July in Review

What a busy month. We again had a pile of visitors and events going on this month so its been go, go, go.

Gord’s place
One Saturday we ventured up to Gord’s house in the country. We've been to his house many times before but, it has totally changed! It is now a big construction site. Uncle Gordo has added a new section, roof and covered porch, its going to be fantastic when its done. The best part of our visit up there wasn’t the new construction but all the people and kids. Gord held a mini Bermuda reunion with olden day friends of Mommy & Daddy’s and most of them brought their kids along. It was a great day of playing outside and playing tag and chasing the dogs around the property. Mommy & Daddy sure had a good time catching up with their friends. I’m glad to see them laughing so much.

Kimmer’s visit
Mommy & Daddy’s olden Bermuda day friends Tammy & Gerry visited the Toronto area for two weeks with their kids Michael & Leah. They live in Calgary now, but came all the way to Ontario for a long visit. I really liked seeing Tammy & Gerry again but this time I got to meet their kids. They are a little older than me, but I did my best to keep up with them. They sure are fun. We enjoyed many outings together over their 2 week visit. Mommy is sad that they are gone now. She really misses her friend Tammy and wishes she didn't live all the way out in the land of cows and 10 gallon hats (sounds like a fun place).

Auntie Steph and my Cousins
More visitors – yeah! My auntie Steph and my cousins came to visit from Montreal for 3 days. They stayed at my house and it was super fun to host them. I was able to play with my cousins everyday. My Grandma Ruth also joined in the family fun and came to visit as well. It was a full house, but fun for Mommy as she had extra hands to watch me and my baby brother.

Centreville Island
Now I vaguely remember coming to Centre Island last year a few times and I forgot how much fun Centreville amusement park can be. Daddy took a Friday afternoon off work and we met up with the Kimmers, Aunt Stephie, Ruby, Fiona & Grandma Ruth. We went on the ferry to Centre Island and had an amazing time. Last year I was too little to ride on most of the rides at the amusement park, but this year I could go on a bunch of rides, including the "chew-chew" train and the water log ride. I loved it! I was saying “again Dadda, again Momma” after each ride. It was such a good time with my cousins and the Kimmers that I didn’t want to leave at the end of the day. I can’t wait to go again.

A word from the new guy
Ok, am I on? Yep, ok. So another month and a ton of things observed and experienced. So far so great. I’m packing on the weight and growing very tall. My Mommy is loving how well I sleep at night. I’m consistently sleeping almost 5 hours straight before I wake up from a hungry stomach. I even slept for 7.5 hours straight two times (Mommy seemed tired those days so I figured I would let her get more rest). My older brother has been great, showing me all the cool toys he has and reading me books. He’s really good at sharing and I look forward to being able to play with him more. I met a bunch more people this month and got to go on a few longer car rides. Again, it helps when you sleep. I’m starting to coo and chatter back and forth with everyone and I think I’m learning how my hands work. Everyday is a new learning experience.

Fun at Gord's





Visit from my Cousins

The Slide Video



Centre Island



The New Guy

June in Review

So I'm here busy as ever and teaching my new little brother the ropes. So far so good, he's a quick learner (when he's awake). I've been filling him in on all the ins and outs of "dump trucks", "diggers", "trains" and so forth. I've also offered him a chance to co-host this blog, so you will hear from him later.

Visitors

I guess when a new baby comes along, its a good reason for people to visit. We sure had a number of visitors this month, including Grandma Ruth, Auntie Kelly, Uncle John, Uncle Toddie, Great Aunt Maggie and of course Grandma Wood and DaDad Wood (Granddad Wood) . People came and went and it gave me the opportunity to show off my little brother. It was nice to welcome him to the family and show him off.

Father's Day & Air Show
On Father's Day, I went with Daddy and DaDad to a city called Hamilton. We drove and drove in traffic and eventually arrived at the air show. It was a vintage plane airshow, which means the planes are from when DaDad was a boy. So old. It was cute to watch DaDad run around being excited to see all the planes he dreamed of flying when he was little. We spent a long day at the air field and enjoyed it, but my favourite part of the day was taking the school bus to and from the show's parking lot. It was so much fun that I kept talking about the yellow school bus for days afterwards.

Visitors from London
Later in the month, my buddies Rydan & Haley came for a visit. They stayed for a lunch BBQ hosted by Mommy & Daddy and I was again able to tour everyone around my new sandbox, playroom and show off my new brother. It was fun playing with these guys again.

A word from the new guy
....so how does this work? I just tell people about what happened this past month? Really?!, I'm 4 weeks old and you want me to remember this stuff?....ok, I'll give it a try.

So I've been encouraged by the medium sized guy (I think he said he was my older brother) to share some of my thoughts and experiences from this past month. I'm new to this game so bare with me. It would appear that I'm the newest member for a 1, 2, 3.....4 member family. Everyone so far seems really interested in me and they seem like lots of fun. I sleep most of the day, so I do miss out on some of the goings on, but I do recall loads of new faces and people singing to me and cooing at me. Its been pretty predictable as of late, mostly eating, sleeping, diaper changes....you know the usual baby stuff.



Daddy came home to this scene

Sleep anyone?

School Bus!











Visit from the Chalmers


Air Show