Quebec bound

We left for Quebec today! In my words, the land of french! I dont have any pictures to share from today but i promise you didnt miss much.
From where we live it takes about 7 hours to get here. Its not too bad when you consider the fact that we stopped every 2-3 hours to strech our legs, change diapers, get snacks, etc.
We left home at 11am and we drove until about 1pm to stop for lunch and give Zander some running around time. Once we finished up we went back on the road where Zander struggled to fall asleep. He eventually did but not only did he cry, he only slept for about 15 min. After his nap he was a total crankasaurous!! Nothing kept him happy. He was throwing toys, he didnt want to watch movies, he didnt know what to do with himself. Around 5:30 we stopped and bought some snacks and drinks. I set the dvd player up and filled his cup holders in his car seat full of popcorn. Lets just say he was a happy boy the rest of the trip.
At 7pm we finally arrived at the great grandparents house. Not only were we all done with being in the car, but when Zander seen all the free space he was able to freely run around in, he made a run for it! I got some stinkin cute pictures on my canon rebel that i may just have to share with you at a later date :)
Anyways, we ate amazing Quebec pizza made with the best cheese around and real bacon. Dinner wasnt much of a deal for Zander since he was stuffed with popcorn, but he did have a ton of fun running around the house making himself at home.
Finally bedtime came along at 8:30 and Zander was pooped! Since he doesnt sleep in a crib anymore, we didnt expect him to sleep in a playpen here. So we are co-sleeping for the weekend and let me tell you, it takes Zander about an hour to get to sleep. We have to lay with him and pretend we are sleeping as well. Its such a long process but he is passed right out and will sleep until morning.
So that about wrapps up our day. We spent most of it in the car and we are all looking forward to a car free day tomorrow.
What are your "must haves" when traveling with your toddler?

Happy Birthday "Ampa"

Today was Brads Dads Birthday. We went over to his parents house yesterday where we celebrated a day early with all the kids. By kids I mean Brad, his sister Bri, Tim (Bri's boyfriend), myself, Zander, and of course their mom. It was a great get together. We laughed, shared some stories and had cake and ice cream. But today was his actual birthday and since we planned on making another visit, I wanted Zander to give his Grandpa something special. So we sat down at the table and made Grandpa a homemade birthday card. Zander was sooo proud. I had explained to him that it was for Grandpa and he was walking around with it afterwards saying "Ampa! Ampa! Ampa!". The cutest thing of life.
After making his card we took a quick snack break where he had some apple chunks and water. It's been so hot here than anything else sounded unappetizing. We finished snack and then got to work on his gift. A plack with a dragonfly that you could paint. Grandparents go crazy over homemade stuff since it comes straight from the heart, so I knew he would love it.
Once Brad got home from work we left for his parents house. Thankfully their place is air conditioned so it's always so nice to be there in the summer. Zander held Grandpas gift from the car all the way till we found him. They both were so proud and of course Grandpa loved it!
The rest of the evening pretty much consisted of chinese food, toddler talk, and watching an episode of Barney over, and over, and over again.
Around 7pm we headed out to my moms place to ask her if she could cat sit this weekend. We are going to Quebec to visit Brads Grandparents, so my mom agreed if we brought the cat to her place that she would watch her :).
We headed home about 8pm and Zander and Brad were in bed by 8:30pm. Brad has to get up at 4:30am for work on the weekdays so I always have the evenings to myself. It's kid of nice but some nights it would be nice to have him up for some company. It also doesnt help that I'm a night time cleaner and that when I want to clean our room I can't because Brad is sleeping. So tonight I settled on feeding my sweet kitty (shes actually 11yrs old), doing the dishes and mopping the kitchen floor. I have the H2O mop by Rubbermaid but I'm not totally happy with it. We have half tile floors and half hardwood and I feel like it just doesn't get our tiles clean. What mop do you use?

Bath Toys

The thing about bath toys is I never felt the need to clean them. They go in the bath tub with your child and get loaded with just about as much soap as your child does. So why clean them?

I was cleaning the bathroom today when I noticed a ton of hard water build up all over Zander's bath toys. So just for the heck of it I tugged them out to the kitchen sink and washed them with some dish soap and extremelly hot water. Next I took my cloth and i scrubbed the crap out of them and rinsed as good as I could. Before I knew if the water was discusting! And we don't even have that many bath toys.

Here is a picture of what the water looked like

Gross right!?

For the drying process I just pulled out a drying towel and tipped some upside town and others I just made sure were squeezed out really well.

