
It hasn’t happened too often yet but every once in a while, Oliver comes up with something that just makes us belly laugh over and over again. This is just one of those instances…

We’ve had a lot of fun with Oliver over breakfast. It’s pretty much our favourite meal of the day around the Connell household. It also seems to be the time we most often pick up the…

As Oliver started to get older, he also started (and continues) to enjoy new foods. We thought he would like pancakes, but I don’t think we were prepared for HOW MUCH he would enjoy…
Another afternoon at Gage Park for the Connell family! Oliver loves playing in the playground and on the splash pad so how could we resist? We always have a great time…
We went for the petting zoo but stayed for the carnival! I wish I could say that more often but on this morning, it was all that we needed! Chingacousy park has a great petting zoo…
For the last two years, the neighbours of the Rosedale, Mill, Isabella area in downtown Brampton have gotten together to throw a Canada Day Street party for all the kids. This includes games…
Believe it or not, Oliver has been alive for twenty months and we’ve only taken him to get his hair cut twice. TWICE! His second haircut came back in Mid-June as it was just getting way too…
On this morning, Oliver, Dana and I were goofing around the in living room and Dana captured these fine moments of Oliver and I. It’s not very often that I get my picture taken these days…
Another wonderful afternoon in Gage Park in downtown Brampton, Oliver, Dana and I spent some time walking, running, and playing. Oliver had a couple of firsts this afternoon…
On Mother’s Day, it will be two years since I announced my pregnancy to my family. At the time, I didn’t know how motherhood would affect me. I didn’t know I’d be having a little boy, or how that little boy…
It’s been a while since Oliver and I hung out with the camera. I mean, we took a bunch of pictures on our vacation to Haines City Florida where we visited Nana and Grand Dad and that…
Oliver is getting so big now! We took him for his first hair cut at a local hairdressers called Melonhead. Oliver put on his serious face, as you can see from the photos. He was very…
Oliver and I like to have fun with the camera. Oliver is still at the stage where he doesn’t really know why I am pointing a big lens to his face, but he will entertain the idea….for a little while at least.
On this evening, Oliver and I watched the Canada/Switzerland World Junior Hockey Semi-Final. Oliver was given a Team Canada jersey by good friend Jim Coyle when he was born. I just so happen to have one too…
Every once in a while (ok, more often than not), I spend some time with Oliver playing on the floor. What’s different about some of these times is that on occasion, I bring my camera along for the ride. I try to capture…
The day after the day after Christmas was supposed to be our Christmas with Oliver’s Nana and Grand Dad. Unfortunately, Nana got sick over the holidays and in the interest of keeping Oliver healthy, Nana stayed back…
Today is Oliver’s second Christmas. Santa has visited our house yet again and left some wonderful gifts for us all. Oliver’s favourite gift: a bag of Apple Crisps he got in his stocking. Clearly Santa knew what Oliver…
Last year Oliver was only 26 days old when Christmas came around and that didn’t leave us a heck of a lot of time to introduce him to Santa beforehand. So, this year we made a point of checking his schedule…
On this day, we celebrated Oliver’s first birthday with my parents. They brought some wonderful gifts for Oliver and it was of course, another great evening. Oliver has really taken…
Today was November 30th, Oliver’s first official birthday. We celebrated at home with some cake that Mum made. It was delicious, and looked great, despite what she may think…
We had the best intentions. Everything was in order: thirty plus people coming to our house; loot bags were done and ready; cake was made; outfits were picked out. Everything you do to prepare for your son’s first…

November 5th was a very special day for us as Oliver took another first step in his growth….quite literally. At this point, Oliver had been walking around furniture quite easily but…
Oliver “The Aviator” Connell. That is what we so graciously named our dear son this Hallowe’en. He looked quite stunning in his costume in what was his first year celebrating the dark holiday. Dana had this idea…
Dana suggested that since this was Oliver’s first Hallowe’en that we take him to a pumpkin patch to see what he thinks of the pumpkins. Well, I think it’s safe to say that Oliver loves them! We went up to…