Time flies. Six months has gone by since I last posted. I can hardly believe it! When I last posted on Silas's first birthday, he'd just begun to walk and still had only a little bit of hair. Now he's tearing around the house like a maniac and has an Einstein-like fluffy-crazy hairdo. Lots has been going on for us, aside from cooking. I will try to recap the last six months in a few sentences:
1) finished building our dream house, with the dream kitchen I designed for myself;
2) moved from temporary house to dream house;
3) I went back to work full time (already preganant with baby #2);
4) Cakes got transferred to Langley, BC for his work;
5) We had to sell the dream house and buy one in Langley;
6) Moved to new house in Langley, leaving behind great friends in Edmonton;
7) Within days of the move, our second son, Cooper, arrived significantly earlier than expected!
Whew. I feel tired just typing that.
Thanks to all the readers who took the time to write and ask if I was okay. We are all great, just tired.
The cooking in our house has changed too. We've developed some new favourites which are probably a lot less work that previous favourites. We've also begun eating far more healthily, especially since our new son was diagnosed with Infant Reflux and i have had to cut out all: wheat, dairy, red meat, tomatoes, citrus and soy. The lack of dairy has just about killed me as I am a heavy cheese user! There will be more recipes showing up on Lex Culinaria, albeit at a slower pace, and for the time being, while I am still breastfeeding Cooper, most of them will be wheat and dairy free.
I am really looking forward to exploring our new surrounds from a foodie perspective as we are smack in the middle of some great farms producing all kinds of vegetables and fruit as well as meats and eggs. I'm pretty excited about finally being able to truly eat local. 100-mile diet? meh. We'll be doing the 20-mile diet as much as possible!
Huge congratulations on just surviving such a monumental life-change -- and what a gorgeous gorgeous new son!
All the best to you in your new home,
Jena
Posted by: Jena Snyder | December 28, 2008 at 04:29 PM
Wow! That's an epic story! I'm glad it has such a cute ending. We'll save some cheese for you, for later. :-)
Posted by: Matriarchy | December 28, 2008 at 04:49 PM
Welcome to the Lower Mainland! It is good to see a post from you, your son is beautiful and I look forward to some new and interesting posts!
Happy Holidays,
Posted by: Linda | December 28, 2008 at 08:30 PM
Welcome to the Fraser Valley - you will love it here!
Posted by: Mama Bear | December 28, 2008 at 09:34 PM
You've certainly had a lot on your plate recently! COngrats on the baby # 2, and wish you all the best in settling into your new environment. It sounds good - even if you had to give up your dream home and kitchen!
Posted by: Pille | December 29, 2008 at 05:21 AM
Thanks for the update, and congrats on all the new news!
Posted by: Matt | December 30, 2008 at 10:01 AM
Yeah It is good to see a post from you, your son is beautiful and I look forward to some new and interesting posts!Enjoy the holidays...
Posted by: tin whiskers | January 01, 2009 at 11:40 PM
I'm new to your blog, and have just been perusing it for an hour or so. I read your comments about the mediocrity of Edmonton and its food scene with some dismay. To have absolutely nothing good to say about the city's restaurants and food producers is unfair and shows ignorance on your part, not to mention snobbery, but then again, I have grown to expect that from "foodies". In your world view, food is only good elsewhere, so I am glad for you that you are gone from such a dreary town. Blogs like this are the reason I dislike foodies and food bloggers so much, although I do have an interest in food. It seems quite fitting that you have landed on the west coast, one of the most pretentious, self-congratulatory places on earth. You will feel quite at home there, no doubt, patting yourself on the back for living in such an enlightened food environment. I definitely won't be coming this way again in my web travels.
Posted by: Edmonton | February 05, 2009 at 02:12 PM
Congratulations on all of your news; all the best to you and your boys! What an exciting time for all of you.
Posted by: tara | February 07, 2009 at 12:59 PM
Well, nothing guarantees a job transfer like building or buying your dream home!
Congratulations on the move, the new little guy and I wish you and Cakes and Silas and Cooper good fortune in BC!
Posted by: Dez | February 22, 2009 at 11:35 AM
congratulations for your new residence...your son looks gorgeous.
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What a wonderful child. You're blessed.
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For some reason, this post just popped up in my feed again. Weird.
I'm in the same boat as you: selling our dream house in Edmonton to move to Langley for my wife's job. I'm pretty excited. There should be lots of great food options in Surrey, if not Langley.
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