Here, take a look for yourself

Lastly I washed the bin where we store the toys and once they were dry I put them back in the bin and headed off to put the in the bathroom.

So there you have it. Even though they get a bath at the same time as your child, I guess even these toys need a good cleaning once in a while!





Passing on childhood memories

Take a look at this adorable cup.

It's dark green, has realistic features, his tail is a straw, he is dark green, and a little beaten up. And in the case of how many memories this cup holds, it's absolutely perfect.

This dinosaur cup isn't just your regular sippy cup. It's a sippy cup from Brad's childhood.

When Brad's Mom took this cup out from WAY back of her cupboard, I think my jaw just about fell. I'm going to be honest, when she took it out, I was thinking "what the hell...". I wasn't weirded out that she kept it (some people just like to hold onto special items), I was weirded out that she didn't ever pack it away! But after the shock of it all, I came to realize just how adorable this cup really is. It's something special that Brad has good memories of and was happy to pass this along to Zander.

With that being said, Zander has been drinking out of this dinosaur sippy cup for about 2 weeks. It's a cup that stays at Grandma and Grandpa's and he really loves it. He loves the shape, the colour, and he gets a big kick out of the fact that his head turns and pops off.

Now, take a look at this adorable cup!

Zander's Auntie and Uncle were out shopping a few days ago, and just so happened to stumble upon this! She found it in a place where it was all alone and needed someone to to love him and drink from him, so she bought it for her favourite Nephew ever!

I think it's so cool that now Zander can have a dinosaur cup of his own and that it will always have a special meaning to it because his Daddy had one just like it!

Don't they look so cute together?!

What childhood items will you pass on to your kids?

Surrogacy or Baby #2

I remeber at the age of 14-15 years old that I would always tell my older sister if she couldn't get pregnant on her own that I would carry her baby for her. I also remember telling a friend of mine the exact same thing at the age of 18 and again at 21.
I have always had this thing of wanting to help couples grow their family. I never really thought of it too much, just kind of threw the idea out there to close loved ones. But recently I have really been thinking about it. It's a big deal and a lot to think about. I need to think about myself, my family, have Brad's support (and hopfully other family support), and think about all that is involved in the process (especially how Zander will react).
Looking up about how to become a Surrogacy Mother and how to apply is the easy part. There is a long list of things you must have/be/done in order to even be considered for acceptance. The first one is of course that you must have had a child aleady, and another one is to be in somewhat good shape. Well, I'm just going to say right away that I am not in good shape..so it's something I need to work on if I choose to become a Surrogacy Mother. Not just for that, but for my health too of course. I think it would be good for me to loose a good amount of weight, strengthen my body, and then once my body is physically ready again I would be ok to carry a baby for 9 months.
So my goal is to loose 50lbs, strengthen and tone my body (maybe join a gym and attend some biking classes? Or maybe do some kickboxing?), go on a detox to clean out my system, and maybe even start taking more vitamins to keep my body as healthy as can be. Those are just some of the things I would like to accomplish before even applying to become a Surrogacy Mother.

Now this is the tough part...

Do I REALLY want to have a baby for someone else first, or do I want to have baby #2 first?

I am seriously concerned about making the wrong decision.

Brad and I have been having baby fever for the past 4 months now, but the stage Zander is at right now is so fun and amazing that we haven't had time to really sit down and talk about considering having another baby right now.

So what do I do? What's going to be the best choice for us right now? These are the kinds of things we need to consider as a family before making any big decisions. I mean, looking back at all the pictures of when Zander was so tiny, and looking at all his newborn clothes really makes us want another, but are we REALLY ready for another right now? I personally think I am in a bit of a rush to have another baby because there are a few things I regret doing when Zander was little that I wish I could do over. A big one is breastfeeding. I only did it for 3 weeks and then stopped due to clogged milk ducts. After doing research about it, I really wish I would have sucked it up because other than that, breastfeeding was going great for us. Regrets, that's just one of them.

Something that I do miss was being prengnat. From the moment I found out I was expecting, I loved knowing a little person was growing in my belly. From a little tiny fertellized egg, all the way to a full-term baby. It really amazes me all the steps an unborn baby goes through. The first time the heart beats, growing fingers, toes, eyes, even finger nails! It's a miracle that you are growing inside you and something about that just puts a huge smile on my face. Now I will admitt, being 3 weeks over due with Zander, and the insane heat wave that summer made enjoying being pregnant a little harder, but at night when he would kick and I was able to identify body parts, made the swollen feet and squished lungs completely worth it.

