-leaning lake-

leaning_lake
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.

This was Keir walking on the rock at the cottage. He would try to see how far he could lean out. I don't know where he gets his fearlessness from:-)

-keir tyler-

keir_tyler
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.

Here is Keir and his cousin Tyler(i think, it is Jen's cousin Christopher's son, so does that make him them second cousins?) Tyler is 13 months old and very cute.

-jen keir cottage-

jen_keir_cotage
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.

Here is Keir and Jen at the cottage. Jen says I don't post enough pics with her in them.

-guacamole-

guac
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.

Did I mention Keir is feeding himself?

-eating at cottage-

eating_at_cottage
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.

Keir has been feeding himself for a little while now. Here he is at the cottage eating lasagna

-bubbles keir cottage-

bubbles_keir_cottage
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.

Keir and some bubbles. I think this is a neat photo.

-robin keir-

robin_keir
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.

Keir in the water with Jen's cousin Robin. Keir loved the water at the cottage. By the end of the weekend he was trying to swim like the big people.

-slide sheet-

slide_sheet
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.

Here is a sheet of pics of Keir sliding down the slide. The first pic is at the top right hand corner then goes down and back to the left.

-slide into pool-

slide_into_pool
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.

Here is Keir mid-slide into his pool

smile_at_park

smile_at_park
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.

This pic was taken at Big Ben Park (Stewart Park) in Perth right across from where jen and I were married.
What a nice smile Keir has.

-New photo fun-

So I have posted a bunch of new photos below. I am trying out a new photosite called flickr. So far it is pretty cool. Make sure you click on the photo and you can access some cool features, like leaving comments etc.

That is all for now
Take care
Ewan

flex in pool

flex in pool
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.

Keir flexing his muscles

flowers

flowers
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.

Flowers from my mums garden

Keir's Sandbox

Keir's Sandbox
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.

Keir loves his sandbox

Toys

Toys
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.

Keir has lots of toys

Keir's Chair

Keir's Chair
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.

Keir in his little chair

Water Dunk 2

Water Dunk 2
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.

Post dunk

Water Dunk

Water Dunk
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.

Keir splashing himself in the pool

Keir and his dad

Keir and his dad
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.

Me and Keir

The fence

The fence
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.

Here is the final finished fence, or as I like to call it a "Keir Restraining Device"

Keir on a beach

Keir on a beach
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.

This is my new desktop, here is Keir walking on the beach in front of my parents house

Pretzels

Pretzels
Originally uploaded by apartment5b.

Some fun with pretzels

-Man down-

Keir is sick! He has a temperature, which has made him a bit kranky. He doesn't know why he is sick. This is the frustrating part of being sick when you are 18months old. You can't understand why you aren't feeling well and your parents can't make feel any better.
He had no appetite all day and barely drank anything. By the end of the day he did eat a little bit of our supper and looked like he was feeling a bit better.

This past weekend we finished our little backyard project. We finished our fence between ourselves and our neighbour. With a lot of help for Murray(Jen's dad) and my Dad we got the fence finished on sunday, and I think it looks pretty good. I will post pics of it soon. We still have a couple of other projects for the backyard ( a gate and patio stones) but the backyard is starting to look a lot better.

Ok, I don't want anything for Father's Day but if I did this is what I would want:
The ultimate fathers day gift

Lets hope Keir feels better tomorrow.
That is all for now
Take Care
Ewan

-Bond, James Bond-

Here are some recent pics(click on image to enlarge):

This is Keir doing his James Bond impersination. He was wearing a tux because he was a ring bearer at our friends Karen and Dwayne's wedding.

Keir and his mom and Gran Herrington at the wedding.

Keir sleeping in his bed.

Keir decided to try his dad's shoes on, they were a little big for him.

Keir eating a cinnamon rasin bagel (he picks the raisins out first and then eats the bagel).

More eating, Keir after blueberry pancakes.

Thats is all I have for now.
Take care
Ewan

1.5

Keir is 18 months old today!
Happy year and a half to you Keir!
Everyone is doing well and we have been really busy lately (obviously judging by the lack of posts here)
I have a bunch of new photos I will post soon.
Keir is taking part in a wedding this weekend. He even has a tuxedo for the big day.
I will be sure to get lots of pic that day.
I am really busy so that is all I have time for.

Take Care
Ewan

-Fun Stuff-

No time to write much, in fact I really shouldn't be posting anything, but this is too cool to not share.
Check out both of the fun toys both working with Google images
This one you have to guess the common image theme
http://grant.robinson.name/projects/guess-the-google/
And this one creates themed monatages
http://grant.robinson.name/projects/montage-a-google/

