Cousins – Dunster Blackett: The Life of Carly, Matt & Fitzgerald

September 2015: Emmett and Labour Day in Ottawa

Fitz and his buddy Emmett had some fun time together when Emmett’s mom Andria had a sidewalk sale.

The Labour Day long weekend was spent in Ottawa.

Fitz spent a day up at The Land, a bare bones property about at hour west of Ottawa that has a few cabins and access to the lake. A variety of Dunsters own it so we took Fitz up to play with his cousin Declan.

Declan is clearly a child of the outdoors. He was unafraid of anything in the water, whereas our city clicker boy was apprehensive about mud and the waves.

At the end of the day, Fitz took a deep like to Megan, Declan’s mom. It was hard to get him to move an inch from this position.

47 Weeks: Cousin Declan visits Fitz in the Gatineaus

In the middle of our week at the cottage, Carly’s cousin Clayton came in for the day from Constance Bay with his mom Barb, his wife Megan, and his eight-month old Declan. Fitz and Declan had briefly met on the May long-weekend in Ottawa, but they quickly found out they liked each other a lot.

BELOW: This montage gives you a better idea of how Fitz ended up on top of Declan.

BELOW: After the initial excitement died down, the boys got straight to throwing blocks and rings and crawling around.

ABOVE & BELOW: During the first few days of our stay, Fitz made some significant strides in his ability to move around. A hybrid crawl-hop has emerged that involves him pushing off with his left foot and steering with his right. There are times when he looks like he’s striking a pose in a sprinter’s starting position.