Like I said, I don't know what I want right now. I want both for sure, but the BIG question is which one do I want first? Do I want to just have the enjoyment of being pregnant but no stress of having another infant to look after? Or do I want to be pregnant and be responsiable for another infant? It's a big decision that both Brad and I need to decide on together.

Until then, I will be working on weight loss and body strengthening/toning.

38 Weeks Pregnant with Zander :)

Being a SAHM is a job!

Recently I have become a SAHM. If your not sure what that stands for, it means a stay at home mom. It's been a huge change for Brad, Zander, and myself. But, it's been a great change! Sure I will admitt, money is tighter than it used to be but in all honesty, the money I make would have gone straight to daycare anyways. So in reality, the money issue would have been just the same wether I was working or not.
I find there is a lot of negativity when you tell someone you are a SAHM. In my case, people in my life think it's because I'm too lazy to work. That's not it at all, and truthfully, it really makes me mader than mad when people assume that.
Being a SAHM is a job. A full time job that your not being paid for, there are no breaks, no time to think, and no time for yourself. Whoever says otherwise clearly doesn't have kids and doesn't know anything about being a parent.
I chose to be a SAHM for a few reasons. Firstly, as mentioned above, the money I would have made if I was working would have gone directly to daycare. Why waist my money when I can stay at home with my son and take of him the way his father and I want him to be taken care of?! Some may argue this and be offended, and others (family members) would offer to babysit for free. Well, as much as a love my family, if it came down to free babysitter or daycare, I would choose daycare. It's pretty simple why actually. Socialization. So, I probably have you a little lost now. Your thinking, you want him in daycare for socialization, but your keeping him at home to care for him the way you are comfortable with, but if he is at home how can he socialize? Well, I have plans through the week. Now that the weather has been so nice we have been to the park once or twice a day, for up to 2 hours at a time. The park is loaded with kids and it's perfect for meeting new friends and interacting with others his age. In the winter and on rainy days we go to indoor playgrounds.
My other reason for wanting to stay home with Zander was also mentioned above. Zander will be cared for in a way Brad and I are comfortable with. I can teach him his colours, letters, numbers, etc. all in ways that I know he will respond to best. Zander is a stubborn child when it comes to teaching and at daycares they only teach it a certain way. Since every child learns differently it's not always the best theory for each child. With Zander being at home, I can try many different theory's out and see exactly which one he responds to the best.

So, maybe you still don't agree with me being a SAHM, or maybe you think my reasons are weird, but this is what Brad and I have chosen to be best for Zander. At least for now :)

If your a SAHM, how do your friends and family react? And how do you keep them socialized?

Potty Training Update

It's been a while since I have updated you all on Zander's potty training. To make a long story short, we have paused the process. Day 3 of potty training went REALLY good! Zander pee'd in the potty about 6 times and we jumped for joy (literally) every time he did! But something got to him on day 4, and I think he may have gotten overwhelemed or scared, but he started to whine and cry when on the potty and just wasnt himself. As much as I want him to be potty trained right now, he was straight out telling us he wasnt ready. I didn't stress about it at all. I just said okay, and let him lead. We still put Zander on the potty a few times a day out of his interest and so that he does not loose that comfort of sitting on a toilet. I think that we will try again right before, or at his 2nd birthday (well not the day OF of course :) )
All in all, some may view this as a fail. I view it as a learning experience. And a stress free one at that. I didnt push Zander to do anything he didnt want to, and when he told me he wasnt ready, I listened. In an interesting way, I believe that this not only taught me what not to do next time around, but it also helped me be in cue with my son 100% (or at least fairly close), and the most important thing, it actually brought us closer.

Potty Training - Day 2

7:38am.

Way too early for either one of us to be up.

I laid in bed with my eyes shut hoping that Zander would go back to sleep. I felt guilty for not running in quickly and putting him on the potty for his morning pee, but today I could barley open my eyes let alone jump out of bed.

By 7:50am Zander was on the potty and happily drinking his sippy cup of milk. After a good 10 minuets we were off to the kitchen to get ourselves some breakfast. No, Zander didn't go in the potty but I totally didn't expect him to considering it took me a while to get to him today.

We went on with our typical morning routine : Zander turns the TV and ps3 on and whines until I put a cartoon on, we eat breakfast at the table, and then we head back to the living room to watch more cartoons and read books.

By 8:35 Zander had drank his cup of milk, so I refilled him and we attempted potty trip #2. Nothing.

9am comes along and we are hanging out in Zanders bedroom when I noticed he was doing an interesting and new little dance move. I immediately asked if he had to go poop and Zander responded by running to the potty. I was convinced it was a poop because if I don't wake up to change a poopy diaper first thing in the morning, it's always the diaper right after. Still no luck.

Because Zander was up so early today he was ready for a nap by 9:45. I put a cloth diaper on him and laid him down. Within 10 minuets Zander had gone poop. I knew he had to go, silly boy! At 11:30 I put Zander for a nap, for real this time! He slept a solid 2 hours and I cleaned the floors and caught up on youtube and facebook. Oh how I love nap time.

When Zander got up from his nap at 1:30 I put him on the potty and gave him a drink of water. No success but we had fun playing with some toys and singing.

After lunch we went back to the potty. Now I'm still not sure if he ended up peeing or not. I swear I heard something, but Zander didnt say or do or really react in anyway, and the bath fauct was dripping.

At 3pm while getting dressed and ready to go out I noticed Zander doing the same little dance move. We ran to the potty and Zander seemed really excited, but it lasted about a minuet and then he wanted off.

From 3:30-4:30 we were shopping at babies r us for a new potty. I was hatting his cars 3-in-1 potty and so was Brad. I'm thinking Zander felt the same way, the only thing he really liked about it was that it made a race car noise. Anyways, we ended up buying the Fisher Price Froggy potty. In all the videos on youtube I had watched about potty training, whether it be tips, tricks, or even day in the life videos, 90% of these people had this potty. So, we got it. And guess what? It's a hit! I'll get into a little more detail about it later.

At dinner we put the potty on the table chair and let Zander sit on it. Within 2 minuets he had peed! We were so excited! We paused dinner, brought the pee to the toilet, and let Zander dump and flush it. I think it was an over-all excited and hopfully encouraging moment for him.

After dinner we got a phone call saying that Brad's neckelace had been repaired and we were able to pick it up tonight. So we put Zander on the potty, and drove to the mall to pick it up. We ended up being there longer than planned and while at Wal-Mart ended up having an accident. Opps. Not only did we not make a big deal about it, we forgot to bring the portable potty with us. Completely our fault. However, speaking of Wal-Mart, we did pick up some more boxer breifs for him. The smallest size we found them in was a 2T-3T. The weight range starts at 27lbs and I know they will be big, but I wanted more in our "stash".

When we got home we put the potty beside the couch and guess what else? Zander went to it all by himself and sat on it. Not for long, a few seconds, but then he did it again, and again. He definatly did not do that with the cars potty and I'm so happy to see that he is confident enough to sit on it himself and feel so proud.

Before we knew it, it was way past his bedtime. At 8:20pm we called it a night.

We are only on day 2 of potty training and I have to say its going well emotionally wise. Zander likes if not loves the potty and not once have we had to force him to go on it or have him cry while being on it. We might not have had much success yet, but maybe that means that we need to be constantly working on getting fluids into him. I'm sooo glad we decided to go with the Fisher Price frog potty. It was a little pricey at $25, but the design is so awesome. Zander seems so much more comfortbale on it, he stays on it longer, the guard is incrediable, AND he peed in it! I think that not only is this an amazing potty but it will be a keeper for future children.

Potty Training Day 2- Vlog Style:

Potty Training- Day 1

Potty training is something I have been avoiding for a few months now. At 15 Months old Zander started showing signs of being ready to potty train. Keep in mind that as you read this, that every child is different when it comes to being potty trained and each child shows their own signs of being ready to be trained.
The first thing we noticed was Zander would grab the front of his diaper while peeing, and then after he would either gasp and put his hands high in the air, or he would go ohhh, which at the time stood for uh oh.
The second thing we noticed was when he went #2 he would go somewhere alone ( ex. behind the curtain, in the kitchen beside the fridge) and do his duty. When he was done he would then become fussy.
The last thing we noticed was his strong interest in the potty. I've never been the kind of parent to lock Zander outside the bathroom door while going to the bathroom. If he wants to come in, then he is more than welcome to join me. I'm not saying I don't enjoy my privacy, but it pays off when your toddler knows what a toilet is used for and becomes very comfortable with sitting on it and the sound of the flush.

So, here we are at the age of 18 Months and 10 days starting the potty training process. But I didn't just wake up this morning and randomly decided that today was the day. No way! I took about an hour last night getting everything ready. The first thing I got out was of course his potties. Like I had mentioned above, Zander has been on the toilet before. So the seat that goes on it is nothing new to him. He is very comfortable with it and the guard in the front is AMAZING! The pottty on the floor is fairly new to him. He has seen it before but never used it. It's a 3-in-1 potty which is kinda cool, but judging the guard on it, I wont be liking it too much.

 After I got the potties all set up for the morning, I got a bin from Zanders toy room and filled it with small toys, but the toys that I know he is really into right now. In the bin I have 2 small cardboard books, a few pieces of mega blocks along with a mega blocks dog, a doodle pad, a tooth brush, a whopie cushion, and a cell phone. Small enough to fit into the bin, yet extremely entertaining. Now I know a lot of people say that distractions are bad while potty training, but I think that when you are dealing with an 18 Month old, distractions are something for them to focus on. After all, they usually are playing while going in their diapers 90% of the time. As for the bin we keep it either on the edge of the bathtub or beside the sink.

 Now that I have the bathroom set up, I had to think about what else would be useful. Books? Totally! Zander got these books for Christmas so we have been reading these to him a few times a week. His all time favorite is the Sesame Street book. Its simple, yet gets the point across. It doesn't have a lot of words in it, therefore I'm able to read it 2-3 times before he gets tired of sitting. I love this book just as much as he does. 

Next on the list was of course training pants and underwear. Now, maybe it's where I live but I was having the hardest time finding training pants locally. The only ones I was able to find were the George brand which I found at Wal- Mart. Being a cloth diapering family I knew we had some local cloth diaper shops that sold trainers, but they were just way out of my budget. I decided to go with the George brand trainers. I bought 2 packs. Then I moved onto underwear. This was harder than I thought. Underwear style or boxer brief style? I talked to Brad about it and we decided together to go with the boxer briefs. From Brads point of view he says that they are more comfortable and provide more of an air flow. Perfect. From my point of view, its a whole different feel to Zander, nothing like a diaper would feel like and maybe providing us less accidents. Our only problem was finding his size. Again, maybe its where I'm living but the smallest size we could find was a 3. Zander is a super skinny toddler and those would just fall off him. We decided to go to a childrens clothing store, Bonnie Togs, where they sell popular brands such as Carters and Osh Gosh. We landed ourselfs 2 packs of Osh Gosh size 2 boxer briefs. Perfect.

 Lastly, I needed something to clean up the mess with. I'm expecting a ton of accidents and I know I don't have enough towels to do the job. So I got creative and pulled out some old prefolds. Again, we are a cloth diapering family, so it's only natural we have some outgrown diapers in our house. I have 12, but was only able to find about 8. Still enough to do the job. These bad boys were made to hold pee, why not keep them at work by cleaning up accidents?! Once I found enough I just re purposed a container and plopped them in there for a convenient and temporary storage. Hmm, speaking of storage, where am I going to store all these soiled trainers, boxers, and prefolds? I think I know. I pulled out my homemade wet bag. I used to use it for weekend trips away from home with our cloth diapers, but today and the rest of this potty training journey, it will be used to hold all that lovely stuff.

 

Now the only thing left to show you is where we are storing the clean training pants and boxer briefs. We have them in his top drawer of his dresser. The most convenient and obvious of course. 

 Alright, so now that you know how I have everything set up, lets get on with our first day of potty training. 

Zander woke up about 9:28am. I rushed out of bed and hurried him to the potty. I let him pick which one he wanted to use, naturally he chose the big potty because that's what he is comfortable with. But, he didn't go. I wasn't quick enough and that's OK. I know there will be plenty of opportunities for him to go in the potty today. As long as we have one successful pee in the potty by the end of the day, I will feel like I have accomplished something today.

  Zander spent some time on the potty and then asked to get off. I didn't make a big deal about it. I took him off and we went to put his first pair of big boy boxers on. I know potty training is going to be stressful, and I know Zander will get that vibe off of me and become unsettled himself. I don't want him to be forced to be on the potty because naturally that will only lead him to screaming and stressing himself out over something so silly. After all, there is no law saying a child has to be potty trained at 18 months right.

Remember how I said we had a hard time finding size 2 boxer briefs? If you look at the picture above you can tell these are ready to fall off, and trust me, they did a few times. So what I ended up doing was folding down the elastic part and they held up much better.

At 11: 30am I put Zander down for his morning nap, 3:30pm comes around and I just had to wake him up! Then the afternoon fun begins because Brad is home from work!

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After getting Zander up from his nap I put him on the big potty as soon as possible. He didn't last long, maybe a minuet, but hes a very cuddly person when he wakes up and throwing him onto a hard cold potty was not on his to do list. 

