Calmly Chaotic

Isla has decided to start training early for her future luging career...


every time we strip off her pants she assumes the "luging" position...


then she likes to freestyle a little...


a little more...


then she gets all calm and gets all "what are you looking at... I am just training…

This week has been full of sunny days, long walks outside with the girls, long naps inside with the girls and little bodies growing bigger and bigger.

I can't believe how much her face has filled out.  Some think that they are starting to look more alike.  I think not.  To me they are always t…

and it was delicious!

who knew organic brown rice cereal could taste so damn good....

mommy and daddy have been holding out on us!

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yes, that's right... we fed them the solid stuff

well sort of solid if mush counts for solid

we sat them in their bumbos (we ordered high chairs on friday...…

better late then never right?

here goes...



I think the word obscene might come to mind... this sea of presents was ridiculous!


strategizing..

alice: you grab the cat while I get this ribbon undone
isla: what's the cat?


all decked out in their first christmas sleepers... and bibs... yeah they ma…

Do you remember when I wondered... out loud... whether I would go back to work?  I don't think I ever, for a second, seriously thought I could do it.  and I'm not going to.  how could I ever leave them.

instead... I'm doing daycare.

I'm doing it.

don't try to convince me not to.

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This morning the girls decided that it was sleepless in Ottawa ...

i won't bore you with the gritty details but i will tell you that I have never looked forward to two mindless hours of the bachelor with such gusto.

thank you ben for having a slew of ridiculously dramatic women vying for your …

dear isla and alice,

a year ago new years we found that two of you had taken up residence in my tummy, what an amazing surprise that was.



now you are just over five months old and it feels like we have known each other forever.  People stop us all the time when we are out the conversation goes some…

Isla is making her video debut... and you get to witness it (lucky you!)...

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So Mommy has been sick this week and I've taken it upon myself to try to grow me some teeth.  My sister is in on this gig and that means double the teething pain, double the drool, and double the diaper rash (Mommy …