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My Canadian Songs Playlist for #Canada150
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I haven't posted anything in forever and so to potentially ease my way back into writing more I have decided to do my patriotic duty and create my own Canada150 playlist. But not a typical Canada 150 playlist of favorite songs or a pointed commentary on Canadian art. No this is a personal list of...
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Introducing Solid Food
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Introducing Solid Food
Today was a big day for Sophia as she got her first taste of solid food. We decided to go with something nice and easy and selected a Gerber Rice Cereal. What's in that bowl? For me!? Hey you! Give me more! Sophia took the food like a champ but it was really more obvious that ...
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Swimming Lessons
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Swimming Lessons
Chrissy wanted to start Sophia early with swimming lessons. One of the early lessons I have learned is that if "Mom" wants to do something it is in everybody's best interest to do that....so, Sophia is in swimming lessons. I thought she was a little young but according to the course offering th...
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City Managers Cup Champs
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City Managers Cup Champs
It was a slow spring for hockey this year. Our team took a year off on hosting our charity hockey tournament and I decided against traveling to Ottawa for our annual rec hockey trip to instead spend more time with Christina and Sophia. In attempt to get my "hockey fix" in I participated in a f...
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Sophia's Baptism
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As good Roman Catholics, or at least raised by good Roman Catholics, it was inevitable that our daughter Sophia would be baptised.  Earlier this month, our heathen child was made part of the flock. When deciding on Godparents it really wasn't too difficult - Chrissy's only sibling Alex, and my c...
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37th Birthday and Easter Weekend
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37th Birthday and Easter Weekend
This year my birthday happened to occur on the same weekend as Easter, which is pretty sweet. Extra long gluttonous weekend! I think Chrissy sensed that I was having issues living with a set schedule (needed for Sophia) so for my birthday she chose to wake up early (on little sleep) and take me ...
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Sophia's first trip to Edmonton Valley Zoo
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As the winter was unseasonably warm Chrissy and I have been itching to get outside with Sophia. However, as first time parents were are still timid on excursions due to length of time between feedings, catching a cool breeze, and the need for Sophia to be in near constant motion to be content. ...
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First Family Day Weekend in Saskatoon
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First Family Day Weekend in Saskatoon
With some apprehension to how a 3 month old would do in the car we packed ourselves up and headed to see my mother and family in Saskatoon for Family Day weekend. Much to our surprise and glee, Sophia was excellent for the 5 hour car ride sleeping the whole way with the exception of a bottle bre...
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Getting Through The First Couple of Months
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Getting Through The First Couple of Months
I have been back to work now for almost a month and we are starting to develop a routine with Sophia....until it falls back in on itself due to gassiness. A good night for Chrissy and Sophia usually means that I don't see them when I wake up in the morning so Christina will often times leave me ...
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Out for a Walk with Sophia
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Out for a Walk with Sophia
Winter in Edmonton means a proper amount of bundling up and picking your shots to get out of the house when the weather permits. For the first few weeks of her life all Sophia knew of the outside world was blurriness through a window or cold air experienced briefly in transit between the car and...
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Sophia's First Christmas
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Sophia's First Christmas
Everything was new to Chrissy and I this Holiday season. Everything that we usually do like gift shopping, wrapping presents, Christmas cooking or heading to a family members home needed to be planned to a nap time and took double the usual time. And as the keeper of a newborn we were popular! T...
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The New Normal of a Newborn
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Sophia is now 3 weeks old and Mother and Daughter are doing well. I have been home from work (holidays and a great boss/colleagues) and we are now setting into a routine, at least until the routine abruptly changes. Start with noon as we have to start somewhere.... Noon -3:30am - Nursing and n...
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Introducing Our New Baby - Sophia
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Introducing Our New Baby - Sophia
Christina and myself are now parents! On December 6th at 2:38 am Sophia Frances Kehrig was born.  In the short time so far getting to know each other she has been extremely cute, maddening (the midnight witching hour...shudder), confusing (hungry, gassy, cold, all of the above?) and an abso...
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San Francisco, Oakland and Sausalito
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San Francisco, Oakland and Sausalito
In September, I was fortunate enough to travel to California with work to do a best practise review and educational visit with San Francisco's famous Chinatown and other BRZ / BID / CBD's in the area. With Chrissy at the end of her 2nd trimester it was still safe for her to travel so she accompa...
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Summer and Fall 2015
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Summer and Fall 2015
I just finished shoveling snow/ So,  I guess this as good as any time to look back in pictures on the summer and fall of 2015. As it should, summer starts with the garden...and includes a pirate party when the leaves turn brown!? The start Early days Thriving late season The in...
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