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Summer has come and gone…  Its time again for shorter days and chilly weather.  But first, I’ll take you through what happened over the course of the summer…

SUMMER VACATION

July started off with Marina going back on the payroll at ING – immediately taking six weeks vacation, and myself taking six weeks of parental leave from the 407 – so we were off at the same time for a good chunk of the summer! Marina had already been off work for ten and a half months, but this six weeks was the most time I’ve ever had off at once…

We kicked things off with a one week trip to Cuba, where we stayed at the Oaisis Hotel Las Morlas in Varadero. It was a great time of rest and relaxation – and the perfect time to get away since it rained back home all week long – but was over 30 degrees everyday and sunny in Varadero. Makayla especially enjoyed the trip. She discovered airports, airplanes, palm trees, beautiful white sand and salt water. She is definitely a water baby!

After we got home the summer weather arrived and we enjoyed a good five weeks of taking it easy around town, enjoying long walks by the lakeshore, some biking and day trips to different places including the zoo.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAKAYLA!

On August 27th we celebrated our little munchkin’s 1st birthday.

Its hard to believe she’s already one year old! She is growing up so fast. She hasn’t figure out crawling yet, but she loves to walk. She is always walking around (on on) all the furniture and has graduated to holding on to one pinky finger and taking off from here to there – but always playing it safe. We expect that she will be taking off by herself any day now – then we’re in trouble!

GROWING FAMILY

Finally, the cherry topping of our six weeks off concluded with the birth of Louis and Tanya’s baby girl – Sophia (our niece and Makayla’s new baby cousin). She was born on August 28th, exactly 1 year and 1 day after Makayla – she didn’t make it out to share Makayla’s birthday, but she shares it with Makayla’s uncle Patrick. Next year is going to have a bunch of birthday’s in August!

GALLERY UPDATES

As usual, hit the PHOTOS link and check out the new galleries added – Cuba, Makayla’s birthday, and baby Sophia.

See you next time.

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