After cuddles and saying hi to daddy,  we sat him down for lunch. I came up with a brilliant idea this morning that I have failed to mention. I put his 3-in-1 potty on one of our chairs and sat him on it as a booster. That way, if he had to pee, it was all good and a lot less messy. Of course, he didn't end up peeing, but the though and idea was there right?!

 Even though we had Zander distracted by eating his lunch, he quickly wanted down. This is nothing new. You see, Zander is the kind of child that eats on the go. I have no idea why, because both Brad and I sit and eat at the table. Basically to make a long story short here, we needed re enforcement. Brad. Between Brad and Itsy Bitsy Spider, Zander was able to finish most of his lunch. But still no pee.

At a little after 4pm, we had to do some running around. Grabbing some batteries from the dollar store, and grabbing a few ingredients for dinner from the grocery store. We pondered. A lot! I wanted to leave Zander at home with Brad. But Brad wasn't feeling confident enough to do it on his own just yet. So, after a lot of thinking we did it. We went out. Without diapers. Brad put him on the potty one last time before leaving, and I packed an extra pair of loose fitting sweat pants, a pair of boxers, and some socks. We had Zander already dressed in a pair of sweats. I wasn't able to take any pictures, but we got back home about 4:45pm and had no accidents! We were lucky. Very lucky. But now that I think back on it, I did forget one thing. A prefold. What if Zander did have an accident? Sure I had the extra clothes, but what would I have cleaned it up with?

After dinner Brad put Zander on the potty, and guess what?! He went pee! Not much but enough to make us happy and praise him like crazy!
Once the big congrats was over we went back to our night routine where Brad gave Zander a tubby and I set his pj's out. I didn't want him wearing pants until it was time for him to go to bed so I just set out his shirt and a pair of boxers.

Close to bed time, about 7:20pm after Zander had his entire sippy of milk, we tried again. We let him pick a toy from his bin and he chomped on his toothbrush and played with daddy.

By 7:30pm Zander was in bed and out for the night. Today was a breeze. He spoiled us and I'm totally not expecting tomorrow or any other day to be anywhere close to as easy as today was. In fact, it kind of worries me that he held his pee for that long in between his nap and bedtime. But all in all, we accomplished today's goal. He went pee in the potty once and he did awesome. Tomorrow is a new day, another new adventure and a whole new challange!

Check out our video of A Day In The Life Of Potty Training - Day 1

A Quick Introduction

I've never done a blog before, so to tell you the truth I have absolutely no idea where to even start. Well, of course a little introduction came to mind, so I guess I will just get to it, eh?

Lets start with the name. Beccnhood. It's really pretty simple actually. Becc, standing for Becca, a short form for Rebecca, my name. n, being the slang word for and. Hood, meaning, toddler hood, childhood, teenage hood, parent hood, etc. Zander wont be a toddler forever so I needed a name that would grow with us. So now lets get to the boring stuff.
My name is Rebecca(we kind of just went through this I know), but most people call me Becca. Two lucky children call me their Aunty, and one lucky toddler calls me his Mommy.  I'm 21 years old, which means that if I ever wanted to go to the USA, I'd be legal to drink there! But here in Canada you just have to be 19 :). I am a SAHM to my amazing son, Zander. And although a lot of people may look down on that, I love it. My hobbies are vlogging, photography, and hopefully blogging! In case you were wondering (or maybe not) I have a youtube account. It's beccanbrad1. We don't have very many subscribers right now, but maybe in the future we will! Now, you are probably wondering who this "we" is. That would be Brad. Also known as Uncle and Daddy. Brad is 23 and a full time working man. He brings home the money, and at the end of the day he has a nice hot homemade cooked meal on the table waiting for him :)
Now for Zander. He is 18 months, 24lbs, 34" tall, and made of pure cuteness and currently fighting off a virus we call "the terrible two attitude".
A closing statement? I wanted to start a blog for a few reasons. The first being, I don't always have time to vlog. Or sometimes I just dont wanna get dressed and put makeup on to look good for the camera. Blogging can involve being in your pajamas, looking like crap, and still being able to say what you wanted to say, or should i say type? Another reason is for something to look back on. When I'm old, I might loose my sight (hopefully not, but you never know). But I might still be able to hear! Wouldn't it be nice to sit back in your lazy boy all snuggled up in a blanket and have someone read to you about the adventures you had when your kids are growing up?
Well that about sums it up. I hope you follow us on this journey through life and parenthood. Thanks for stopping by :)