The Stories of our Lives

This is our family blog. We use it to share glimpses of our family life, everyday anecdotes and reflexions, and we archive the kids' growth. In Québec, Canada.

Orléane Orléane is now...
10 months!

Xavier Xavier is now...
2.4 years!

...and there's also their parents. Émilie writes most posts (including the children's) and handles the design, while François makes sure all the blog clockwork is running smoothly. To contact us: EMAIL.

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Archive for the month of July, 2006

Xavier Gélinas (Hello world)

(I’m sorry to have waited a week to have posted this, but you’ll understand we’ve been pretty busy. I’ll timestamp it for July 28 anyway.)
We present to you Xavier Gélinas!
8 lbs 2 oz, 21 inch. Born July 28, 2006, at 20:52.
His grand-parents have been very keen on photographs, and grandma put up a full album […]


28 juillet 2006

Baby is still not here.
Yesterday was Frank’s birthday - he was really hoping the baby would come then, but no luck. We had a dinner party with his family, though, which was fun (and kept our minds occupied, at the very least).
We’re scheduled tomorrow morning for an induction, so we’re a little anxious, but very […]


Distraction

If it was true last week, it certainly is now as well: we can’t wait (for baby to arrive).
We are struggling to distract ourselves, and I for one can’t concentrate on anything, which makes distraction time… well, distracted. With amusing thoughts like things that could go wrong, foetal distress signs I could miss, ‘how come […]