2025: A Year in Review

Wow, 2025 sure was a year!

I’ve had some pretty big years. Like the year we moved to Prague, the year we bought a condo and adopted a dog, and the year we got married.

But none have been as big as 2025. This is the year we welcomed our daughter into the world, becoming parents for the first time. Talk about life-changing!

We then followed that up by packing up everything we own, moving out of Vancouver and embarking on our Baby Trip which would see the four of us (me, Colin, Baby C and our dog, Ellie) travel away from home for 9-ish months.

We spent the summer living with my parents in Toronto and then flew across the Atlantic to Paris. We spent two months in France and the final two months of the year in the UK (where we are now).

PS: I’m writing weekly updates about our time abroad on Substack. Subscribe for free to follow along in real time!

Suffice to say, 2025 has been one of the most dream-come-true years for me and I feel very grateful and privileged to get to say that. Having a baby and spending long term time abroad have been things I’ve been wanting and working towards for a very long time.

So join me as I look back on this epic year, turning the pages of each month and reminiscing on all of my favourite memories.

Along the way I’ll share our top travel and life moments, a few work updates, and the best books I’ve read. Then I’ll end this post as I always end these years in review: seeing how I did with last year’s predictions and looking ahead to my goals for 2026!

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Why a year in review photo book is the perfect way to wrap up the year

It’s no surprise that I love photo books.

Just this year alone I’ve made a first Father’s Day photo book for my husband, summer in Toronto photo book for my parents, baby photo book for Baby C’s first six months, a photo book for my sister about her pets and one for my cousin about her dog, plus three photo calendars!

But making a year in review photo book has to be one of my favourite types of photo books to make. As I make it, I’m reminded of all of the incredible things I got to experience throughout the year. It’s a beautiful way to reflect and practice gratitude.

It’s also a great tradition! I love the idea of sitting down and creating a book at the end of each year, and then being able to look back on past years’ books. It could even be something you do with your family every New Year’s Eve.

Creating a 2025 year in review photo book was especially important to me since welcomed Baby C this year and spent over half the year travelling. There are so many important moments I want to memorialize in a photo book.

So to celebrate 2025, I created a Classic Hard Cover Photo Book with Printique. I chose the 8.5×11 size and Luster pages. And because 2025 was so full, it ended up being 60 pages!

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So without further ado, let’s take a look at my 2025 year in review, through the pages of my Printique photo book!

January: Welcome to the world, Baby C!

The first few weeks of January were filled with appointments, final preparations and making lots of freezer meals before we welcomed our little one. Baby C was born towards the end of the month and completely changed our lives in the most magical, wonderful, all-consuming way possible.

What was left of January was just a blur of baby snuggles, visits from our moms, more appointments and trying to figure out how to be parents.

I didn’t take a traditional maternity leave, since I’m self-employed, but did intentionally wind down a lot of my freelance client work. January was my first taste of being able to focus solely on Teaspoon of Adventure (besides, y’know, focusing on being a mom).

Best read of January: The Third Gilmore Girl by Kelly Bishop (This is a must-read for any Gilmore Girls and Broadway fans.)

February: Finding our new parent groove

February was all about getting into a good rhythm with our newborn. We had a ton of appointments – lactation consultant, physiotherapists, midwives, OB and even dentist – which kept us very busy.

We were also trying to figure out the whole newborn feeding and sleeping routine, which was time consuming and ever-changing. Despite the cold weather, we made it out of the house with Baby C in February, going on lots of stroller walks and sushi lunch dates.

We even met up with friends of ours who had a baby 10 days after us. It was so cute to see the little ones together and to share the new parent wins and woes with another couple in the trenches.

Best read of February: Believe by Jeremy Egner (This is a cool oral history of the making of the TV show, Ted Lasso.)

March: Lots of family visits

In March, our little bubble got bigger as we welcomed lots of friends and family members over to meet Baby C, like Colin’s aunts, cousins from Calgary and my friend from university.

But the biggest highlight of March was having my dad fly out from Toronto to meet his granddaughter for the first time. It was so special to have a week in Vancouver with my dad and watch him bond with Baby C!

This month we also celebrated Colin’s birthday with a visit to the Vancouver Museum and Granville Island. Baby C was cozy in her stroller the whole time! And we went out on our first date night, grabbing dinner and watching a travel-related show while my mom babysat.

