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Here Keir is trying to blow out his candles, I had to help him out a little bit.

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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"

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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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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

Halloween 3

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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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Keir watching the kids who were coming to our door

Halloween

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Last night was Halloween, Keir was a monkey, this is Keir sampling some of his treats

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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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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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Keir and Gran exploring a tree during the walk

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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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Another shot of Grandpa and Keir, the colours in the park were absolutly beautiful

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Keir didn't walk the whole way, Granpa did help him out

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Gran helping Keir along the walk in the park

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

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Keir giving cheers to Mom

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Keir thinking about what to do with the "Big Person's Cup"

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Keir drinking out of a "Big Person Cup"

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A new way of drinking with eating

-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