This is my 101st blog post. That’s pretty incredible. I started this blog in the second trimester of pregnancy. I wanted to write about my experience with pregnancy and keep people updated on my life. I didn’t get into the swing of blogging until Cameron was a couple of months old, but since then, I’ve…
Motherhood
Mommy Pictures: Autumn
Happy Friday! Happy October! I love the month of October. It might be my second favourite month after December. I love the season of autumn, and October is the best month to experience it. The weather gets refreshingly cool, the trees fully change colours, the leaves start to flutter, scents of spices fill the air,…
This Sucks
This is the worst night ever. My baby is crying. He is clean. He is fed. He is safe. But he is still screaming. The hardest part of both parenthood and motherhood (don’t know the difference? There is one, believe me) is this sleep thing. Not sleeping starts during pregnancy. It is laughable how much…
The Many Names of Cam: Baby-O
I always think it is really cute when pregnant Moms and their husbands come up with cutesy little names for their little growing nubbin. Names like Peanut and Bean and Bug and everything else that is little and cute. But when I got pregnant? Nothing sounded right. I knew other pregnant Moms with their own little Peanuts and Beans,…
Mommy Pictures: Snuggles
Looking back over the photos taken in the last few weeks, I found only one picture of myself. It isn’t a glamourous picture. My hair isn’t done and my face isn’t made up. My pajamas are on and my baby isn’t dressed. But on a rainy and cool autumn day like today, there really is not a…
Thinner Thursday: Back with a Vengeance
I decided to take a break from Thinner Thursdays. I was spending all my time just feeling really discouraged about my post pregnant body and my progress. I was feeling really down and my confidence was low and I hated looking in the mirror and at pictures of myself. My head was too focussed on…
Dangerous Mommying
When I really stop to think about how long it has been since I have had a full night’s sleep, it gets overwhelming. Honestly? I can’t remember how long it has been. The answer isn’t simply 6 months, 1 week and 2 days, because, let’s be honest, sleeping gets much harder the further into pregnancy…
(Not) Suzie Homemaker
Some days I just feel like a failure. Even though the baby is fed and rested, the house is a disaster, dishes are dirty, fruit flies are a buzzin’ and the only food I’ve made consists of pouring cereal from the box to the bowl. I am not Suzie Homemaker. If you think I am? You’ll…
Mommy Pictures: Pure Love
Photos taken August 27, 2010 5 months, 3 weeks old I’m pretty sure that I have a moment like this every single day. Pure bliss. Pure joy. Pure love. Laura (@LauraORourke) is a photographer who lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. A wife to Dan and a mother to Cameron, she spends her free time blogging…
The Word Love
Being a lover of literature and writing, I have an intense appreciation for language. Language is a wonderful thing. It grants humans the privilege to communicate. It allows us to reveal our feelings, share our displeasures, and express our love. I recognize that language shapes our understanding of the world. We’re limited enough to not understand that…
Dear Cameron: A Love Letter to My Six Month Old
**Cameron turned six months old yesterday.** Half a year. That’s how long you’ve been an outside baby, Mr. Pants. That’s how long you’ve been in our world. That’s how long I’ve been able to hold you in my arms. Half of a glorious year. The other night, you and I were snuggling in bed, and…
