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Around Here 03

May 16

I wanted to call this post Teething: The worst, right? But in a flash of better judgement decided against it. Every few months I pop in with an update on what we’ve been up to and every time I can’t believe how much goes on. I meant to get you this post yesterday, but seriously: teething is happening in this house. Anyways.

Around Here 03 - lemonthistle.com

Around Here 03 - lemonthistle.com

As of yesterday, my hubby and I have been married for five years! The time has flown (cliche) and I’m more in love with him now than ever (sappy). My mom and aunt took on putting the babes to bed so Shane and I could go out for dinner, then we grabbed a coffee and did one of our favourite drives. It was so good to get out and talk about our favourite memories from the past five years and laugh together. We avoided talking house stuff (renovation) and it was such a nice break.

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Last weekend was Mothers Day (of course) and it was my first! I mentioned last week that for my Mom and Grandma we were doing 4 generation photos since my sister was in town. I included a few of my faves here because I feel so blessed to have these awesome women in my life. (PS- Emmitt made a pretty good shield for my Grandma ;) I’ve learned she’s not a photo fan). My awesome husband took these pics… would you know that he used to cut our heads off in photos? He’s definitely improved. Did you see these amazing maternity photos he took of me?

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Some of my favourite shots from the day were the outtakes. Shane throwing Emmitt into the air and my cuddles with a sleepy Aubrey.

Around Here 03 - lemonthistle.com

Around Here 03 - lemonthistle.com

 

My sister hasn’t seen the babes since Christmas so it was awesome to have her around giving them love. Plus! She got to see our new place which was exciting to show off. She stayed over with me one night while Shane was at a concert out of town. She’s the best and let me sleep through the night and she took care of bottles (how awesome is that!?).

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On that topic- our new place! We finally moved in… after two months of renovations! We’ve been doing it ourselves after work and on weekends and bit the bullet and moved ourselves in even though there’s lots of work to be done still. This cute photo below is from the move day- Emmitt and Aubrey were a bit on edge to see all their stuff go out the door but they’ve settled in so well here (other than the teething bit). Since we’re here and the projects are slowly getting ticked off the list- I’ll be sharing some of that with you soon. You can see the before here.

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Oh, and just because an anniversary post isn’t an anniversary post without a token wedding photo, here’s a coupe of ours! The black and white is from the fabulous Dani K Johnson and the one in the water is by our amazing friend and photographer Troi Crombie.

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Around Here 03 - lemonthistle.com

How was your Mothers Day?

XO -C

Category: LifestyleTag: About Me, Around Here, Mothers Day, Spring
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  1. Kala

    May 17 at 5:50 pm

    Happy Anniversary! Your photos are so cute! Love the wedding photos also! :)

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    • Colleen Pastoor

      May 20 at 12:36 pm

      Thanks so much Kala! Can’t wait to see photos from your wedding :)

      Reply
  2. Megan Sybrant

    May 18 at 10:28 am

    Happy anniversary! Wow you are so beautiful! Love the wedding photos…also marveling at the fact that you have TWINS…. I am so freaked out for when we have kids because we have a very good likelihood of twins and I can barely hold a baby without getting scared.

    Reply
    • Colleen Pastoor

      May 20 at 12:37 pm

      Ah you’re soo sweet! We had NO twins in our family so this was a complete surprise… but Shane and I talk about how it’s the best experience and we wish everyone could have the opportunity to raise twins if they like.

      Reply
  3. jennifer prod

    May 19 at 12:43 pm

    oh goodness beauty-inspiration-sweetness overload. i’m in love with the picture of your boys crawling toward the door, and your wedding photos (which i haven’t seen before) are absolutely beautiful. good luck with the teething!!

    Reply
    • Colleen Pastoor

      May 20 at 12:37 pm

      I will take that luck and run ;) Thanks Jenn!

      Reply
  4. Clemence

    May 22 at 10:52 am

    You have the loveliest family! You all look so beautiful, happy and sweet. Happy belated anniversary!

    Reply
    • Colleen Pastoor

      May 22 at 2:55 pm

      Thanks so much Clemence! I love that you stopped by- can’t get enough of your blog :)

      Reply

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