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The first thing I planted in the garden when we moved into the @northwestrancher last spring was English Lavender. Eight months have passed and it’s thriving in its new home ...and so are we! • Over the course of the renovation mistakes and triumphs, the boozy BBQs with new neighbours and friends, the close encounters with various wildlife, the Saturday morning trips to local hardware stores and Saturday afternoon trips to local breweries, the YouTube videos about planting and harvesting and composting, we unearthed our happiest summer yet, mostly spent covered in dirt and wood dust and white paint. We’ve been on a consistent and steep learning curve in so many ways. • If you’d like to read about some of our takeaways after our first half year of renovations you can do so at the link in my bio [www.northwestjess.com] but you should also know that we are not professionals and it’s mostly boring stuff everyone else already knows. If you give it a read@let me know what you think 🌿 • • • #DIY #homerenovation #budgetDIY #renovatingonabudget #beginnergardeners #PNWgardener #learningtogarden #wannabehomesteader #ilovelavender #gonecoastal #gibsonsbc #composting #sunshinecoastbc #northwestrancher

Sunday morning, then and now (👉🏻) • It’s so hard during these groggy early mornings not to think about the Sunday mornings we used to enjoy before we had kids. The repeated snoozing, one of us getting up to make coffee and bring it back to drink in bed, migrating to the couch to watch football while we make breakfast or get ready to go out on Main Street for a leisurely brunch. • We all woke up today with another cold but rather than feel disheartened by the inevitability of constant illness (and constant rain!) during these winter months I feel keenly aware that while our life looks nothing like it used to when we were dating and cohabitating in our beautiful apartment in Vancouver, life is even more beautiful in this ramshackle rancher on the rugged coast. We haven’t slept in in years but isn’t sleeping with a bunch of stuffed cats in your bed so much better anyway? PS did you know that a group of cats is called a clowder? They need to choose a much more adorable word than that. • What do you miss the most from your pre-kid days? • • #sundaymorning #gimmecoffee #gratitudeadjustmentproject #sleepingin #cosleeping #toddlercuddles #coldandfluseason #easylikesundaymorning #mindfulmama #mindfulparenting #slowparenting #dadsofinstagram #daddysgirl #dadsanddaughters #toddlerlife #noonansyndrome

When Hennie was a baby her teeth came through in cute little pairs in the exact order that the baby books said they would. Wells on the other hand got his first six teeth fast and furious last February and nothing but drool since. But when Tom took him to his first dentist appointment this week he realized there are another bunch coming through all willy-nilly like a jack-o-lantern. Some molars, some incisors, no method to the mouth madness! • All this to say that Wells is cranky, cuddly, and waking up early in the morning. It’s so sweet for me that he just wants his mama all the time since Hennie has always preferred to cuddle Daddy. Desperate mama starved for attention that I am, I’ll take what I can get even if the cuddles come from a cranky, squirmy boy. To be quite honest I’m just relieved that I don’t have to stick my nip in his jagged mouth anymore 😖 • Did your kid get all their teeth at once or was it a slow burn? Either way, it isn’t much fun for anyone. • • • 📷 by the marvellous @nochancenanc #mamasboy #mumsandsons #teething #breastfeedingmama #teethingprobs #fifteenmonthold #fifteenmonthsold #familyphotos #pnwparenting #pnwmama #pnwonderland #pnwfamily #mindfulmama #sunshinecoastbc #gibsonsbc #gonecoastal #sunshinecoastmama #gibsonsmama

Can’t think of a better way to spend a long weekend Monday than a slow morning, a big breakfast, and a family hike. Wells passed out about 40 seconds after this pic was taken and slept the whole way down the mountain, in the car ride home, and then transferred to his crib (there truly is a first time for everything!). I guess Hennie’s birthday weekend has tired out the whole family 😅 Hope you’ve all had a relaxing weekend! • PS if you’re having a baby buy this carrier. • • #gonecoastal #coastlife #sunshinecoastbc #happybaby #happybabycarrier #15monthold #kidswhoexplore #wildbaby #wildbabies #fifteenmonthsold #babywearing #babywearingmama #pnwmama #pnwparenting #mindfulmama

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