And we met up with the group of parents we had done a prenatal class with, this time with our babies! It was super cute to see all of the little babies and once again, swap stories with fellow new parents.

With such a busy month, I didn’t have any time for reading. So no book of the month for March!

April: Getting out and about in Vancouver

As the weather got nicer and we got more confident exploring the world with our baby, we spent a lot of April outside of the house. With Colin on parental leave (which he’ll continue to be on until April 2026), we got to take advantage of doing lots of outings together on weekdays.

We visited my alma matter of UBC for a food truck festival. It was so surreal to be back at this place where I had studied and worked, now almost ten years later with a baby. We also scored free tickets to the Vancouver Art Gallery this month.

And we took Baby C along with us to vote in municipal and federal elections (gotta teach ’em about democracy young!).

We reunited with our prenatal class teacher, who is also a photographer, for some family portraits on the beach. We met up with friends at a cafe in Burnaby. And got to introduce more family to Baby C at a big get-together in Chilliwack, plus Easter dinner at my mother-in-law’s.

Perhaps the biggest highlight of April was taking Baby C to her very first Canucks hockey game! This was something Colin was so looking forward to and Baby C was an absolutely champ throughout the game. Plus, the Canucks won!

We also attended Baby Time at the library (30 minutes of songs and books for babies) and Beyond the Bump meet-ups (sessions for new parents on baby-related topics).

Baby C spoiled us by sleeping through the night. She also transitioned from her bassinet to crib this month and learned how to roll from front to back!

Oh and I had a piece published in Business Insider about bucket list travel. Check it out here.

Best read of April: Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins (Yes, this is a YA novel but I loved it.)

May: Celebrations and meeting friends

We had a couple of big firsts in May, starting with our first sleepover with Baby C. We spent the night at my mother-in-law’s to watch the May Day Parade that her city holds.

While it was nice to have extra grandma time, it wasn’t so nice to see how much stuff we had to pack for just one night away!

The other big first of May was my first Mother’s Day! It was a beautiful day and we had a celebratory dinner with my mom, mother-in-law and great-aunt. So fun to honour so many moms!

We got to introduce Baby C to some of our friends and co-workers this month. I visited two former co-workers of mine and then we brought Baby C to Colin’s hospital where he got to be the ultimate proud dad showing her off to everyone.

We also went to see SIX while Colin’s mom babysat!

On the minus side, the four month sleep regression hit Baby C hard (and would end up lasting for a few months). We also started the gargantuan task of packing up our apartment this month.

Best read of May: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna (This is a YA cozy fantasy book that I loved and can’t wait to read the sequel.)

June: Packing up & Pender Harbour

June was an extremely busy month for us as it was our last month in Vancouver!

While I have a lot of experience packing and moving, this was an extra hard one as we had to figure out what to store, what to get rid of (and coordinate selling/donating), what we still needed, and what we wanted to pack for Pender, Toronto and Europe.

Besides packing, we also wanted to spend time with our friends and family before we left. We met up with our prenatal class again, this time having a picnic in the park with all of the babies; had friends over; walked Stanley Park’s Lost Lagoon with my mom; and walked the New West pier with Colin’s mom.

Baby C was also keeping busy. In June, she graduated to her big stroller seat, learned how to roll from back to front and tried out forward facing in her carrier. And we got to celebrate Colin’s first father’s day!

By the end of the month, we managed to get everything packed, stored, sold or donated, and officially moved out of our Vancouver apartment and Baby C’s first home. We then headed off to Pender Harbour.

Pender Harbour is a place on the Sunshine Coast of BC where some of Colin’s relatives live. Colin has been going up to visit every summer since he was a baby, and we were so excited to share that tradition with Baby C.

We spent five nights at Pender Harbour enjoying the fresh ocean air, relaxing on the back deck with family, eating great food, playing horseshoes and sitting by the fire. It was the perfect BC send-off and start to our Baby Trip!

Best read of June: Every Summer After, Meet Me at the Lake, This Summer Will Be Different and One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune. (I worked through Carley’s catalogue in June/July and enjoyed all of the summer lakeside romances!)

July: Baby’s first flight & summer in Toronto

July was a HUGE month for our family as we officially started our Baby Trip – the 9-ish months we’d spend travelling with our daughter and dog during Colin’s parental leave.

After Pender, we returned to my MIL’s for three nights of laundry, re-packing and saying final goodbyes to family. Then it was time to head to the airport with all of our bags for Baby C’s first flight!

