This weekend was fantastic. We took Sydney to meet my dad's side of the family in Lethbridge. She was so excited to see her grandpa and meet her great grandma, great uncle, great aunt and second cousins.
The drive to Lethbridge from Edmonton is four and a half hours on a good day and we really had no idea how Sydney would handle it. She was a pro! On the way down she slept until we got to Calgary. We pulled into a Safeway on the south side of town where I fed and changed her and we were on our way. She slept the rest of the way to Lethbridge and did great!
The drive back was a little bit more eventful. We stopped to visit friends (Kevin and Kate) in Calgary where I fed and changed her. We spent two hours hanging out and then it was time to get back on the road... This is where it gets interesting. Alberta was hit with a spring snow storm and we were in the middle of it by the time we reached Red Deer.
The highway turned into a parking lot for about 5km as a result of a huge accident on a hill outside of Panoka. Fourteen cars had found their way into the ditch and a few had hit each other. Traffic was reduced to one lane and we inched along. Once we got through, I insisted that David drive with the four wheel drive on and not exceed 80km. I was really worried about getting into an accident with Syd. At this point she woke up looking for food so I crawled in the back seat and gave her a bottle. We managed to make it home in one piece, 7 hours after we left.
The rest of the weekend was amazing. Sydney slept in her pack and play for the first time and had no problems whatsoever. We had a great time hanging out with my Grandma on Saturday morning and then a nice coffee with our friend Jen. Saturday night we had a huge family dinner to celebrate my birthday early at my dad's house. Chinese food and Ice Cream cake made the entire night perfect. Sydney was the center of attention and she even received an awesome gift from my aunt. She made a huge playmat for Syd to lounge out on. It will be great to soften our hardwood floods for her and it will give her space to spread out all of her toys. We can't wait to use it!
We really had a great time and it was a nice warm up for our upcoming trip to Vancouver.
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