Nikka costa- push and pull

http://youtu.be/DlUHIiTwBzQ

Still kickin' it.

I needed to come on here and post quickly, to say I am still here and have every intention of continuing to write on this blog. I am just figuring things out, trying to figure out myself right now, and what this space is to me. I do want to continue on here, but I am just questioning my direction and topics. I will still post about my lovely boys and life, but I am also wanting to start posting about things I am passionate about. We shall see, and if you are reading this, thanks for following along :)

these days.

There are days like these.

Fleeting moments of beauty. 

They make my heart feel like it will implode with the amount of love I feel. 

It is a moment of many through out the day. 

These boys are my heart.

There are days so hard, I question my abilities as a parent. There are days so amazing, I would have a home full of children. But, no matter what day we are chasing, there are always these beautiful moments of real life, real love. 

I love me some good news.

I realize I have been non-existent from this blog, not really intentional, just very busy raising three boys!

Speaking of my boys, Hector had a lovely check up with his cardiac team and has eight months before he has to return. Next time he sees them he will be over a year old!! Makes me so very happy to know he is doing so well. :D

back to my musical roots- singing sundays

It can be so satisfying to just sit and actually listen to the music that made you fall in love with music. Anyone who knows me well knows that my favourite music has and always will be Neil Young.
So this week I get back to those songs that inspired my life long love for music and acoustic guitar.

• Natural Beauty- Neil Young
• Needle and the damage done- Neil Young
• Harvest Moon- Pearl Jam

waiting for spring- singing sundays

I am getting so sick of winter. Sad, because I usually like the cool weather and snow, but with three young children (and Hector being so young still) it is much harder to get outside when the wind chill is just too cold.
This week is songs to inspire warmth and soon to be spring with winter songs.

• winter winds- mumford and sons
• winter song- sara bareilles & ingrid michaelson
• winterlong- neil young and crazy horse

amazing kids songs- singing sundays

This week is inspired by my middle son, and the songs he loves.

Peep intro
shake my sillies out- Raffi
mahna mahna- muppet show

studio Q- Singing Sundays

I love listening to the Q on CBC.  Jian always seems to beat me to music I find later and love or he has people on that I have been listening to forever and am always excited to hear their interview. Great radio show.

• you yes you- Tuneyards
• get it wrong, get it right- Feist
• youth- Daughter

Lucky- Singing sundays

I am lucky, for the beautiful people in my life, for the love and warmth in my life, for my lovely family.
Lucky.

Simple Pleasures- David Myles
Lucky- Radiohead
The place to be- Asa

Has it really been 3 months?

As I look at this happy, sweet little boy, I can and can't believe it has been three months. It really feels like his surgery was forever ago and like he has always been here. (I found that with the other boys too, that I had known them all my life) This all being said, it feel like yesterday that I stood, frustrated beyond belief, in the shower as my contractions slipped away as if they hadn't been happening at all. Only to wake up the next morning to full blown labour and a few hours until I got to see my sweet boy's face for a few seconds before they ran him off to the ICU.
It is amazing the growth and emotional journey that we have gone through as a family since Hector was born. I am so grateful that the hardest parts (fingers crossed) are behind us, and we are on to living as a family of five with our boys.
Happy three months Hector, Thank you for being such a wonderful part of our family already. Your sweet demeanour and loving, wise smiles will never go unnoticed :) We love you.

Oops- Singing Sundays

Wow, I missed a week entirely and didn't notice. Not a good start to the new year!
Made a mix CD for my lovely in-laws and it inspired me to listen to music I hadn't in a while.
Why not venture back into the roots of music I grew up with and have a serious soft spot for.

• Sleepy Maggie- Ashley MacIsaac
• Barrett's Privateers- The Irish Descendants
• Pretty Mary Medley- Natalie MacMaster
• Mari Mac- Great Big Sea
• You feel the same way too- The Rankin Family