What a weekend it’s been!!
First up – Baby MPB’s first Canada Day. I started the day by ditching Baby MPB and Mr. MPB to check out a new spin studio in our neighbourhood – it was my first time back to spin class since our first miscarriage, and my first time back to intense exercise since my breast reduction surgery exactly a month before. It was awesome, and I signed up for their grand opening summer deal. Then, we decided to partake in the big city celebrations. Which essentially meant we went for a family walk with 200,000+ of our closest friends, in the heat. Needless to say, that did not last long and we probably wont be back next year. However, in a few years time I suspect we will make an evening appearance for fireworks. Until then, thanks but no thanks.
Next, much to our surprise and enjoyment, Baby MPB fell in love with our dog this weekend. It didn’t seem to matter what hte dog did, he just sat in admiration laughing, giggling and smiling. And the dog, she patiently stared at him the entire time. I suspect we finally are watching a budding friendship unfold before our eyes. (But, that doesn’t means I’ll relax around the two of them – our beloved family dog is still a 90 lbs dog, and I’m still working really hard to make sure our dog doesn’t eat our baby).
Then, we had friends surprise us with dinner and drinks on Saturday evening. They brought all the fixings for a lovely BBQ and drinks for the night. We were able to put Baby MPB to bed and enjoy a warm evening in the backyard under our patio heater. An evening of adult conversation and a few too many drinks was a nice treat! (I’ll admit, I have no idea why or how this picture has a green glow to it).
And then, we did something this Mommy never thought she’d do. In an effort to celebrate USA Independence Day, we debated multiple food items, as suggested to me from some of my USA friends – like this one or this one. For two armature foodies, you’d think we would have jumped right into creating a USA themed dish or two. But, we decided Baby MPB couldn’t enjoy them this year. So, we booked marked the websites for next year and decided to do something completely out of my comfort zone – we made a craft! As suggested to me, I scoured Pinterest and found this homemade USA onesie. We decided to attempt our own. And while not perfect or nearly as good as the inspiration onesie, I think we did an alright job. In fact, I think our USA onesie is way cuter then the store bought Canadian one.
And so, today we will celebrate USA Independence Day from the comfort (and quiet) of our own home. Let the fun begin…..after Baby MPB goes for his immunizations.
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Our son will have dual citizenship once his adoption is finalized and the Canadian immigration paperwork is all sorted out. It will take time, but it will happen.
I think this is an amazing thing for his future:
He can live and work in either country (should he want to).
He has 2 countries worth of universities/colleges open to him (should he chose to attend university).
He can vote in two countries (should he want to).
He can pay taxes in two countries (okay, this probably isn’t a good thing for him).
He has twice as many country birthdays to celebrate – Canada Day (July 1) and USA Independence Day (July 4).
Technically he is not a Canadian citizen yet. But, tomorrow is Canada Day, we live in Canada and he has essentially all the rights of a Canadian citizen already. So, while I technically have absolute no authority to do so, I’ve decided he is already an honourary Canadian citizen. So we are we are taking tomorrow off and celebrating! Baby MPB will be wearing a cute little Canada onesie. There are many fun family friendly events happening today to mark Canada’s 149th birthday, so we are going to check out at least one of them out. It should be fun.
As he is also a USA citizens, as he was born in the USA, I’m looking for a fun way to celebrate the Fourth of July as well. This is a first for Mr. MPB and I as we’ve never paid much attention to this holiday before. But, as we are committed to raising Baby MPB knowing his roots, I decided the this holiday seems like a fun excuse to celebrate and Mr. MPB is humoring me. So, in preparing for our first ever Fourth of July, I wanted to find a cute little USA onesie. But, that has been essentially impossible here (even online it appears no company seems to want to ship one to Canada for an evenly slightly acceptable price). And there are no organized parties/celebrations happening either. So, I have to come up with something to do in our house, with no USA stuff on hand. So, to all my American friends, any ideas??
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