The Polish Festival takes place on Roncesvalles just around the corner from us each year. This year it felt bigger than ever.
ABOVE & BELOW: He is all teeth and hair these days.
BELOW: He’s quite curious, which means everything that can move is touched, such as turning the TV’s sound off/on repeatedly or opening the fireplace doors.
After all the celebration and hoopla of Fitz’s birthday, we settled back into our regular routines including going to the park. This trip to the park on Sorauren saw Fitz learn to climb a step. He also rode a slide.
ABOVE & BELOW: Fitz was also keen to explore the tube and crawl through it from one side to the other.
Somehow we managed to document each week of Fitz’s first year. There’s no guarantee we can keep it up forever, but we’ll try to see how long we can take it.
Fitz and Grandpa Dennis celebrated their shared significant birthdays in Ottawa over the Labour Day weekend. Grandma Lee planned the joint 1st-65th birth bash, which included a cake adorned with one of Matt’s photos.
The party started just as Fitz was finishing his afternoon nap. After waking up, he spent about 10 minutes in an anti-social mood before he perked up and started the charm offensive. And the tackling offensive.
ABOVE & BELOW: Cousin Declan came out to celebrate the birthdays and was at first greeted by shared play toys and small-chat time.
ABOVE: Then Declan decided it was time to bite Fitz’s fingers.
ABOVE & BELOW: Then Fitz pulled his patented tackling move.
BELOW: …and then his patented shirt grab move.
ABOVE & BELOW: Play time returned to normal where cuteness again reigned supreme…
ABOVE & BELOW: The next generation — Will, Fitz and Declan.
BELOW: It was at this point that Declan decided to vent his jealousy of Fitz’s flowing locks by trying to rip it out by the handful. Either that, or this is the baby-version of paddy-whacks.
Watch how it unfolds so quickly…
