Fall has arrived…lots of birthday fun!

Last weekend was packed with lots of fun. It was my daddy’s birthday, he is 33 years old, I can’t even count that high! For his birthday he wanted to run a half marathon, yes you aren’t the only one that thinks he is a little crazy!!! Luckily, Auntie Amy is crazy just like him and she had agreed a few months ago that she would run with him. She flew in from Toronto and they both ran a fantastic race. It was a beautiful day, a little chilly at the start but absolutely gorgeous by the time the race was over.

The race started downtown Ottawa right near the Parliament buildings and the 21.4 km circled across a few bridges, into Gatineau Quebec and then along side the Rideau. We met up with Daddy and Auntie Amy a few times along the route to cheer them on. There were 10,000 runners in their race, another 6,000 in the 5km race, there were tons of people!

Also on the very same weekend, it was Sophie’s birthday too! She is one year old already and Auntie Carrie and Uncle Brodie had a big party for her. We had lots of fun at her party, I think the best part was the cake we got to eat, it was very yummy! Paige couldn’t wait for her own plate, she dug right in with Sophie.

We have some great news, our nanny moved in two weeks ago. Her name is Letta and she is from the Philippines which is really far away…she showed me on my globe. She has been taking us to the park every day and I we have met some new friends too, Nora and Olivia, they have nannies just like Paige and I. Mommy and Daddy have been spending as much time as they can with us, it is an adjustment for our whole family now that Mommy and Daddy both work!!!

Daddy took me to the mall one night for some Daddy and Emmie time and I got to get my very own ice cream, it was delicious!

Daddy took Paige, Sophie and I one night after work while we waited for Mommy to get home. Here I am using my roller blades while Daddy pushed Sophie and Paige in the stroller! It was a really nice evening.

Well, it is getting close to bed time for me so I better finish up and say goodnight!

Love y’all,

Emmie and Paige

A great end to a fantastic Summer here in Canada!

It is hard to believe labour day weekend is almost over and summer is coming to an end…a little different than in Tennessee, summer definitely goes well into October! Yes we are missing Tennessee, wishing I was starting at Fordtown this week, I miss my teachers and my friends!

Daddy unfortunately had to work this weekend, taking care of some really sick itty bitty babies, good thing he loves his job because he has to spend lots of time there! Since he wasn’t around Gigi came up for a visit and took Paige, Mommy and I to Montreal for the weekend. What a wonderful city, we had a great time. So much to see and so much to do…great restaurants, shopping, the Biodome and Old Montreal!!! Oh one more thing, an awesome hotel with a really nice swimming pool…need I say more!

 

 

We met up with our cousin Saul for lunch today and he took us to a really nice french restaurant in Old Montreal, it was beautiful. Afterwards Gigi treated us to a Horse Carriage ride through old Montreal, it was really nice and our horse’s name was MiMi!

The BioDome was another really interesting place. It is where the old Olympic Stadium use to be from the Olympics that were held in Montreal in the 70’s. They converted the dome into an indoor zoo with tons of animals, Paige and I loved it!

Check out this beaver, he was so cool…he came all the way up to us and posed for a picture!

I think you can see from the pics, we had a great time, can’t wait to go back to Montreal, maybe next time Daddy will be able to come with us!

We also got to have a really special visit in August from Great Gramma Hollinger, she came all the way from Orillia to our house here in ottawa. It was great to get to spend some quality time with her. Thanks to Granny and Pop-Pop for bringing her all this way. We had a nice visit with the whole Hollinger gang, glad they got to spend some time with us in our new home!

We went to Mooney’s bay one night and had a great time checking out the pirate ship and playing at the park!

We also got to visit some of Daddy’s extended Hollinger/Beck family that live in Ottawa. Daddy hasn’t seen these relatives since he was a little boy. They had a beautiful house in Orleans and they had us over for a really nice lunch one afternoon, it was lots of fun. Daddy’s cousin Gwen brought out a whole bunch of her older daughters Barbie dolls for Paige and I to play with. The coolest thing of all was the really nice pond they had with real live fish, right in their backyard!!! I am hoping we will get to see them again, they were really nice.

I have been learning how to take pictures with Mommy’s camera, check out the picture I took of Pop-Pop with his Jeep when they were getting to leave, not too bad, I even managed to catch a glimpse of Great Gramma sitting in the front seat!

Here is a good picture Daddy took of Mommy and I that day while we were waving good-bye!

Another fun thing we got to do this summer was a go to a Blue Jays game with Papa and Uncle Ryan. We did this for Uncle Ryan’s 29th birthday, along with dinner at a really nice restaurant!

Oh…I almost forgot, I had my very first dance recital. I attended a dance camp with my friend Cassie in Oakville. Gigi kept Paige and I for the week while Mommy and Daddy stayed in Ottawa to work. I got to go to camp every day and on the last day we had a recital. Luckily Daddy and Mommy got to drive up for the recital. Everyone told me I did a great job!

Well, I think that is it for now, I am exhausted and need to head to bed. Hope everyone has a great start to September!!!

Love y’all,

Emmie and Paige