We Bought a House!

On March 6th, Mark and I became homeowners! We are really excited about this new adventure in Atlanta and can't wait to combine what has been two living spaces into one. Any spare second i've had these days has been spent day dreaming, pinning, and perusing inspiration. Cheers to us!

Life in Toronto

Has been full. Mornings are cozy and lazy. Days don't really seem to start until after Dagny's nap and I'm perfectly okay with that during this initial month with two. Pippa is a dream baby that has slept most of her life thus far. There were moments I found myself being a little concerned with how calm and quiet she was. She is the perfect sidekick to Dagny, who exhausts me, in a good way. Dagny finally has a sense of consistency in her life and is sleeping better than she has in the last year. Our afternoons and evenings have been spent in parks, getting ice cream, or hanging with the Hagglunds. Life is really, really good and we are all so happy to be together. Here is a bunch of pictures over the last couple weeks of life's sweeter moments with Mark. They may be grainy, blurry or dark, but I love them. 

Our airplane rides were tight

Mark's especially

When Dagny and Pippa join our bed in the morning it is hard to go back to sleep…for me at least

We started pancake Saturdays off with a bang! Martha Stewart's buttermilk pancakes with chocolate chips and bananas. 

Mark is on the mends of an ankle sprain and was sweet enough to forgo his box suite to sit with us

The Hagglunds meet Pippa and adopt Dagny. 

My mornings wrapped up in a picture. 

a life that's good

Mark came home for a couple weeks to recover from his surgery and we soaked up every minute with him. He was such a trooper. For the first week he was on crutches and in a leg brace while watching Dagny. She is everywhere and into everything. He would send me pictures of her "paths of destruction" all day. When I'd get home Mark would be exhausted, but so happy and in love with Dags. My mornings off were cozy and cheerful with music, coffee and pancakes. When we were tired of cooking, we went to the Bay and ate outside before it was too hot to breathe. We made it to playgrounds, splash pads and even the beach with crippled Mark. 

 

 

 

 

"Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!"

Mark's injury has caused him to miss the entire season. First it was a little set back and a couple of weeks. Then it was a bigger set back and a lot more weeks. It was all better and only a couple of days till we'd get to watch him play. Then it was wasn't. Seriously, its been a frustrating roller coaster like that and has called for a lot of patience. He finally got cleared to play and had been training for a couple weeks. He got ANOTHER mri to be safe, but it revealed that his quad had torn completely. Yes it was devastating, but it felt like the roller coaster had finally ended and we could focus on recovering. Mark getting to come home for a couple weeks also helped swallow this pill. So as the season continues and Mark stays in Toronto doing rehab, we are rejoicing in the Lord. Dagny has changed so much in the last month. It has been a really great stage and I am so happy that Mark got to be with her for so much of it.