A January Visit

Well the visit from my Mom went by very quickly and now suddenly it's a week later!  We had so much fun when she was here and also had a ton of naps.  Eli got a cold on Monday so unfortunately he wasn't very good company for the rest of her trip but he is feeling much better now and I hope it stays that way for our visit to Edmonton in February.  The first night that Mom was here she let Eli open a few trains that she had bought for him and he was so excited.  I'm fairly sure he hasn't put them down since.

He could hardly wait to get it open!

We didn't take enough pictures while she was here but we did go to the aquarium and we had to have dinner at Las Margaritas one night.  Mom and I also went on a date to see Les Miserables and I loved it!  We even found a lost iPad, which we were able to return to the owner, and now I have an unopened bottle of wine in my house!  All in all we had a great time and we were all sad to see Grandma go.  Eli will still ask me throughout the day where she is so I think he will be very excited when we land in Edmonton in February.

The other day on a morning that Bruce was home I was getting ready in our bedroom and I could here Eli shouting, "Help Daddy!" over and over again.  I could also hear Bruce laughing and taking pictures so I assumed it wasn't too serious.  Bruce showed me these pictures later, I guess Eli had pulled all of the shoes down on himself and then pretended to be stuck under the weight of the shoes.

Help Dad

I've been getting a bit of the winter time blues so Bruce has been making sure that we get outside and do some activities when he is home.  Today we went to the beach for about 5 minutes because it starting raining pretty hard but the mist over the ocean and the lights from the boats looked pretty neat.

Black and White

 We also went to Lynn Canyon and went for a bit of a hike on a day that was nice and clear.  Eli had a great time and it was nice to be able to just let him run and explore the trail.  I think that my Dad may have had a heart attack when we went over the suspension bridge though.  It was probably about 3 feet wide, very bouncy and spanned some extremely rough water.  Needless to say I did not let go of Eli while we walked across.  It is so nice to have the mountains so close and so many beautiful sights.

Eli got tired of all the stairs

A little creek

Climbing in and out of HUGE trees

Bruce had fun too

The view from the suspension bridge