She did so well – sleeping for most of it and only crying for the last 10 minutes on the way down. By the time we got out of the airport with all of our bags, it was way past Baby C’s bedtime, but she was wide awake to meet her Toronto family.

We went on to spend 10 weeks living in my parents’ basement in Toronto, where Baby C got lots of bonding time with her Pumpa (my dad), Popo (my stepmom) and Uncle Lee (my brother) – plus all of the other friends and family who came by!

Just in the first two weeks we had a big Christmas in July lunch with my mom’s side of the family, brunch with my stepmom’s side, and met up with three different friends and their babies. We also went out for Korean food with my cousins and celebrated a family friend’s birthday with a sports day in the park.

July was also when Baby C started solids, which was a fun adventure. She took to food right away and had a great time exploring different tastes and textures. It was so nice to have her at the table with us, trying something new.

She also got to go on her first carousel ride, splash around in her first mini water park and see her first exotic animals at the High Park zoo.

And I had my birthday in July! We decided to spend it at the French Embassy, waiting forever in their non-air conditioned room to apply for our French long-stay tourist visas.

We followed that up with a delicious Thai lunch and I did an interview on CBC as their travel expert (which you can watch here or listen to here). A memorable birthday for sure!

Best read of July: The Suite Spot by Trish Doller (This was a cute and easy rom com, which I was craving during such a busy month.)

August: Ontario cottage getaways & playing tourist in Toronto

August ended up being a big month of exploring Toronto and more of Ontario with friends and family. We started with a weekend at my friend Andrea’s cottage with two other friends from high school, plus everyone’s partners and babies.

It was so nice to be reunited with my high school friends and get a full weekend to catch up and make new memories together. It was especially cool to see our children hanging out. And we got to take Baby C for her first swim in their pool!

The next week, we took off again for a few nights in Huntsville at my stepmom’s cousin’s place. We swam in the lake, played on the grass, ate incredibly well and spontaneously met up with my old roommate, who spotted us walking down the street!

Back in the city, we were busy with lots of family barbecues and brunches. In fact, we probably had a family barbecue once a week this summer! It was a great way to hang out with our loved ones and enjoy the nice weather.

But we made time for lots of other good food as well, like a delicious Vietnamese place on the Queensway, my favourite Indian restaurant in Toronto, and lots of pasteis de nata from every Portuguese bakery we stopped by!

Towards the end of the month, my mother-in-law, Margie, came out to spend 10 days with us in Toronto. It was the first time she was visiting Toronto since she was a teenager, so we had an excuse to do all of the fun, touristy things.

We went to Ripley’s Aquarium, the CN Tower, the Royal Ontario Museum, the zoo and on a harbour cruise (all courtesy of the Toronto CityPASS). We also fit in two family BBQs and a pool party, so Margie could meet more of my family.

And we took a trip to Niagara Falls! I loved wandering around Niagara on the Lake and getting absolutely soaked on the Hornblower cruise down to the falls. Baby C was so cute in her tiny rain poncho!

After Margie left, Colin, Baby C, Ellie and I went on yet another local getaway to experience life in another neighbourhood of Toronto. We spent four nights on the Danforth, getting to know the east end of the city.

It was nice to explore a new neighbourhood, meet up with friends and family who live on that side of Toronto, and get a tiny taste of what travel would be like with just the four of us again. I loved popping into the cafes and shops along the Danforth and heading down to the Beaches.

While living on the Danforth we learned that the first Airbnb we had booked in France had cancelled on us. I went into super search mode to find a new place within our budget that would be available for six weeks on such short notice.

Oh and another August highlight: Baby C got her first two teeth!

It was another busy month, so no reading for me in August!

September: Flying to Paris and settling into Orleans

We spent our final two weeks in Toronto saying goodbye to all of our friends and family, mostly over delicious meals. We went for dim sum with my cousins, to High Park and for Vietnamese with friends, got congee with my grandparents, and had a couple more family barbecues.

After many stressful weeks of waiting, we finally received our passports back from the France Embassy (just four days before our flight!), only to learn that our France visas had been denied.

The next four days were a blur of packing up, vet visits and quickly re-arranging our entire trip. Even though our France long-stay visas had been denied, we were still able to spend 90 days in France with our regular Canadian passports, so could still get on our original flight.

It was a lot of stress, but we made it to the airport with all of our bags and headed off to Paris after some tearful goodbyes with my parents. I actually got to reflect about the summer with my parents in this piece that I wrote for Business Insider!

We only spent a couple of nights in Paris. We got over jet lag, ate at our favourite Italian restaurant, walked through covered arcades and, of course, took an iconic photo of Baby C in front of the Eiffel Tower.

From Paris, we loaded ourselves and all of our luggage onto a train to Orleans where we’d spend the next six weeks.

Our first week in Orleans was all about settling in, getting groceries and unpacking. We tried a few Orleans restaurants and found our favourite local boulangerie. We visited the Biodiversity Museum and started working with a sleep coach for Baby C.

After a week in Orleans, my mom came to join us! Together we went to the local Loire Festival, toured the Cathedral and did some more sightseeing around Orleans.

And by the end of the month, Baby C (and her parents!) were all sleeping so much better. Thank god!

Best read of September: Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams (An interesting, and horrifying, look behind the scenes at the Facebook scandals as told by a former employee.)

October: Castle-hopping in the Loire Valley

With my mom still visiting, we rented a car and went on a Loire Valley castle road trip. We saw the dogs at Chateau de Cheverny, admired the architecture of Chateau de Chambord and fell in love with every part of Chateau de Chenonceau.

We also took day trips to nearby medieval towns like Meung-sur-Loire (with its epic dragon-theme castle), Beaugency (with its contemporary art castle) and Blois (with its royal castle, magic house and painted staircase).

Back in Orleans, we enjoyed some delicious meals. Colin became a pro at making mussels, which we’d eat with a fresh baguette (how French of us!) and my mom whipped up a tasty salmon dish. Eating out in Orleans, we had delicious Laotian food and found my favourite pizza and salad at Well in Town.

Before my mom left, we toured the historic rooms of Hotel Groslot and wandered through Orleans’ Botanical Garden. She also got to see Baby C crawl for the first time before she caught her flight back to Canada.

Colin, Baby C and I made the most of our remaining time in Orleans by visiting the rest of the city’s museums, taking an audio guide tour around the city, and attending an autumn festival at Parc Floral de la Source.

October was also the month when I moved my email newsletter over to Substack! I’ve had so much fun engaging with the community on Substack, finding lots of new content to read and having a space to share more personal updates about our time abroad.

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We ended October by packing up and leaving Orleans in an electric car, stopping at Chateau de Villandry, and making our way north to Normandy!

Best read of October: Laugh More by Debbie Travis (It was fun to hear stories from Debbie’s exciting life all told through the lens of a year on her property in Italy.)

November: Normandy road trip, getting to the UK and exploring London

If you thought October was busy, just wait until you hear what we got up to in November!

We left Orleans and drove to Normandy, which was much harder than expected. This was our first time driving an electric car and we spent the entire week struggling to find places to charge it, wasting time and spending more than we probably would’ve on gas.

This was also my first big reality check of what travel with a baby is really like. Between Baby C’s naps, Ellie’s dog walks and our unreliable car, we had to drastically overhaul my ambitious plans for our week in Normandy.

But we did manage to do a few incredible things from my Normandy itinerary: we paid our respects at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian Military Cemetery, walked on Juno Beach and visited the adjacent museum, spent a full day at the Caen Memorial Museum, and toured the Grand Bunker.

From Normandy, we drove through Rouen and to Calais where we returned the car (good riddance!).

Our main purpose for being in Calais was to go to the vet with Ellie in preparation for her travel to the UK, but we also happened to be in town during a big local festival. Dragons, lizards and scorpion ladies roamed the streets for reasons still unknown to us!

Vet paperwork in hand, we took a pet taxi across the Eurotunnel to Folkestone, our first stop in the UK. We spent a couple of wonderful days there enjoying the colourful and artsy town by the water, and catching up with friends who live locally.

Finally, by mid-month, it was time to make the final part of our trek to our new home base of Brixton where we’d spend the next five weeks living in London.

London is my favourite city in the world and I have always dreamed of living there, so this was such a fun time for me. We hit the ground running settling into our new home and doing lots of sightseeing.

Highlights of those first two weeks in London include touring the Churchill War Rooms, V&A, Tate Britain and Hunterian Museum; seeing London all dressed up for Christmas; walking through Covent Garden and Seven Dials; shopping at local craft markets; and eating incredibly well in Brixton.

