Oliver Trevor Jay Connell's Photoblog Photographs & Video documenting Oliver Connell's life

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oliver connell | VIDEO: bouncing cups
oliver connell | VIDEO: bouncing cups

In the previous post, I talked about how Oliver had learned to throw his cups and other miscellaneous toys over the side of the play yard to the floor below. Well, along with those pictures…

oliver connell | day 231 to 245
oliver connell | day 231 to 245

In this post, there are three sets of images, only because there are only a couple of photos for each day. On day two hundred and thirty-one, I took a couple of quick portraits of Oliver at home…

oliver connell | day two hundred & fourteen
oliver connell | day two hundred & fourteen

Canada Day! Celebrations happen across the country. They usually start with some sort of gathering, continuing with a BBQ and then some dessert, and they end with fireworks…

oliver connell | day two hundred and six
oliver connell | day two hundred and six

Back before Oliver was born, at one of the baby shower’s that was so graciously thrown for us, we were given a “Swedish Baby Spa” Bath Tub. Basically, this tub looks like a salad bowl! No joke!

oliver connell | day two hundred and four
oliver connell | day two hundred and four

Father’s Day. A joyous occasion where we get together to celebrate being a Dad. This year was my first with Oliver and I had a great day! We celebrated by having our families over for a BBQ in our new backyard…

oliver connell | day one hundred & ninety-six
oliver connell | day one hundred & ninety-six

On day one hundred and ninety-six, Oliver looked absolutely adorable eating his cereal. Where we feed him in our dining room, there are two large windows that had beautiful, diffuse light…

Oliver Connell | VIDEO: Three Firsts For Oliver
Oliver Connell | VIDEO: Three Firsts For Oliver

We’ve got some more video for you! In this post, we first three firsts for Oliver: Oliver’s first time in his highchair; Oliver’s first time eating Applesauce; and Oliver’s first time having some veggies…

Oliver Connell | VIDEO: Bath time
Oliver Connell | VIDEO: Bath time

In addition to taking lots and lots of photos of Oliver, we’ve also used our wonderful little Flip Ultra HD camcorder to record some of Oliver’s finer moments on video…

oliver connell | day one hundred & fifty-four
oliver connell | day one hundred & fifty-four

Once again, Oliver and I had the morning to ourselves. Dana was off getting her hair done at Salon Soho in Sherway Gardens (see James, tell them Dana sent you Hahaha!) …

oliver connell | day one hundred & twelve
oliver connell | day one hundred & twelve

More candid photos! Don’t you just love them? This morning we spent some time in Oliver’s room, playing on the floor and just snapping the camera when we wanted. Towards the end…

oliver connell | day ninety-one
oliver connell | day ninety-one

So what happens when Mum leaves early on a Saturday morning to get her hair cut? Well, Daddy and Son will play, that’s what happens! On this particular morning, I had another vision of what to do with Oliver…

oliver connell | day sixty-eight – seventy
oliver connell | day sixty-eight - seventy

More fun pictures of Oliver! Woo hoo! This time around, we snapped some pictures of Oliver in his Baby Bjorn, looking all cool (and a little stunned!!) in his knitted hoodie…

oliver connell | day thirty three – day thirty six
oliver connell | day thirty three - day thirty six

Guess what? Its more pictures of our little guy! Like you would ever get tired of that! During this four day period, we took some pictures of Oliver celebrating his first days of 2009…

oliver connell | day twenty-six
oliver connell | day twenty-six

Three words: Oliver’s First Christmas! What a blast we had! We thought the easiest thing to do would be to host both the Connell and the Ruprecht families at our house for Christmas Day dinner.

oliver connell | day twenty-one
oliver connell | day twenty-one

Dana, Oliver and I took some time one morning when the sun was streaming in through all the windows in the house to take some natural light photos. I was going for a very heavenly, angelic look to these photos…

oliver connell | day four – twenty
oliver connell | day four - twenty

Having two weeks off from work really turned out well for us when Oliver was born. It gave me a chance to take the burden off of Dana and allow her to do what she needed to do desperately….recover.

oliver connell | day three
oliver connell | day three

Day three saw us say goodbye to our new friends at Headwaters Hospital and take Oliver home for the first time. To think, in just 72 hours of Dana having major surgery, we were leaving the hospital and going home….