We headed up to Vancouver, BC to visit Darrell’s Grandad and Marie while Darrell attended an IEEE conference. It was a long week, but it was a nice first trip to Canada for Edward. We weren’t sure for awhile if we would be able to go as there were problems getting Edward’s birth certificate so we weren’t going to be able to get his passport without having to spend a lot of money for the expedited one. Luckily, we found out that if you are driving to Canada or Mexico, children don’t need a passport until they are 15 years old. They only need their birth certificates. Yay for us!
We left Seattle on Friday night around 7:30 and got into Vancouver around 10:30. It was quick and fairly pain-less. We crossed the border at the 539 near Aldergrove since it was only slated to be a 5 minute wait and I-5 was slated to be a 45 minute wait. Edward does not do well in his carseat in the car if the car is not moving, plus we would have needed to stop and feed him if we had to tack on another hour to the trip. Grandad & Marie had a nice room waiting for us and Edward slept great the whole time we were there. We got up early on Saturday and headed out to go catch the ferry over to visit Mary & Maurice at their place in Sechelt. It was a blast and they had a gorgeous view. We only stayed there for one night and then headed back to West Vancouver.
Darrell’s conference started on Monday in Downtown Vancouver, so he took the bus to downtown and spent the day down there. It was hard as it was his first long day away from Edward. Before then, the longest he spent away was a few hours when I would head out to do the shopping et al during the week. He was at the conference for 4 days coming back each evening. I took Edward into Downtown Vancouver on Tuesday so Darrell’s co-workers could meet Edward and we could hang out together. Tuesday was the day there wasn’t much that Darrell wanted to do on the conference list, so we had lunch and wandered around for awhile before heading back to go out to dinner with Grandad.
Darrell finished the conference on Thursday afternoon, so we headed back on Thursday so we could get home before any weekend traffic started up. It was fun hanging out with everyone and also seeing Grandad Ross (Great-Grandad to Edward) hang out and spend time with Edward. These are definitely the moments to treasure. 🙂
Ferry Ride/Trip to Sechelt:
Hanging out with Mary & Maurice:
At the conference/Downtown Vancouver:
West Vancouver with Grandad & Marie:
