St. Albert Part 1

After a spastic rush through the airport ("come on Paige! Hurry up!", "Mike, why did you pack fishing reels in your carry-on!??") we actually had a nice and leisurely plane ride to Edmonton. We were in the back row, but rarely needed a diaper change or bathroom visit. We all watched separate shows on our seat back tv's for the most part (minus Rose, of course, who slept most of the time in my arms). We had a few other activities for Paige as well to keep her occupied when wearing headphones became too irritating for her (and for us who kept having to re-insert them every 2 minutes).

When we arrived in Edmonton, Zaida Bruce was there to pick us up minus 1 suitcase (mike's...phew!), and take us over to Jen's house. So nice of him to pick us up considering he had just woken up after working the night shift and was due to start work again after picking us up....and he owns a taxi company, so he was essentially working all day long. When we got to St. Albert, the new cousins were introduced!

Mommy, Rose, Zaida Bruce, Grayson, and Burton. Burton (Mike), was in our wedding party. He works for Bruce's company now, and incidentally, we worked together at the pool. I just thought of that.

As you can see, there are 30th birthday signs in the back. We celebrated Mike's 30th while we were there and I brought the decorations from home.

Uncle Tyson:

Both girls love standing!

Letting Abby run around a leash free park:

Val is laughing here as Paige was really winding Lizzy up, making her laugh more than she ever had before. Rose, on the other hand, is quite used to Paige's typical antics!

The first few days were a bit rough for Paige. Definitely homesick. She had to get used to the time change, fewer toys, and competing for attention. She was happy to be there, but was definitely a bit off, and probably quite tired. Rose was also a bit out of sorts for the first day, but adjusted fairly quickly after that, only waking up very early for a couple of days and then adjusting quite quickly. I think that babies adapt to the different levels of light and sleep accordingly because she got on a good schedule right away.