We Made It!

Well, it was over a week ago, but we arrived safely here on the We(s)t Coast without incident. Aimy was a champion traveler and I am very impressed with the way she handled the long trip. I won't go into too much detail about it, but despite only having 3 45-minute naps over a 20 hour period, she was well-behaved on both flights and adored by the flight crew and other passengers on the Amsterdam-Vancouver flight. She got a bit cranky more than once, but I think that was more due to her frustration at having to sit on my lap and not being able to play on the floor like she does at home, and from not being able to sleep the way she wanted to. Fortunately the other passengers were very understanding and often waved at her and smiled and tried to interact with her to distract her when she was getting upset. It made things a lot easier for me - I didn't have to worry about her disturbing the other passengers at all. But I have to admit that I am very glad Carlos and I are flying back home together because I wouldn't be able to do that alone again! I ended up going 22 hours without sleeping and I wasn't always at my best during that last leg of the trip. Hopefully going home will be much easier.

But I don't want to talk about going home now because we're enjoying ourselves so much here! Aimy has quickly adapted to her new environment and has Grandma and Grandpa wrapped around her little finger. She loves sliding around on her bum on the hardwood floor and trying to pull on the pretty lights on the Christmas tree. Uncle Greg and Aunty Sandra are thrilled to be spending time with her and she is enjoying their presence too.

Snuggling with Uncle Greg and Grandma

Centre of attention!

Reading with Aunty Sandra

All dressed up for Christmas

Santa hat twins!

Fascinated by the player piano

We haven't gotten out too much so far, especially since it took me longer to recover than Aimy did (she was back to her normal routine 3 days after we arrived... it took me 6). But we have been able to spend time with Great-Grandma and have seen Great-Aunts and Great-Uncles too.

With Great-Grandma and my Great-Uncle George

Walking with Uncle Greg

All cuddled up with Grandpa

Riding on Aunty Sandra's shoulders!

It feels good to be back, but strange at the same time. I hadn't realized how much I missed the landscape here until we were driving over the new Port Mann bridge from Surrey and I saw the snow-capped mountains... Beautiful British Columbia indeed.