My sleepy baby.

I can't get enough of this little baby sleeping. Get a load of this picture, she didn't want to let go of any of her toys, even though she was sleeping. 

HEY LUCY!!

So this happened. Lol. I had a baby!! I haven't written a post in, what? Like three years! Lol at least the last I have an excuse for the last 4months. Ok. That isn't really am excuse but i will try any thing. I don't even know where to start.... In a nutshell, I got pregnant last summer, had a great pregnancy for the most part, a terrible rash for two weeks and extreme swelling for the last month were the only two unpleasant parts. A small price to pay in exchange for an over all smooth 40 weeks (and 5 days). When you give birth, and experience a love that you didn't even know existed.... I'm pretty sure there is nothing that would stop me from doing it all over again. 

March 21st, 2013 Lucy Roxanne Bairos was born. After about 12 hours of labour I experienced a wonderful, memorable and natural birth. 

Last new dress ever....gotta go out with a bang!

"Everyone needs a red dress!" I have heard these words for years and yet I never had the guts to buy one. I never thought iI could pull it off, or iI could never find the right red. You know what iI mean?

Gary's work Christmas party was was coming up, I was thinking days ahead, "it would be great to have a sexy red dress for that party" we were going with one of our best friend couples, we were cabbing it home, I had been working almost every night up to this day for the last month. This night called for a red dress. I had a staff meeting that Saturday morning then my plan was to go straight to the mall and start the hunt for my perfect outfit, and a little some thing for Gary too! I walked into the mall.... there was a new store there that I had never seen before, I mean I have seen it before, just not in this mall. I had to go in, this store is known for their perfectly made, fun and sexy dresses. I walked in, everything was so beautiful, perfectly placed on the tables and perfectly spaced on the racks. Only a few of each style on each rack, which I know they do to make you believe that is all that they have so you have to buy it before it is gone. I know they have more stock in the back, but it still strikes a sudden sense of urgency when I start scanning the price tags and size labels and especially when I see one I love. There are lots of black dresses, tan dresses a few pink ones and quite a few with busy patterns, they are all really short. Then I stop. It catches my eye. I reach for it. Dare I look at the tag? I pull the hanger off the wall display (the hanger is even nice) this dress is beautiful. "Can i help you?" a young, tall and extremely fashionable sales girl asks, I feel like I have been caught stealing or something. I said "ummmm yaaa I was just looking for a dress?." I explained that I was going to a Christmas party that night and I kind of had my heart set on a red dress and "I kind of like this one". I held it up. She was very helpful I told her how much I didn't want to spend she said "well all of our regular priced merchandise is 30% off!" Now I was excited. I "ok, I'll start with this one and you can pull a few more for me while I am in here. I got into the change room, yanked the heavy curtain across the doorway and stripped! I stepped into the gathered raw silk red beauty, slid the layered one shoulder strap over my left arm... I was in love. I think I may have even said it out loud... "How are you doing in there?!" I was snapped from my happiness only to be more excited for her it zip it up so I could see that it actually fit me like a glove. It was the perfect red dress. (you can ask Gary if you don't believe me :).

My New Desk

Well I finally got a photo up of my new and wonderful desk! can you imagine tossing this beauty?!! I have so much surface space now! Other then the fact that my office is a little jam-packed... it is well worth dealing with. I love my desk! Thanks Carolyn and Evan, you can come visit it anytime!

~tina.

He is my Perfection!

So not only is he the love of my life and the apple of my eye but he is Gary. My best friend, my partner in crime and my future. I love him. He keeps me on my toes, keeps my smiling and keeps me sane. He has taught me not only what it feels like to love someone unconditionally but so much more, he gives me hugs and kisses when i feel down. Talks to me about things that stress me out, even though he never gets stressed out he talks to me until i am calm. This picture was from my sisters 30th birthday party and if it weren't for him...that disco ball would have never made it to the party. People gravitate to Gary, he has a calculated opinion about every sports issue that could come up in conversation, knows where every hall in ontario is, and some how some way seems to know all the same people i know, and knew them before we knew each other?! We are tying the knot in August and we can't wait!! saying our vows on the beach is something we have talked about and dreamt about for the past 5 years and every day closer we get the sooner we wish it would come. Our engagement party was a taste of what Cuba will be and we couldn't be more honoured to have the great friends and family that we do. Gary will probably kill me for using this picture but like i said yesterday i am at my parents house and this is the only picture i could find of him on mom's computer.

love you babe!

tina.

My New Table/Desk

Now i know that the daddy and son shot is super cute and you just want to go "awwwww..." but look past the cuteness of daddy reading the paper to his first born and focus on the TABLE!!! ohh my little table how i have thought about you after leaving new years parties and brunches. everytime i took a cup cake off of you or a glass of wine, i thought "oh table you are so pretty, your owners must love you as much as i do, how i wish i had a table like you."

Then one day my wonderful table owner friend posted a picture of her "new kitchen table" with the comment "still looking for new chairs"..... I was beside myself, i couldn't comment fast enough. "what happened to the old table..?" hoping my desperation didn't come through too obviously. All i could think was what if that the table had been thrown in the trash or even worse..... left on the side of the road with an "i'm free. Take me" sign on it. (if i can't have it, i would rather it go in the trash. is that bad?) i am a furniture junkie. (try explaining it to my 800 sqft apartment, "all of these pieces will fit perfectly when i have a house." Anyway she responded saying that "the old table is in the garage awaiting garbage day". i took a knee. "no!!! i want it!!" and the excitement began.. then she said "there are four chairs too we just need to find new ones then you can have it all!!!" i was so happy i called gary right away, he didn't care, his one comment was..."uhhh where are you going to put that?" i hadn't thought about that...."uuuuuuhhhhhh i'll use it as a desk!" it's true i always wanted an old table to use as a desk, it would give me more room more elbow space. Anyway, today is the day!! i get to go pick up my new table i will post a pic so you can see what it looks like as a desk in my little office. keep in mind that it might take a few days to organize the room to be picture worthy....

bye for now,

tina

Dog sitting

so i am spending the week at my parents house taking care the house and dog. and by dog i mean the cutest puppy ever, and i am using my mom's computer so i have to find pictures on her computer to use in my blog till i get back home. obviously this picture was taking in the winter but i found it and thought it was too cute to not post. what do you think? cutest puppy ever?