Best read of November: Someday, Now by Tembi Locke (Not as powerful as her first memoir, From Scratch, but nice to hear her beautiful words and catch up on her life.)

December: Loving London at Christmas & getting to know Brighton

We spent our final weeks in London going to more excellent museums and galleries, like the Imperial War Museum, Saatchi Gallery and Wallace Collection; eating more great food, from the likes of Dishoom, The Joint and Banh Banh; and soaking up more holiday vibes, like when we met Santa at the London Transport Museum.

I also got to see the incredible musical Operation Mincemeat, we bought Baby C’s first Christmas present at the iconic Hamleys, and we had our first Sunday roast at a pub with some of Colin’s gaming friends.

My mom came out to visit us in London and during her short time in the city we saw a Christmas show for babies, walked along Tower Bridge, ate more great food in Brixton, and took advantage of her babysitting so we could pack up our London flat.

The five of us (three adults, one baby, one dog) and all of our luggage then made our way from London to Brighton, our next home base. The trip was actually very easy as Brighton is only an hour from London and we had lots of hands to carry our bags.

I fell in love with Brighton pretty much immediately, and especially the area where we’re staying in North Laine. All around us are great coffee shops and restaurants, independent stores, street art, and colourful buildings.

During our first week in Brighton we explored North Laine and The Lanes, walked down to Brighton Beach, played at The Level playground, and shopped at Brighton Open Market.

We toured Brighton Royal Pavilion where we had booked tickets for Baby C to meet Santa in his grotto. It was such a cool experience and the Pavilion itself was breathtaking!

Having my mom with us for the holidays was such a treat! We celebrated Christmas Eve by going out for afternoon tea and a nice pub dinner, then opened presents together the next morning in front of the tree.

We started to explore Brighton’s incredible food scene with great meals at places like The Pond, Giggling Squid, The Basketmakers Arms and Dishoom Permit Room. For New Year’s Eve, my mom treated us to a delicious Italian lunch at Tutto.

And so, with bellies full of great food and a growing love for our new home base in Brighton, we ended 2025!

Best read of December: Downton Shabby by Hopwood DePree (A Hollywood guy moves to the UK to restore an old family home with lots of hurdles along the way.)

Looking back on my predictions from 2024

One of my favourite parts of my annual review posts is looking back on the predictions I made the year before. Back at the end of 2024, I made predictions for my travels, life at home, work and blog in 2025. Here’s how they went:

Travel

2024 prediction: I will go on a local trip in the spring, spend the summer in Toronto and move to Europe in the fall.

2025 reality: We didn’t make it on any local trips in the spring but we did spend the summer in my old hometown of Toronto and move to Europe in September. Though the Europe plans changed drastically from what I thought they’d be back in 2024!

The plan as of 2024 was to get our France long-stay tourist visas, then spend the fall in Normandy, winter in Andalusia, and spring in the South of France. Literally none of that happened!

Instead our visa applications got denied, we spent the fall in the Loire Valley, road tripped up to the UK, and will finish out our 2025/2026 Baby Trip in England.

Life at home

2024 prediction: I will embrace the changes of parenthood, get into a good groove with our baby, and find moments to prioritize myself and my marriage.

2025 reality: Aw what a nice prediction I made! I’d like to think I did embrace the changes of new parenthood and get into a groove with Baby C in 2025. Although, it’s a whole different ballgame to parent while travelling abroad.

While I did find some moments to prioritize myself and my marriage, I wish I had done a better job. I definitely want to spend more intentional time with Colin in 2026 and take some time for myself that isn’t work related.

Freelance work

2024 prediction: I will take a break from steady freelance client work and focus more on pitching publications. I will land 10 commissions.

2025 reality: I did take a break from freelancing in 2025 to focus on being a new mom. But I actually did not focus more on pitching. In fact, I probably only sent out a handful of pitches this entire year, landing just three commissions.

Instead, I was much more focused on my blog. Because I was so busy with my blog and taking on new things – like more sponsorships and starting a Substack – I didn’t have as much time for pitching. Maybe in 2026!

Teaspoon of Adventure blog

2024 prediction: I will finish my backlog of new posts, finish my backlog of updates, create regular (2-3/month) new posts, make better use of my newsletter and diversify my traffic sources.

2025 reality: Even in 2024 I knew this was a very lofty goal for 2025 and I was right! I still have a backlog of new posts to write (and growing longer by the week), I barely did any updates this year and I could still work on diversifying my traffic.

