Our first weekend away...

With having recovered from our colds, and the prospect of a four-day weekend with the boys home (Snow day plus Pro-D day), I suddenly felt the urge to disappear! :) In the past, I've always taken this weekend to go visit Lori and her family over on Vancouver Island. I quickly called her and asked if I could show up with Nora on Friday. Of course... they would love to see Nora! :) I quickly packed, and thankfully the rain showed up to melt away the snow.

Here's a shot to prove we were on the ferry, even if Nora has a funny face!

I fed her a lot of finger foods to keep occupied later, but ended up pacing the ferry wearing the baby carrier for awhile before rocking her to sleep in the buggy. Wasn't an unbearable situation, I just kept losing my seat.

The mountains looked beautiful despite the rain...

Andrew was very happy to meet Nora, and was such a sweetheart to her. He's requested monthly updates about her from me...

Lori likes to start the season early, so Nora saw her first Christmas tree ever. She liked to reach for the ornaments, so we had to distract her frequently. Gives me an idea of how things will be at home...

Nora had photo shoots with the family... here's Lori. (Nora was having a "bad hair" day, but at least she has hair now!)

"Uncle" Peter was so sweet with Nora, too.

Zoe, the dog, was not too impressed that her master had another girl in his arms but she did alright...

Andrew found interesting way to entertain Nora... for some reason, he would like a little sister now! :)

Adam had his turn with Nora also...

A classic pose of Nora's... checking people out.

Sunday lunch was a fun time at Boston Pizza. Thank you so much for a wonderful weekend. I hope we'll be back soon. I'm already hoping for the last weekend of November, 2011.