Baby A

Joseph will often tell me, "Mom, I love you all the way to Edmonton and back!" And I always reply, "Wow! That's far!" Well, today we drove all the way to Edmonton, and back. It was a long day for the littles but they did pretty good! We stopped at my grandparents and were welcomed by a warm pot of chili. One thing I love about my grandparents is that you're always served food of some sort no matter what time of the day you arrive. We always leave with full bellies, and full hearts. Joseph sat for quite a while with his great-gramma, glancing up every once in a while to say, "Gramma, I love you so much!" 

 

When the children started getting antsy we loaded up again and drove across the city to the Wolsey's! They welcomed a beautiful baby girl over the Christmas holidays and I had been itching to get up there and meet her. 

This was the biggest reason for our long drive. Miss Adeline is so precious and I was glad I got to meet her before she got too much bigger!

This family is one of the things we miss most about good old Edmonton.

In the late afternoon Jessica put some cookies in the oven and we all enjoyed them warm a few minutes later. 

Camilla couldn't wait to hold Clara's baby sister. She's had a lot of practice with three younger brothers! We left just before dinner so that they could have a few minutes before welcoming family. When it was time to put on our boots Clara started to cry. I looked at that cute, curly haired girl and my voice broke, "Clara, you're going to make me cry, too!" Jess and I wiped away tears as we shared a long embrace to fill us up enough until the next time we could see each other. 

We then skipped across the city and stopped in at Mike's mom's for a bit before grabbing dinner. We picked up donairs from our favorite place and drove to Arland and Naomi's to check out their place and eat. When bedtime rolled around we said our good-bye''s and hit the road for the long haul home. It took way longer than we thought it would for everyone to fall asleep, but at least some of our drive was peaceful! The snow blew across the highway and conditions weren't ideal, but Mr. Stannix has some pretty great driving skills and we all made it home safe and sound. We tucked our sleepy kids into bed and then fell fast asleep!