But I did do a great job at creating new posts; I published 34 brand new blog posts this year, which is 2.8/month, so exactly what I predicted.

And I’d say I’m doing much better at utilizing my email newsletter since moving it over to Substack. I’ve been so inspired to connect with the community on there and publish weekly accounts of our time abroad. Subscribe for free now if you haven’t yet!

What I’m predicting for 2026

Now comes the time in my lengthy annual review to leave 2025 behind and look ahead to 2026. Here’s what I’m wishing and predicting for the new year:

Travel

We’re planning to be in Spain for a week in January to celebrate Baby C’s first birthday, return to London for a month in the spring and attend Colin’s annual family reunion at Pender Harbour this summer. We’ll also be heading to Toronto for the 2026 Christmas holidays.

Other than that, we’ve got a couple of weeks free in the fall for a bigger trip abroad. I’m hoping we can finally get back to Asia; cafe-hopping in Seoul or Taipei is sounding very enticing to me at the moment.

But we’ll have to see how our then 20-month old will handle a long flight! If it’s not looking pretty, we might have to go somewhere closer to home. We’re also hoping to see family in Calgary and Kelowna at some point this year.

Life at home

I want to continue enjoying our life abroad and bring that same energy back to life in Vancouver – exploring our neighbourhood, trying new restaurants, getting out each day, etc.

I’m really looking forward to settling into our new home in Vancouver. It’s partially furnished, and we have a bunch of stuff in storage, but I still want to spend some time (and hopefully not too much money) decorating with fun, unique pieces.

Returning to Vancouver is going to be a big change for us, especially with Colin going back to work full time, so I want to really focus on finding a good balance between work, life and parenting.

To improve on goals I had in 2025, I want to find more ways to prioritize time for myself outside of work (maybe try a new hobby or class?) and prioritize more intentional time with Colin (bi-weekly date nights?) in 2026.

One thing I did really well in 2025 was take lots of photos – something that’s easy to do when you have a new baby and when you’re travelling! So in 2026, I want to continue documenting our lives.

Not only do I want to take more photos this year, but I also want to archive and print them. I love walking past our photos on the walls, a daily reminder of our best family memories.

And I can already picture Baby C flipping through our yearly Printique photo books one day soon! 

Work & blogging

My big goal for 2026 would be to continue working on Teaspoon of Adventure full time and not have to go back to freelance client work.

As difficult as it’s been to balance parenting, travel and work this year, it’s been so nice to only have my own blog to focus on and not competing client work. Since our childcare plan when we get back to Vancouver is still up in the air, it will be even nicer to only have my blog to worry about if my work time is more limited.

So on the blogging front, my goals for 2026 are to finally get through my backlog of new posts to write, create an actual plan for updating my old posts and get through a big chunk of them, and focus on Substack and Pinterest growth.

I’d also love to do some guest interviews – either on other blogs, publications or podcasts. I listen to so many travel podcasts and think I have some unique stories to tell from our Baby Trip, so would love to be a guest on some shows. If you know of anyone looking, let me know!

Wrapping up my 2025 in review

I’m not sure how I’m going to top 2025. This was the year we welcomed our daughter, spent 10 weeks with family in Toronto, lived in Europe for four months, and the year I went full-time with my blog.

Of course, there were some lows to the year too and lots of growing pains with all the big changes. But overall, it was a really epic year!

Luckily 2026 is looking pretty good too! We’re starting the year with more travel and time abroad in Spain and the UK. Then we’ll return to Vancouver and get to set up a new home in a new neighbourhood.

We’ll also do some local travel throughout Canada, go an international trip in the fall (hopefully back to Asia), and I’ve got big goals for Teaspoon of Adventure’s growth in 2026.

Of course, along the way we’ll get to watch Baby C grow and change. It’s been so fun to see her personality develop and be there as she experiences new things.

It was always a huge goal of mine to travel with my baby and I’m so thrilled that 2025 was the year I finally got to do it. Learning how to travel as a family has been challenging, but incredibly rewarding. And I love that I’ve gotten to share the world with Baby C from such an early age!

Finally, a huge thank you to you for reading my blog and supporting me throughout 2025. The reason I was able to go full-time on my blog is because of readers like you, so thank you for being here!

I hope you had a wonderful 2025 and I’m wishing you everything great and adventurous for 2026!

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