And Yet Another Trip to Canada!

With my dad's help, we made it safe and sound to Canada despite Kai only sleeping for 1 of the 8 hours of driving.  My oh my.  All I can say is that I'm glad my dad was there to drive so that I could attempt to keep the little guy happy in the back seat - "attempt" being the operative word in that sentence! 

Anyways, once we got to Canada we had a wonderful week and then Bryon took the train out to Everett the following Sunday to assist us on the drive back.

More birthday presents to be opened!

Kai loved "Lulu" the bunny, maybe a bit too much!  He also thought it was a dog, and kept "woofing" at it!

The hottub was another big hit.

And, the fridge magnets.  So, now I've been inspired to attempt to make some fridge magnets for Kai as a Christmas gift.

Cheering Kaden on at his volleyball tournament.  Can you tell that he's not too into being held these days?!

But, riding on grandpa's shoulders is pretty fun.

I love that Kai's hair is so blonde that it disappears into the white sky!

Meeting Santa for the first time!

Our lovely nieces.

Kai became obsessed with kicking his soccer ball while he was playing with his cousins one night.  However, since he couldn't walk well yet, he would drag himself along with his left hand and foot, hold onto his right foot with his right hand and swing his foot towards the ball - hard to explain but hilarious to watch!  Amazingly enough, he could get the ball up and down the hallway by doing this very awkward movement!

All smiles, even first thing in the morning.

Kai loved all of grandma's music boxes.

Family breakfast to celebrate the first day of advent.

Grandma made a treasure hunt for all of the grandkids, starting with putting a puzzle together to get our first clue.

Aunty Jenn and cousin Emma.

Abby.

Us girls put together a puzzle one night.  Guess who the 5 year old girl in the picture is??

Wrestling with Kaden.

We got to stop and see Scot in Seattle on our way back home.

And, thankfully we'd stopped at REI to get Kai a new snowsuit, 'cause Snoqualmie pass was covered in snow!  Here we are stopped for a little exercise break!

What a fun trip!  Despite the hassle of traveling with a carseat-loathing baby, I'd definitely do it again!