Saturday, December 24, 2005

Keir_Dad_Skiing


Keir_Dad_Skiing
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Keir and I went skiing yesterday, well I did the skiing and Keir was towed all the way around. This is us a couple of minutes into the ski.

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Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
End of the ski

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Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Half way through the ski (still awake)

Keir_sliding


Keir_sliding
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Here is Keir "speeding" past the camera while we were sliding.

keir_sliding2


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Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Keir and I went sliding yesterday, Keir enjoyed the sliding part but liked eating the snow much more

Wednesday, November 16, 2005

2nd_bday2


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Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
We had a little party for Keir tonight. Both Grand parents were here. Keir had a great time, he was very excited to see everyone at once. We sang him "Happy Birthday" and Keir tried to sing along. He sang his version with the words "Happy Cake" instead.

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2nd_bday4
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Here Keir is trying to blow out his candles, I had to help him out a little bit.

2nd_bday3


2nd_bday3
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Opening his gifts was very funny. We got him lots of Thomas the Tank Engine stuff. Needless to say he was very pleased with all the "Thomas"

2nd_Birthday


2nd_Birthday
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
We got Keir a Thomas balloon, so he was watching his Thomas video with his ballon
Thomas overload

Look who is two!


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Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Well two years ago today Keir was born and things haven't been the same since. Keir has enriched our lives beyond imagination.

This photo is a combination of two photos. The photo in the upper left corner is the morning after Keir's delivery and the larger photo is from halloween night of this year.

Happy Birthday Keir!
Love Mum and Dad

Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Halloween 3


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Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Last night was halloween. Keir's second halloweeen. Keir was dressed as a monkey. We actually took Keir out trick or treating. Our street gets really busy with kids, so I took Keir out while Jen manned the fort at home. Keir enjoyed looking at all the costumes while we were walking down the street. We only went to 2 houses on our street (we also visted my parents). Keir was a little shy about the part were you go up to the house and ask for candy, so I didn't want to push it. I think he had fun on his first night "treating".
Here he is hiding behind mom, checking out the kids at the door.

Halloween 2


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Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Keir watching the kids who were coming to our door

Halloween


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Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Last night was Halloween, Keir was a monkey, this is Keir sampling some of his treats

Monday, October 31, 2005

pink_lake_walk7


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Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
We (My mum and Dad and Jen Keir and I) went for a walk in the Gatnieau Park. We walked around Pink Lake. Keir did alot of the walk by himself, about 1.5km maybe a bit more. There is lots of climbing stairs and going down the stairs. Here is Keir and Grandpa near the end of the walk.
The colours in the park were truly amazing, click on the photos to see a large image, it is worth it to see some of the colours in the photos.

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Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Here is the second photo of Keir running ahead, here he is looking back to see if any one is following him

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pink_lake_walk5
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Keir and Gran exploring a tree during the walk

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pink_lake_walk4
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Keir and Grandpa again with the Lake in the back ground.The lake is Pink Lake in the Gatineau Park, you can read more about the Lake here

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pink_lake_walk3
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Another shot of Grandpa and Keir, the colours in the park were absolutly beautiful

pink_lake_walk2


pink_lake_walk2
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Keir didn't walk the whole way, Granpa did help him out

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pink_lake_walk
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Gran helping Keir along the walk in the park

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Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Walk in the park last weekend, here Keir is running ahead of everybody else.

Thursday, October 20, 2005

cheers


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Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Keir giving cheers to Mom

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Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Keir thinking about what to do with the "Big Person's Cup"

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Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Keir drinking out of a "Big Person Cup"

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hands_drink
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
A new way of drinking with eating

Sunday, October 16, 2005

-been a while-

Well it has been a while since I have written anything. We have been very busy. In order here is what has been happening in our lives:
We found a new day care for Keir, Keir really enjoyed his first two days at day care, Keir got sick, (really sick) Mum and Dad got frustrated with the health care system, Dad ran a marathon, family eats a turkey, Keir got better, Keir got worse, Mum and Dad got really frustrated with the health care system, made a trip to the Emergency room, Dad gets sic, Mum gets sick, Keir gets better.
That sort off sums up the last two weeks.
Keir was sick with a viral infection, the frustrating part was trying to get someone (anyone) to look at Keir. We tried Keir's doctor, walk in clinics, with no luck and finally we had to go to the emergency room to get a doctor to see Keir. And they say Canada has a Great Health system, yeah right!
I also ran a marathon some where in there, probably not the smartest thing looking back, but I really wanted to run. The marathon went very well for the first 21km but my stomach shut down after that and I couldn't absorb any nutrition after that so my body shut down soon after. I had to run walk the last 10km and ended up 20mins slower on my second lap! Overall I finished 3mins slower than last year (same race) but 18th overall and third in my age group, so I actually got some cool prizes which was a surprise.
Here is me at the finish line in some SERIOUS PAIN
I missed my goal time and wasn't pleased with the last 15km of the race but it was a good learning experience.
The bug has worked it's way through Keir and he is much better, it working it's way through Jen and myself so the Hardie family should be back to full health before you know it.
That is all for now
Take care
Ewan

Thursday, September 22, 2005

-RIP-


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Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
My gran passed away on sunday at 11am Canadian time. Gran had been sick for the last little while and in some discomfort. I will always remember my gran as a sweet, caring, strong woman. This was a lady who up until about a year ago was living on her own well into her 90's.
This is one of my favorite photos of my Gran, it is me and my brother Neal sandwiching my Gran.
The funeral is friday. I try to live my life with no regrets but I do wish I had been able to see more of my Gran and I do wish that she had been able to meet Keir, I know that Keir would have really liked her and she would have loved him.
Love you Gran
Ewan

