A year ago tonight....

Heading to the park at Dovercourt for some fun. I turn 1 this week, so I need to have fun while I'm still young.

Mom shows me how to have fun!

Playing in the waterfall at Dovercourt Park.

Last Victoria Day my folks planted a garden, and that night they went to the hospital to have me. What a whirlwind!

It might be early in the season for corn, but it isn't too early for Arlo to be trying his hand at the cob. We might have a new favourite here!

Freedom!!!

Awwww Dad! You aren't gonna let anyone see these pictures are you?

It is almost impossible to believe that a year ago tonight Jenny and Ray (with their trusty sidekick Tiiu) spent the entire night at Ottawa Civic awaiting the arrival of Baby Arlo! This has been an incredibly long year in many ways (if you compare the waking hours of this year with the waking hours of any previous year for either Jenny or Ray it is a was a longer year), but in many ways it is hard to grasp that Arlo is turning 1 on May 25th (just a few

hours away as I type this). In this time he has taken his first breaths, made his first sounds, said his first words, taken his first steps (since one month he has stood, and since seven months he has toddled, but he still won't let go of a finger or hand or pantleg to walk fully alone), eaten his first solid food (loves everything you give him, but really goes for peas, blue berries, and cucumber), eaten his first handful of dirt(and second and third, and...), taken countless road trips, flown in his first airplane (he has taken 11 flights in his 12 months of life!), visited his first new country (USA, Fijii, and New Zealand), shared his first kiss with a girl (there are quite a few to mention, but his main crushes are Daisy and Lucy, though he also has eyes for an older girl named Iris who sometimes helps look after him). He has had a busy year. Arlo frequents many places in Ottawa, and gets out to a pub, patio, or restaurant once a week at least. He is a regular swimmer at local pools in the city, he has taken part in music classes, attended a half dozen or more concerts as well as outdoor festivals, he is well recognized by the community at his papa's school where he drops in frequently. Arlo has packed a lot into this year.