Whales and Blueberry

On the ferry ride to visit Blueberry we saw something wonderful....whales. Your Grandma has been looking for whales for years, on every ferry ride, every kayak trip, every walk by the ocean and finally there they were. What a day...seeing whales and our grandson for the very first time.

Tim Horton's Blueberry Bloom

This is so incredibly and deliciously perfect. Just as our sweet little Blueberry was born Tim Horton's introduced the amazing Blueberry Bloom Donut. Coincidence or not ? And not only is it made with blueberrys, the midwifery clinic is called Bloom and it is in the shape of a star, which you are. The only problem is that your grandparents just had to buy three...two to taste and one to photograph and I think the photographer may have eaten that one too.
Oh well, sacrifices have to be made.

Three days old!

Very busy sleeping - after all being born is a lot of work!
Mum and Dad

The proud new grandparents.
The house on 7th Ave. where you were born:

Happy Birth Day!!

The world welcomed your arrival weighing a healthy 8lb 7oz at 12:31 pm Wednesday August 5, 2009.

Grandma and Grandpa put balloons on the tree in front of their house to let the neighbourhood know that you had arrived.

Here's Daddy!

Gam took these lovely pictures of us in our back yard during her last visit.

Blueberry's Rubber Band Ball

We have been collecting rubber bands for years. They have come from all sorts of places and are all different colours. However, sometime in December every rubber band we found was blue...very strange. And now we know why, we had begun to create Blueberry's Rubber Band Ball. It is has grown as he has grown and will continue to in the years to come. It's definitely larger than a Blueberry now. Maybe he will think that his Grandparents are a little odd...but in a fun way.

Choosing a name

Who knew choosing a name for blueberry would be such a challenge!
The middle name will be his Granda's name, Gordon and his last name will be Bell,his Papa's name.
For the past 8 1/2 months we've been trying to decide on a first name.
But what could the nicknames be? Would it sound funny with the last name? Do the initials spell anything? What are the meanings of the names? Phew!
These are some of the names we BOTH like:
Liam
Calum
James
Willem
Charlie
Samuel
Elliot
Gam pointed out that the nickname for Calum is Cal so Cal Bell... I don't think so. See what I mean?
What do you think? Post a comment and let us know.