Thursday, September 08, 2005

-want to buy a bridge?-

So i might be very gullable we will see. I have heard a lot about the FreeIpods.com. Basically they will send you a free Ipod (actually they do it for other stuff too) if you: 1, sign up for one of there promotions and get 5 other people to do the same. You can choose which promotion you sign up from, I chose a free 20$ gift card at Canadian Tire, which actually costs 1$. Then the tricky part is to get 5 other people to sign up. Well Apple introduced it's new Ipod Nano which would be perfect for me, I thought I would try it out.
It seems very legit as it has been on all the news shows
Here is an article explaining it a lot better tha I just did.
Any way i will keep you posted how it goes.
If you want to try it out as well please you my refer link here http://ipodnanos.freepay.com/?r=22124492
If you have any questions about it drop a comment in the comment section and we can talk.
That is all for now
Take Care
Ewan

snake


snake
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
We saw a snake, a big snake. this pic doesn't do it justice. It was about 5feet long. It is an Eastern Black Rat Snake.

herringtons


herringtons
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Keir's 3 cousins left to right they are William, Holly, and Scarlett

seaworthy


seaworthy
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Out on the boat, Keir wasn't to happy. Granpa Herrington and I are int he boat with him

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Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Keir preparing to go out on the boat up at the cottage

dora_the_cow


dora_the_cow
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Again at the farm, note the name of the cow, Dora, just like Keir's fav tv show Dora the Explorer

crazy_sheep


crazy_sheep
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
We went to the Experimental Farm, in Ottawa, there was a bit of a crazy sheep trying to getout of his stall

Friday, August 26, 2005

-no cheese-

I just had to post this real quick, I was giving Keir his lunch and was asking him if he wanted some Cottage Cheese, his response was "No Cheese, cake!"
At least he has his priorities straight!
We are off to the cottage for the weekend.
Have a great weekend
Ewan

Tuesday, August 23, 2005

-My mum rocks-

So I have been doing lots of running while I have been off watching Keir. While I run, I think. I was thinking today while running, that my mum is amazing. To do what she does with Keir(takes care of him while we are at work) is such a selfless thing to do. We have told my mum how much we appreciate what she is doing for us (and Keir) but we probably don't tell her enough. So yeah, my mum rocks.
I know that since she has been back in Scotland, Keir has missed her. He mention's her multiple times a day.
Thats all for now
Take care
Ewan

Thursday, August 18, 2005

-hi_gran-


hi_gran
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Along with the pj's Jenn got some kid markers for Keir. My parents are in Scotland right now. So we thought we would write a note to them. Well we got as far as one note to Gran, we were going to do two notes one to Gran andone to Granpa, but as you can see things got a little messy and we only got one done before the markers had to be out away.
Ewan

-keir_pjs-


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Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Jen got some new pyjamas for Keir. He has out grown his warm pj's (long sleeves and legs. This picture is Keir modeling his Hockey pj's. They seemed to work well as he slept in till 8 this morning.
Ewan

Sunday, August 14, 2005

-Saturday-

Here is my saturday . Actually it was just my saturaday morning. I went for a run, for those of you who run, you should click on the link and check out the running distance tool that works with Google Map. This tools is awesome! So apprently I ran a shade under 30km and burned 2436.15457634437 calories! The tool tracks mileage markers, and with the satellite imagery you can really get a pretty acurate route.
I have been trying to up my running mileage this past week to get ready for a Fall Marathon, I have managed to run every day this week starting monday and my plan is to go every day this week also (I may have a rest day in there, we will see how my body holds up. Including today(Sunday) I have ran 12hrs and somewhere between 120-140kms.
That is all for now
Take care
Ewan

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

-Kingston-

Well I finally got around to posting some more photos(see below). Last weekend Jen and I got to go to Kingston for the weekend. That means Keir got to spend the weekend at his Gran and Granpa Herrington's house. It was Jen's first night she has spend away for Keir (ever). The reason for the trip was a special anniversary treat for us. This year is our 4th anniversary. We had a wonderful weekend we stayed right downtown in Kinston at the Four Points Sheraton, which was very nice, and had a really nice supper at Le Chien Noir. It was a very nice weekend and it was nice to be able to not worry about Keir for a night. Keir really enjoyed his weekend with his granparents. It was good to get back to Keir.
I am off work for the next two weeks watching Keir, as my parents have gone back to Scotland for two weeks. I am really looking forward to spending lots of time with Keir.

That is all for now.
Take Care

Ewan

Monday, August 08, 2005

-blue_eyes-


blue_eyes
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Smiling blue eyes

-blue_eyes2-


blue_eyes2
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
What a stare

-golf_keir-


golf_keir
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Keir from when we picked him up on the way back from Kingston

-breakfast_in_park3-


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Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Another photo from breakfast of the harbour

-jenny_park-


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Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Jenny in the park at breakfast

-feedding_ducks-


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Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Me feeding the ducks

-panchancho-


panchancho
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Here is the bakery were we got our breakfast, we also had lunch there it was so good.

-breakfast in park-


breakfast_in_park
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Here is are breackfast that we had in the park. We got the pastries from a cool backery/restaurent called Pan Chancho

Sunday, August 07, 2005

-breakfast in park-


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Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Our breakfast in the park

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balcony3
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
View from our Balcony in Kingston, that is the market below

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balcony2
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
View from our Balcony in Kingston

-balcony1-


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Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
View from our Balcony in Kingston

-boys sleeping-


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Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Two boys sleeping

-flowers and eating-


flowers_and_eating
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Here is Keir eating at my parents house

-car accident2-


car_accident2
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Another Car accident

-car accident1-


car_accident1
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.
Driving cars isn't with out its dangers, here is one of his accidents