Where The Buffalo Roam

EEEEEE after almost a month without the internet it's finally here!!! The ground will have to be dug up to keep us connected come Spring as we are the only year round residents on this side of the street. So for now hooking the computer up to my phone will have to do :)

My gang and I have only really spent just over two weeks in our new place. The holiday season is so busy for us in Manitoba. There is so much going on between parties, visits, and shopping that we have been spending a lot of our time at my parents house. When we got back a couple of nights ago after being gone for just under a week there was some suspicious looking prints making there way right up to our door. I have a feeling Timbit was teasing a wolf or a very large coyote. Needless to say J's job is to take the dogs out for their nightly pee no matter what after seeing that.

It's funny here, our new house is much closer to a big city and the nearest town is only a 5 minute drive away but I feel so much more isolated here than in Cape Breton. Right now the town is closed until summer so I know it will be a different feeling come then. I have only heard amazing things about the summertime here. It will be also be better when we meet more friends. Thank god J is on parental leave until April because I think I would be going crazy right about now. I get very home sick for Cape Breton when we are not visiting our families or friends. I have found myself crying for the ocean a couple of times. As long as we are outside doing fun activities as a family I seem to forget my need for the salty sea. Ughhh that darn ocean has such a pull.

Yesterday we took a drive down the road to check out some bison. And what a sweet surprise, the bison had CALVES!!! I know way too exciting. Animals excite me beyond belief but BABY ANIMALS?!?! Come onnnnnnn!!!

Hungry little nursing babe <3 The bison on the right hand side is eating too. They always have snowy heads as they bury their huge faces in the snow to get to the grass underneath. So cute!

I was nervous about one of them charging the car. This one sure gave me a stare down for a good while

Some would say it was rather stupid of us to be traveling down these paths with our little car. But we looked at it as an adventure. No cell service, wild animals among us, freezing temps and and a baby. Ok maybe it was stupid, and we realized this half way in and turned around. But we didn't get stuck and we had lots and lots of fun.

 It definitely wouldn't be a proper family adventure without spotting a Moose

If you look closely you can spot a coyote or a wolf

Neglectful Blogger

I haven't posted on my poor blog in WEEKS! We are finally settled into our new home, just waiting for cable and Internet :). Not having cable has been totally fine but I am going through blog withdrawals without the Internet.

We are loving our new home. We moved from the middle of nowhere in Nova Scotia to the middle of nowhere in Manitoba. There are many similarities between the two, lots of wild life, you don't see a soul besides an animal for days, and we live in the woods again. I am just really missing the ocean and the landscape our old place offered. Although for Manitoba we live in the hilliest part which is nice. And I am loving the "cabin feel" this place offers. It's a very cozy little place.

Here is a little glimpse of life in our new town through my phone pictures..

Kissing Cousins

Ok I must warn you that you are about to watch the cutest video ever of Willow & her cousin Elliott. These two cuties are exactly a week apart. Elliott was actually born on Willows due date :)


MVI 0283 from Jenna B on Vimeo.

Oh wait, wait, wait... THIS IS THE CUTEST VIDEO EVER!
MVI 0284 from Jenna B on Vimeo.

ooooh I got such a good squeeze in

Willow has boob on the brain

So.Over.Pictures

Elliott is trying to calm Willow down

In The Process Of Moving

J, Willow and I have had such a busy couple of weeks. We have made it to Manitoba safe and sound and are currently hanging out at my parents house waiting for all of our "stuff" & car to arrive. The travel day wasn't as chaotic as we had expected. We just felt really sad putting our pets underneath the plane. When they arrived to Manitoba they weren't even phased. They act like they own mom and dads place. Willow was a gem, she only fussed at the beginning of the first flight and than she slept pretty well the entire time. The first couple of days spent here was another story, she was pretty cranky from the transition but we had our happy babe back in no time.

Willow has met more people in this past week than she has in her short little four month old life. I was nervous that she was going to be overwhelmed with all of the new faces but she is loving every minute of it.She is one spoiled and loved little girl that is for sure.

Here is what the past couple of weeks have looked like...

I don't know what I am in for...

Enjoying our last evening in Ingonish

Where I walked pretty well every day

Our crazy ride to Halifax

Only a couple of people she has met these past few weeks...

Giggles

Although Daddy's mini-me is looking quite serious in these photos, I heard her first laugh yesterday!! She is very ticklish and finds it quite funny when my fingers crawl up her tummy and find their way under her chins. SOOOO CUUUTE

This is in our backyard :)

HOLD ON A SEC! I captured her giggle face...

 I am so in love

Stephenie

Weeee my new Birthday boots from J and his parents came in today!! Thank You Thank You I love them! They are even more divine in real life :)

These bad girls are from ShoeMint

Warren Lake

I was chilling out at this lake the day before I gave birth to little Willow!

 And  2 weeks after!

Warren Lake was one of our hang outs this summer. The water gets nice and warm and the scenery is gorgeous. But in the fall it becomes a Canadian paradise! Definitely our favorite place to take a book and a coffee and relax. I am trying to relax as much as possible before the big move. Tomorrow the packers come in and than the movers come Friday. Pretty sweet that we don't have to pack a thing except for clothes and necessities to get us by until our stuff arrives at the new house. Takes a lot of stress off! The only thing I am dreading is flying with two dogs, a cat, and a babe. Well I am not really to concerned with Willow, if she is in my lap cuddled in and fed she is golden. I am just thinking of that darn cat,Timbit. We have a 5 hour drive and then a 7-8 hour travel day by plane. I am not sure how in the world he is going to use the bathroom. Oooh and they are going to be traumatized from being underneath the plane, poor things.

 I am also thinking about how much I am going to miss it here in Cape Breton. It's almost like the island is trying to pull me in by showing me the greatest summer and fall ever. I am happy we got out and did some many hikes and hung out at so many beautiful beaches, we really made good use of our time here.

Willow is a Warren Lake regular and she still lights up when I tell her we are going there.

can you even handle those chins? aah what a cute little chubber

It's a dogs paradise too!

Willow finds it very relaxing