Both very fun and worth the look.
Very busy
Take care
Ewan

-Boxer Boy-

Right now Keir looks like a bit of a boxer! He has the leftovers from his black eye (see the pics in post below) and now he has a little bit of a fat lip, where he pulled a stool over on himself! People must think we are bad parents.
Brenda (the lady whose day care Keir goes too) is a saint. She has remained calm cool and collected throughout Keirs adjustment to day care. Keir used to cry (a LOT) when I dropped him off. Now when I drop him off he runs in and doesn't even want to stop to take his jacket off! I think he has adjusted :-)
Keir has a couple of new words. They are: Apple, please, and NO. That last one is not so good. We were going around the grocery store yesterday and it was "NO" to evrything. "No" to the vegetables, "NO" to the paper towels. Well you get the idea.
The weather is supposed to be crap this weekend so I think we will go for another swim.
Have a good weekend.
Ewan

-Long Time no post-

Well it has been a long time since i have posted but things have been a little busy around here. Here is a quick list of things that have happened in the past couple of weeks. In no particular order:
1 black eye (Keir ran into a coorner of a table)
First hair cut (Keir bangs were trimmed)
Keir has almost fully adjusted to the daycare. He still cries when I leave him but he seems to be more comfortable during the day
1 conference (i was at a conference in Peterborough and was away from Keir and Jen for 3 days, that was difficult)
1 fat lip (happend last night Keir pulled the kitchen stool over on himself)
How about some pictures (click to enlarge)
Black Eye 1
Black Eye 2
All 4 grand kids
Keir trying to feed himself
Ice in front of my parents house
Jen and Keir
Jen and Keir again

Keir eating raisins
Neat pic
Coming at you!
Keir likes swings
Did i mention Keir likes swings
That is all for now
Take care
Ewan

Testing pics

-Bunny-

Happy Easter everyone! We have a nice four day weekend to enjoy with Keir.
Try not to eat to much chocolate eggs.

Short but sweet
Take Care
Ewan

-pics-

Been a while since I have posted some pictures so here we go, in no particular order:
Keir sitting on my lap @ the computer
Keir's idea of helping with laundry
Keir likes cookies!
Looking out from his "ride" on a walk
Helping clear the driveway

This doesn't do it justice, but Keir tries to stomp all the snow on the ground when he sees it. Jen says this is a typical boy thing.
See's some snow to crush
Mid crushing
The aftermath, sweet victory

So there are some pictures. We are all very sick here, my mom, Keir, and Jen had it last week and this week it is my turn.
Big news, Keir has gotten a proper bed, no more crib for him. The reason... he can now climb outof his crib (not good). I don't think 16 month olds are supposed to be able to do that! He must mave some Sipderman blood in him!
That is all for now
Take Care
Ewan

-New Look-

Yeah, I decided to change things up a bit. I designed this layout myself. It was bit of a learning expereince. Tell if you like it, and any mistakes you see. I already see a few!
Got to go.
Ewan

-Happy Birthday-

Today is my brother Neal's birthday. Happy Birthday Neal. Neal is currently living in Montreal attending Dawson College, he is enrolled in the Professional Photography Course. Neal has always had a special talent for photography and seems to be truley enjoying himself back in school. If I get a chance I will scan some of the photos he has given us and you will see what I mean.
Other news:
Keir is a little sick this week, a runny nose, but he did go and meet (with Jen) everyone at his home daycare. He will be starting his daycare tomorrow (thursday). Both Jen and I know that he will love it. Keir is an amazingly social little boy. I am not sure where he gets it from, both Jen and I are pretty quite people. This makes me think more and more that you really do come into this world with a clean slate. Is behaviour really all learned or are you just the way you are because you were "born that way"? I don't know but like with all thigns the truth probably lies somewhere in the middle.

Now for the begging portiton of the update...
Could someone please click one of the "Google Adds" on the sidebar, you may or may not have noticed them. I just have to see if they work. They won't be anything bad, they might even be helpful.
Thanks

That is all for now.
Take Care
Ewan

-Snow-

Well we got a big snow storm yesterday, I think it was something like 20cm of snow in the past two days. And as any good Canadian knows when the snow falls you have to shovel it. Last night I started to shovel the driveway. Keir came outside with me to help me, help is a kind way of putting it. It was funny to watch, Keir would pick up the fresh snow and try to eat it! At first I tried to stop him from eating the snow, but he was very persitant and by the end of the half an hour he had help me by eating a significant amount of snow!
Keir really seems to enjoy being outdoors in the snow. He runs around, rolls around and yes even eats the snow. He must take that from his father!
Other big news, Keir will be going to a daycare provider 2 days a week. This should be lots of fun for Keir, as he really is a social little boy.
He is going for a test run on Monday, so we will see how it goes.
That is all for now
Take Care
Ewan

-So you think you are tough-

I had to post this, I read an article in the paper on the weekend about this marathon called the Jungfrau Marathon. It is not enough that your are running a marathon but to add a little extra something the Jungfrau Marathon goes up a Mountain in the Swiss Alps. Total climbing from start to finish... 1829 METRES!

Last years winner did it in just under 3hrs!
This marathon is amazing, the only way I think that I could finsh it would be if my lungs and body was surgically replaced with those from 3 time Ironman Hawaii (and Canadian) winner Peter Reid
Check out the site and just wonder how anybody that wasn't part Mountain Goat could get up a mountain so fast! Visit the Site
That is all for now
Take Care
Ewan