small style #23

here is a little birthday sneak peek.
a little small birthday style.

Isla turned one and we had a tiny party for a tiny girl :)

birthday girl is excited!

lookin' at the fish
-check out the poms on the toes of those little shoes!-

for some reason we are avoiding eye contact

long sleeve onesie: Joe, thrifted

dress: Old Navy, consigned

tights: no label, consigned

shoes: Joe, consigned

bibs: Green Thimble Sews 

lots more cute babies over here:





I'll post more birthday pictures next week.

Day 9: a close up of my day

i'm having some camera technical difficulties at the moment.

the difficulty is that i can't find my camera cord :(

so this post will be late.

Day 8: the last item i purchased

i find this becomes a little less exciting since becoming a mom.

i don't often purchase a lot for myself anymore.

the last buying trip was to Superstore.

i was going for diapers and formula.

as a treat i bought some washcloths on sale.

hmm, this seems sad.

this is a real life look into real life!

-i just realized that the other day i went to ikea and bought a magnet board... to organize our family life...
ooooooh the excitement is barely containable!!!!

Day 7: a song for the day

this past sunday, one of our Church elders preached on peace.

it was really great for me to hear, because it has just continued to remind me of the peace that I have had before going back to work, and the peace I continue to have at work.

immediately this song came to mind.

05 Peace (I give to you) by Scott Kurtz

my peace i give to you, my peace i leave with you

my peace i give to you, my peace i leave with you

i do not give as the world gives

my peace i give to you, my peace i leave with you

my peace i give to you, my peace i leave with you

i do not give as the world gives

don't let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid

don't let your hearts be troubled, don't be afraid

come let us reason together says the lord

come let us reason together says the lord

though your sins are like scarlet they will be white as snow

come let us reason together says the Lord

come let us reason together says the Lord

though your sins are like scarlet they will soon be white as snow

they were red as crimson, they will be like wool

though they were red as crimson they will be like wool

my peace i give to you, my peace i leave with you

i do not give, i don't give as the world my give

don't let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid

don't let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid

no, don't let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid

this song is written by a friend of mine from high school named Scott Kurtz.

it is taken from Isaiah 1:18 (NIV)

“Come now, let us settle the matter,”
   says the LORD.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
   they shall be as white as snow;
though they are red as crimson,
   they shall be like wool.

(in the New King James Version it says "Come now, let us reason together")

i love that God is there to sit us down and reason with us. 

to settle the matter that we are white as snow.

amazing really.

this is my song for today.

peace, i leave with you.

Day 6: a book i'm reading

this one is easy peasy.

i usually have a few books on the go

but lately, thanks to my friend Kristen, all that i have been reading is the Twilight Saga.

i started them just before Thanksgiving (Canadian) and i am halfway through the fourth and final book.

Kristen has also been having me watch the movies as i finish the books.

now a little background.

i have been a sort of resister of the series.

i thought that there was no way that they would be as good as some other series, like Harry Potter or A Series of Unfortunate Events.

when i decided that i would read them for interest sake (this was a while ago) i mostly expected something somewhat entertaining but something that would read like a Sweet Valley High or Babysitters Club book.

boy was i wrong!

i am seriously unable to put these books down.

the writing is very descriptive and you feel like you are entirely in a vampire/werewolf world.

they also are not as scary as i thought, you know, gruesome for gruesome sake.

certainly there are some tense moments, but it is more the situations and less the gore and blood.

basically, i can't get enough of this series and as i am quickly approaching the end of the last book, i feel a like my world is ending a little sad to think about it all being over.

at least i have the new Breaking Dawn movie to look forward to!

so, if you have been putting of reading Twilight because it seemed silly, or like you were jumping on the band wagon or ridiculously mushy or something like that, i very strongly urge you to try it out!!

and in case you weren't sure...

Day 5: three years ago today

i really can't even think a little bit about what was going on three years ago today 

(my google search provided me with the fact that Obama just won!)

i really have a terrible memory for the everyday, 

i can barely remember anything from before grade 8, besides random isolated events.

so i decided to go with 1 year ago today.

it's crazy to think that only a year ago today, miss Isla Beth was only 3 days old.

we would have come home from the hospital the day before, 

and on this day, Isla had her first outing from home.

we were off to the doctor for her 3 day check.

(Isla also had not had a recorded pee at this point, a little worrying, but we probably just missed one)

everything was new and tiring and exciting and tiring and a little bit tender 

(moms, you get me on this one!)

isn't she lovely?

i truly am in awe that she has only been here for a year (and three days!)

little ones pretty much change everything :)

in the best ways!

Day 4: a friend i adore

i have many lovely lovely friends,

many of whom i adore.

just some of the adore-able friends 

but in choosing just one, 

i chose Maryann.

this year, i spent every other friday with Maryann.

she has been my friend for about 8 and a 1/2 years now.

we met while we were in university.

she was visiting her boyfriend (she went to uni in Peterborough) when we first met.

we lived together in my second and third year of school.

i surely wish i didn't have my photo albums packed away so that i could pull out some photos from those days!

in New Orleans
-Maryann would probably like me to add that while i thought
her hair looked exotic this entire trip, she thought it looked frizzy.
i still say exotic!

Maryann is a lovely friend.

i love her because she is always thinking of others.

she is courageous and takes that courage to culinary heights 

(it's not always welcomed by her husband

-he does not like sweet potato muffins-but i do! so keep on being a courageous cook Mary!)

she is honest and genuine and listens to you and gives you advice or lets you talk your way into answers on your own.

Maryann got pregnant in June of 2008, around the same time i had my molar pregnancy.

she told me that she believed we would be pregnant together

(this was before we knew it was a molar and had to wait 6 months to try again)

but low and behold when her son Isaac was born 9 months later, i found out i was 5 weeks pregnant with Isla.  Maryann is a believer in truth and miracles.

Maryann's Isaac and my Isla

Maryann loves Jesus and looks for him in the every day 

(you can read about that here)

she is a ferociously loyal friend and sometimes she doesn't even want to share me with her sister.

She and i also have bonded over similar interests (we talk blogs, babies, home improvement, crafty-ness, and pretty much whatever else is on our minds)

a silly camping pic-we were under that tarp in the rain
ALL. DAY. LONG.

the reason Mary and I got to spend every other friday together this year was that when she went back to work, she began a compressed work week, so while i was on mat leave, she was able to have every other friday off.

Maryann and i have been close friends for a long time.

(she was one of my bridesmaids dontcha know?)

but i think that a lot of our friendship has grown over being mamas together this year.

it has been lovely.

Maryann, you are lovely friend who i am very blessed to know.