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…
We spent boxing day with Grandma and Grandpaw in Victoria Harbour. It was a good day to eat some more scrumptious food (like we hadn’t had enough from the night before), sit and chat and enjoy…
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…
On day 315, Oliver had gotten ready for Thanksgiving dinner and was looking quite handsome in his Thanksgiving sweater. So, being the good and responsible parent that I am, I took some photos…
On this Saturday in September, Dana, Oliver and I traveled to Bolton Ontario to visit the Bolton Fall Fair. We spent the morning going through the petting zoo (where they had a…
On this day, I took the opportunity to take some more portraits of Oliver in his element: playing in the living room! Oliver looked so cute in his overalls, I just had to capture a few moments. This was a pretty typical…
The Connell family cottage is located in Iron Bridge Ontario on a little lake called Chiblow. The cabin was built in 1934 and has been in our family for more than 30 years…
This post has several videos included in it. The first is of Oliver when he received his first balloon! You can see he had a lot of fun with it! I still love the look on his face when he tugs on the ribbon…
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…
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…
Every year, Dana’s Mom’s side of the family gets together for a BBQ in the summer and a Christmas party in the winter. This year was Oliver’s first Family Picnic. He got to meet some of his Aunts, Uncles and Cousins…
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…
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!
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…