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Great family party last weekend where a bunch of our amazing relatives got to meet brigitte for the first time.
Category: family + friends
Kind Lines benefit starts tomorrow
Amazing art for a great cause.
“Kind Lines is an art show and auction to benefit Surfaid International. The event, to take place in September of 2009 in NYC, was created by Rick Malwitz, of the Brooklyn-based Malwitz Custom Surfboards. Malwitz wanted to raise money for Surfaid in a creative, fun way that would celebrate surf culture and art. When he started asking artists within the surf community if they would be interested in donating a painting for the event, the response was overwhelming. In the end, 24 artists were selected to participate. Malwitz hand-shaped and bamboo glassed canvases, each resembling a cross-section of a surfboard, and distributed these to the participants. The rules were simple: any medium, any style, any surf-related theme. In September, these 24 original works of art will be featured at gallery in NYC, and an online auction will follow. The auction will be open to anyone, and is a great way to collect original art from some of the most brilliant surf artists. 100% of the proceeds go to Surfaid. Thanks to the sponsorship by Greenlight Surf Supply, Surf Source, and Swaylocks.”
Online Auction is between September 26 – October 4th , 2009
All the details/artwork here www.kindlines.com | Put together by Mr. Rick Malwitz
Mom and Brigitte
Mom and B
Brigitte just passed the 2 month mark and it’s been amazing. Linda’s beyond an excellent Mom — and I’m so proud of her.
We got her weighed the other day and she’s now 11 pds. She’s getting more vocal, can control her legs and hands much better and it smiling up a storm !! She’s been a very good kid so far. We couldn’t ask for more.
Follow along with the “brigitte” tag on flickr.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevey/tags/brigitte/
Nancy and Jen with FatalRider
Nancy and Jen
Monster truck parked behind Plank this week was awesome.
Couple more shots here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevey/tags/monstertruck/
Brigitte @ almost 6 weeks
Brigitte @ almost 6 weeks
Helping me work from home. Whatta cutie.
Pancakes with peaches
Pancakes with peaches
Breakfast I made Linda this morning.
Pancakes using this recipe http://www.recipezaar.com/The-Simple-but-Perfect-Pancake-103599
and then topped with…
* Peaches cut into small chunks
* Brown sugar
* Butter
* Dark Rum
… all cooked in a pan until the “sauce” thickened and the peaches softened (about 10 minutes)
… add Quebec Maple Syrup and enjoy.
One of the best breakfasts we’ve ever had.
2 weeks in with Brigitte
Hi everyone,
It’s been quite a crazy 2 weeks. Brigitte arrived Sunday July 19th at 8:30am and joined our family.
Linda and I had prepared as much as possible (Some of it was really useful to reduce the stress of the first couple days — but other stuff went through my eyes and out the back of my head), we both knew what to expect, but reading/talking can’t really get your emotional side ready for the shift/’smack across the face’ you’re about to get.
Here’s just a couple of my random thoughts about the past two weeks:
- By far breast feeding has been the toughest part — it makes all the other parts of caring for a healthy newborn seem easy. Linda has a lot on her shoulders and she’s been doing amazing — she’s letting me take care of almost everything else which is working just fine.
- We absolutely love our daughter — the connection was instant — funny that it would seem obvious but shocking how strong a bond is formed so quickly.
- She’s got some werewolf or vampire blood in her — every night she’s starts getting restless around 10 or 11 and really won’t settle down ’til 2 or 3am. We’ve shifted our day for night schedules. Linda making sure she sleeps in ’til at least noon or later to not be so exhausted. I’ve been still trying to wake up early as I will be returning to Plank one day soon !!
- We’ve been shut-in’s with lots of friends, family and visitors. Even minor expeditions take a LOT of energy. We’re planning our first walk in the park if this rain ever lets up for later this week. Thankfully we have a great sunny front porch we can at least get some air on.
- The cat has been less than impressed — mainly due to us having to shut him in the back half of the apartment so he won’t wake us up during those precious few hours when we get to sleep.
- Quick diaper changes are essential especially near feeding time and near bed time.
- White noise (a 1:30h mp3 track) has worked great at muffling the surrounding distractions.
- I can barely remember 16 days ago. Every day seems so long, fun and full of different stuff that the weeks have really slowed down. And I thought it would fly by !! ;-)
We’re so happy it’s embarrassing to always be gushing.
No hands
No hands !!
Linda testing out a borrowed MamaKangaroo Pouch. Should be great to have 2 hands free in the future !!
Many thanks @stephmouz
Family
Family
Family Photo by NCBeets
It’s been an amazing 2 weeks — churning through some blog posts in my sleep deprived mind. Coming soon.
Thanks for all the well wishes — we doing absolutely great!
Brigitte
Brigitte
Lovely photo taken by Stéfanie for us !!
Our baby has a name
Dear family and friends,
We’d like you to meet our baby girl who finally has a name:
Brigitte Anne Bissonnette
born on Sunday July 19th at 8:30 am, 7pds 12oz & 19” tall (3.6kg and 48.5 cm).
More photos here (updated daily):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevey/
Love you all,
Linda, Steve and Brigitte
Us
Marché Duluth – Farmers Market kicks off Sunday
Just a reminder – The Duluth Farmers market is this Sunday. Pancake breakfast, tunes and yummy food to buy !! (Linda and I will be there for a bit)
Information
Location: 4265 ave Laval Montreal, QC, www.marcheduluth.com
Phone: (514) 225-5306
Sun: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
http://marcheduluth.blogspot.com | Facebook page
Or follow the scarecrows !!
Chels and Green grass
Chels and Green grass
She was a great dog.
Trevor rolling out
Found this photo of Trevor before he set out last week on the race. Not a lot of gear for a 3 week cross country mountian bike race.
Crazy stuff.