Grandparents – Page 2 – Dunster Blackett: The Life of Carly, Matt & Fitzgerald

February 2015: It’s all about the hair at 17 months

An assortment of photos from Matt’s camera and our iPhones.

ABOVE & BELOW: Fitz has taken up a new spot in his bedroom: sitting on the desk or shelf to get a view out the back window. Mostly he thinks he sees cars and trucks. Oh, and that hair — look how big it is!?!

ABOVE & BELOW: Fitz went to visit his great-grandmother for the afternoon in Barrie.

ABOVE: Fitz walking on the sidewalk near our place.

ABOVE: An early morning winter breakfast before sunrise doesn’t damper Fitz’s spirit.

ABOVE: Fitz and Matt take the 504 King streetcar into daycare.

ABOVE: A kids tent, known as a Peapod, has been the best addition to Fitz’s room. He jumps in and out of it with reckless abandon.

ABOVE: Our typical morning: Fitz making a mess, but with a smile.

ABOVE: A selfie of Fitz and Matt. Fitz gets really excited when he sees himself on the iPhone screen.

December 2014: Christmas in Ottawa

52 Weeks! 1 Year Old!

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…

48 Weeks: Fitz turns 11 months

During the trip Fitz reached the 11 month mark. Each month brings new discoveries and you could really see his curiosity was piqued whenever we took him for a walk through the forest down to the dock and lake. He reached out to touch leaves, point at trees, and look around at his surroundings. And he didn’t mind being carried down in the Ergo carrier by his parents.

BELOW: The family at 11 months.

ABOVE & BELOW: Carly’s parents came up to the cottage on Grandma’s birthday. They stayed for the food and later kidnapped Fitz back across the Ontario border in order to give Matt and Carly two nights off/sleep-in mornings.

ABOVE & BELOW: We spent the last night of our vacation back in Ottawa at Carly’s parent’s place where we were reunited with Fitz. Who knew a plastic basin could make such a good pool for such a young kid?

BELOW: Friends Gen and Nick joined us for a handful of days at the cottage and came back to Ottawa with us.

47 Weeks: Cottage bound

Week 47 consisted mostly of getting ready for our vacation at a cottage in the Gatineaus with our friends. While out running chores in the days before leaving our little man begun working on his cool guy poses.

BELOW: Before heading off to the cottage, we spent the night and following day in Ottawa with Carly’s parents. Packing for vacation with a child is a new phenomenon for us. Fitz is only 23 pounds, but needs twice as much as either of us! Luckily, we didn’t need to pack any toys as Fitz has a whole bunch waiting for him.

BELOW: Our friend Meghan joined us for the first few days of the trip, including hanging out in the backyard of the Dunsters and taking Fitzy for a walk. Over the last week he has been quite eager to pull himself up and take steps with assistance. He obviously needs to burn some calories — look at the rolls in those thighs!

BELOW: With that expression, you can easily imagine that Fitz is grooving to some funky music. And again: those thighs!

BELOW: Fitz and uncle Chris catch up.

46 Weeks: Fun on the porch and with Great Grandma

Week 46 included a lot of time at the swimming pool and on our porch. But it also included a trip to visit Fitz’s great Grandma in Barrie.

ABOVE: More fake crawling. Soooo close though….

ABOVE: Once and a while Fitz makes a new facial expression we’ve yet to see.

ABOVE & BELOW: Fitz and Great Grandma. All she wanted to talk about was his chunky legs. We understand: they’re delicious.

May Long Weekend in Ottawa, Dunster Clan

While in Ottawa, Fitz got to hang out and meet many members of the Dunster clan.

ABOVE: Clayton, Fraser, Barry, Carly, Todd, Kevan, Chris, and Todd

ABOVE: Uncle Brian

ABOVE: Grandpa and Aunt Heather

ABOVE: Will and Barry

ABOVE: Uncle Neil and Will

27 Weeks: Nanny, Uncle, Aunt, Cousins, a highchair, and a second tooth

Fitz got to meet some more family members this weekend: Uncle Wayne, Aunt Janet, cousin Troy, cousin Todd and todd’s girlfriend Ashley. Fitz also hung out with his grandmother — who wants to be referred to as Nanny — and got to enjoy some solid (food) time in the highchair.