Welcome!
This blog has been years in the making, mainly because it took me that long to come up with the domain name. I love alliteration, yet needed a thesaurus to remember that the word "Abode" existed and would fit perfectly as a blog name. Obviously, my name is Amy, but I have an about my blog page that you can check out to get to know me a bit better!
You might be here from my old beauty blog, Pretty in Bronze, or possibly my Instagram account, but you might also be brand new. In any case, I'm really happy you're here!
As my first official post, I want to go over what the near future will look like for this blog. You'll probably see it go through some growing pains, including theme updates, broken links, 404 errors and other strange things. I hope this is kept to a minimum. Most importantly, I want to let you know that this is primarily a lifestyle blog that won't be super rigid in terms of topics.
This blog will primarily focus on all things baby-related as I am a first-time mom with a lot of opinions, advice, product recommendations and general experiences I want to share. I also hope to incorporate a few posts related to home improvement projects and finances as we bought our first house a few years back and have pretty much done all of the renovations on our own.
As someone living in the GTA in their late twenties, it's very rare to own a home without financial help due to the market. It's even more rare to also have kids due to childcare expenses (and lack of availability) as well as the market and inflation as a whole. This has led to a lot of our friends and acquaintances coming to us for advice on how to reach their goals, including help with budgeting and general financial advice. For a while, my husband and I considered starting a YouTube channel or even a Podcast, but we don't have the time for that level of commitment while in the trenches of parenthood, maintaining full-time jobs and taking on a new massive renovation. Instead, we decided that a blog made more sense since I can easily compile posts and collect information from my husband as needed without needing to invest in any new software or other accessories.
I don't have anything else to say here aside from letting you know that I'm very excited to finally be launching this blog and will be starting out with my pregnancy and birth journey as well as product recommendation related to pregnancy, birth and babies!
See you soon!
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