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It’s Boo from Monsters Inc!

The face of our goofy baby (sorry, toddler 😥) who refused to nap more than 15 minutes all day long 😅 #stillsmiling #butpleasenaptomorrow 🙏

Killing me with cuteness! 🤭

I’ve had multiple children comment on how I wear this dress everyday (adults are surely thinking it too) 😂 I reply “why yes I do wear this dress everyday cause it’s my favourite. I hope you can find an item of clothing you love this much”.
Well, this is Sunnies new favourite outfit, so be prepared to see her in it everyday folks.
Cutest dress from @winterwaterfactory and shoes from @tiptoeyjoeyusa
My dress: @notperfectlinen

Watching Sunnie grow up has left me really wanting another baby.
If you’re new here, Ryan and I struggled with infertility for 4.5 years before we were lucky enough to adopt Sunnie from a dear friend.
Wanting to have another baby isn’t an easy thing for us, in fact it’s scary!
We cant just be like “let’s have another baby” and then boom get pregnant. I will likely never be pregnant.
So what does this mean for us?
We could try to adopt again (but the chances of us getting chosen are soooo slim where we live and could take years.
We could try to find a surrogate (we have 3 frozen embryos from a round of IVF we did a few years ago, but finding a surrogate is so unlikely)
Im not sure why I’m saying this all really, other than its weighing on my mind, to remind you that your baby carrying bodies are a gift, and to use my platform to spread awareness about infertility.
Anyways, on a lighter note: look at my sweet Sunnie girl! She is SUCH a gift!!

This whole space is going to be reconfigured this month as we start renovating! I’m sooo excited, guys, we are finally getting a DISHWASHER!
I absolutely love living small, but with a growing child this space is no long working for us. So instead of adding MORE square feet, we are reworking what we already have to be more purposeful for us as a growing family.
We are knocking down our bedroom wall and converting that to the living room, and our kitchen table will get pushed into the current living room and we’re putting an island where our kitchen table currently is!
I’m soooo excited!!!
Do you have any good dishwasher recommendations? Or light fixtures? Or basically anything #reno related?!

From this time last year 😭😭😭😭

Anybody else get joy-sparking life from arranging your kids toys all cutely on a shelf? 🌈
This was my version of play this morning.
Can’t wait for Sunnie to see it when she wakes up. I can guarantee her face will be this: 😯

Sunnie and her little BFFS all matching. Apparently they’re less than amused, despite all our annoying mom voices trying to get them to smile.... maybe they’re trying to tell us something 🙃😕😅

I would be doing everyone a disservice if I didn’t share this video here as well as my stories. It’s just that cute 🥰 swipe for the video

Sunnie, your name really suits you ☀️☺️

Sunnie is at such a fun age to go exploring outside. Now that she’s walking, our adventures can be longer so I always pack a bunch of snacks 😂
One of our family go to brands is @naturevalleycanada, a long time favourite that provides the best ingredients nature has to offer! We love their Nature Valley Lunchbox- it's peanut-free and made with whole grains!! They've reignited our love for nature! Where are your hidden nature gems? GIVEAWAY ALERT! Comment below with your favourite nature hidden gem and tag #joyofnature for a chance to win Nature Valley swag!
#joyofnature #sponsored

Looking extra cute this morning on our way to the park ☺️

She doesn’t seem to care about her semi Star Trek looking crooked bangs, she’s just happy she can see 😂🥰😍 And this mama falls in love all over again. Who new bangs were so powerful?
Swipe for the before!

Made her a little reading fort with our Pikler triangle from @wiwiurka_toys and she thought it was the best thing ever 😂🥰

Twinning is winning 👯‍♀️

One of our favourite places to walk to as a family is our local Nature Park. There’s a beautiful pond, tall prairie grasses and walking paths. Sunnies favourite thing to do here is throw rocks into the water 😂(Fun fact: I won a prize in grade 3 for naming this park when it was just being built!) Getting outside as a family is one of my most favourite things, especially in Summer! Do you have any favourite spots to visit?! @naturevalleycanada #joyofnature #sponsored

17.5 months. Such a fun, sweet age! Now that she’s (finally) walking/running everywhere, she is sooooo much happier! So is mama 😅🙈
And seriously how cute is this romper on her?!? I can’t! @thesimplefolkco

I’m just gonna focus on this one little corner cause the rest of my house looks like the second photo 😬🤦🏻‍♀️🙈#keepinitreal

I asked her to smile 😂🙈
What a little ham. I think she gets this from both me and Mama Oon combined. 😂 So much personality #adoption #thisisourchild