will be anticipating its arrival every minute of every day until august. for now, i will be dreaming of the day when i get to swaddle this little person, wipe away their tears and drool, listen to their coos, make them laugh and kiss them all over their tiny little face! poor child has no idea how many hugs and kisses are in store for it, because between both mom and dad, it’s going to be a lot!

until we meet this little face of ours, we have given it a temporary name, boleslaw, which we know is not the most flattering, but it makes us giggle every time we refer to the babe as baby boleslaw. again, poor child already.  

please feel free to send any parenting advice, toronto mom groups that you love, or great shops to buy clothes for this expanding belly! 

little one, we cannot wait to meet you! 

xo. mom & dad