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oliver connell | day eleven hundred & forty-one

tcp — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:53:13 +0000

Now I believe last entry I talked about hibernating on the couch in our cozy living room during the winter. Yup – last time we made some goofy faces and snapped some pictures. It was fun. This time, we actually really did document our newest Sunday afternoon ritual. And even though I botched the family portrait of the three of us by overexposing it (I still love it because of all the sun rays in the photo), we had a lot of fun eating popcorn, watching movies and making memories. It’s becoming our favourite Sunday afternoon past-time.

PS: Last time I said that Oliver always just wants to watch Cars 2. Well this time he sat and watched (and I think enjoyed) The Incredibles. He kept picking up the DVD case and looking at all the pictures – I think that was a good sign that maybe we’ll be able to watch some different movies now….Here’s to hoping!

Enjoy!
t.

I love this photo Oliver took of me

The botched exposure on our family portrait (still love it though)

Dana took this fleeting shot of Oliver and I and I love it (moire and all!)

oliver connell | day eleven hundred & thirty-four

tcp — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:05:57 +0000

During the winter months here in Canada, it’s not easy to get outside with a little one when it’s so frickin’ cold. Ok, so we’ve been lucky this year and we’ve had a very mild (touch wood) winter. But it doesn’t stop Dana and I from wanting to just hibernate in our warm and cozy living room. It seems that Oliver has picked up some of those traits from us too. There really is nothing better then settling in on a late Sunday afternoon with your favourite movie and favourite people. Now if only we could get Oliver to watch a movie other then Cars 2, we’d be all set. LOL!

Enjoy some goofy afternoon photos we took.

Cheers!
t.

oliver connell | day eleven hundred & twenty-seven

tcp — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:19:29 +0000

We haven’t had much snow this winter and any that has fallen, it’s pretty much disappeared before our eyes. So when New Years Eve came around and we realized there was enough snow on the ground to get out and make Oliver his first snowman, we jumped at the opportunity. In some ways, Oliver has been looking forward to this for months!

Dana and Oliver made this really cool snowman on the front lawn, and then we went to the back yard where we had a bit of a snowball fight. We were teaching Oliver to throw snowballs, probably something we will regret in the coming years…LOL!

Again, we had a fabulous day together. It’s these kinds of days that I will cherish forever and I’m so glad I’ve got the photographs to remind me of how great this day was.

Cheers!
t.

oliver connell | day eleven hundred & twenty-one

tcp — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:44:57 +0000

Wow – was Christmas day a lot of fun this year! We had Santa pay us a visit early Christmas morning and he spoiled us rotten. SPOILED. ROTTEN. We had a lot of fun opening all the gifts that were left under our tree. I then got to working on cooking the bird while Oliver played with all his new toys and Dana got the house ready for our guests. We then had both sets of Grand Parents over along with Oliver’s Aunt, Uncle and Cousin for an early afternoon visit and Christmas dinner. We had a fire going for most of the day and it was super cozy in our house, the way it should be over Christmas.

Not a lot of pictures taken but a lot of great memories from a wonderful day.

Cheers!
t.

Video Short: Oliver is one cool dude

tcp — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:26:11 +0000

A quick and painless video of Oliver dressed in his finest wearing my sunglasses. Oh the fun times we have with our kids!

Cheers!
t.

oliver connell | day one thousand & fifty-two

tcp — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:13:08 +0000

Back in the fall, I shot some promo photos for Dana and her website. Oliver had fun playing while we were trying out some different poses and locations. In between makeup touch-ups and wardrobe changes (LOL), I was able to capture Oliver as well. He looked so cute in his touque and fall jacket. He had fun running up and down the sidewalk, playing with his cars in the dirt, and stepping in when Mum needed some inspiration and a chuckle.

We had a blast and I hope you’ll like the photos too.

Cheers!
t.

oliver connell | day one thousand & thirty-six

tcp — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 03:04:46 +0000

Pancake Sunday. It’s become a staple around the Connell household. It’s something that Oliver and I do together every Sunday morning. I get up and have a shower and get dressed. By this time, Oliver is awake and wanting to head downstairs to make pancakes. Both he and I make them while Dana gets some much needed time to lounge a bit in bed. When they are ready, Oliver calls up to her and she joins us. We’ve got a pretty good system going here.

Oliver starts the cooking off by sampling a few of the chocolate chips that will be going into the pancakes

As I start to mix the ingredients together – Oliver loves to help

But his attention is quickly diverted by something else he loves to do: sort the spices

And as the first pancakes finish cooking

Oliver can’t wait any longer!

The final product when I finally get to dig in

On this morning, Oliver then got dressed in some new clothes and modelled a bit for me

And when it comes time to go outside, Oliver isn’t happy about wearing his touque

A face only a Mum or Dad could love

oliver connell | baghead

tcp — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 00:40:06 +0000

I find this video absolutely hilarious. Does that make me a bad parent?

oliver connell | day nine hundred & eighty

tcp — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:56:44 +0000

In August, Dana and I returned to our family cottage “Cedar Tip” to try another week of vacationing with Oliver. If you recall, the first trip was when Oliver was still quite young and unfortunately, it was more work than a vacation. We had high hopes for this years trip and it didn’t disappoint. We spent the week with Oliver’s Grandma and Papa and our close family friends the Hodgdon’s from the States. Oliver quickly developed a crush on Christie, who was absolutely wonderful at entertaining him.

We enjoyed boat rides, shore Lunches, trips to local towns, fishing, swimming and eating. The weather was just wonderful too!

The week seemed to go by so quickly this time around. We are very happy with the memories we created at Cedar Tip this year and look forward to many more family vacations up there in the years to come.

Below are a bunch of images we took and a short video. I hope you enjoy.

and a short video of Oliver’s new crush Christie playing catch with him

oliver connell | day nine hundred & seventy-two

tcp — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 15:23:09 +0000

Just one for now. But it’s a cute one no?