Monthly Archives: December 2010

{tobin: portraits}

Being mother to one of the cutest little guys ever, I am obviously a huge fan of baby boys; they are hilarious, rambunctious and tend to pee all over the place {okay, I’m not crazy about that last part…it can be a bit messy and unpredictable!}!  But still, baby boys are just amazing!  And until...

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{nine months and six days}

My little boy was born exactly nine months and six days ago… I remember four days before he was born; it was a very cool, crisp Sunday morning and we were in the car on our way to church.  The ground was still covered in a thick layer of snow but you could tell that...

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{holiday fever}

I’m pleased to say that the festive season is in full force in the Smyth house!  The tree is up, the stockings are hung, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation is in the DVD player and I’m fairly certain that I’ve gained about five pounds due to numerous holiday indulgences!  It doesn’t get much better than that!...

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{a song says it all}

“I wish I had a river…that I could skate away on…”  ~ Joni Mitchell I was listening to that song on the day that I wrote my very first blog post.  It was a cold, snowy day back in 2005 and I was home sick from work.  I was sitting at my desk, looking out...

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{everyone’s got a story}

Happy December everyone! It’s pouring rain here in Ottawa today.  And by pouring, I mean that I probably should have spent last night building an ark instead of watching television!!  Being surrounded by puddles feels like a really strange way to change the 2010 calendar page for the last time! Rainy days like this make...

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