We arrived in Richmond safely at quarter to ten, which was 1/2 an hour earlier than our flight was supposed to land. I think the pilot was speeding! Of course, that's only a small part of our adventure flying home. We got to the first plane just fine. Then, we were still sitting at the gate ten minutes after it was supposed to take off. We finally left about fifteen minutes late. And then? We got in to Toronto 22 minutes late. We had originally had 1 hour and 12 minutes to make our connection, the minimum required when there is customs involved is 1 hour 10 minutes. So then we had no more than 50 minutes. But, after ten minutes, our luggage didn't come up on the carousel... I asked at the desk if we were going to have time to make our flight, and they did a bunch of stuff on their computers, and decided that we were going to have to go without our luggage, especially since the carousel had just broken! So, we were basically raced through customs, then got to the security section where they insisted that I had to have a boarding pass for Rebecca, even though when I was insisting in Halifax that I needed one they said I didn't need it (and they never even did anything with it when we did get on our plane in Toronto). So, we were down to 25 minutes to go and I had to go back to a ticketing kiosk to get a boarding pass that wasn't really needed by anyone but the lady at the security section, and I stood in line for 15 minutes waiting to be able to get that boarding pass. Boarding pass in hand, we raced through security, ran down the escalator, down the halls, jumped onto the bus that was taking us to our sattelite gate, and the bus got delayed by a plane that was getting ready to leave. At the time our flight was supposed to be leaving, we finally managed to get into the correct area, and discovered that if we'd been even one minute later, the flight would have left without us! And so, we left Toronto about 10 minutes late. We landed early, as I already said, which is good, because I then had to spend 1/2 an hour getting paper work filled in to get my luggage sent to my house when it finally got to Virginia! The luggage arrived sometime after nine on Sunday evening... my bag had been searched, Rebecca's hadn't. So, despite the fact that I wasn't even WITH the luggage, I was still "searched" at the border!
So, anyway, here are pictures from our holiday! :-)
We had a 7 hour layover in Toronto on the way to Halifax, so my cousin Iris got it all organized so that my Auntie Sue, cousin Bridget, herself, her husband Stuart, and then a couple of family friends all got to come and visit with Rebecca and me while we were hanging around at the airport.
So, anyway, here are pictures from our holiday! :-)
We had a 7 hour layover in Toronto on the way to Halifax, so my cousin Iris got it all organized so that my Auntie Sue, cousin Bridget, herself, her husband Stuart, and then a couple of family friends all got to come and visit with Rebecca and me while we were hanging around at the airport.
Rebecca conked out while we were in the airport, but here's Auntie Sue with her.
Iris was holding her while she was sleeping as well.
Stuart came after she'd woken up again. He tested all her baby reflexes, and informed us all that they work perfectly (he's a kinesthesiologist... or on his way to being one if he isn't one already).
This is my cousin Bridget with Rebecca... I think it's a better picture of Bridget than Rebecca, but still cute. :)
Mrs. Shulte and Mrs. Cabot came after Iris, Stuart, Bridget, and Auntie Sue had been. Above is Mrs. Shulte.
And, here's Mrs. Cabot. :-)Finally we got on our airplane in Toronto. I think they were tired of listening to Rebecca fuss. She was wanting to eat when it was supposed to be about 15 minutes from boarding time, but then they spent an extra 10 minutes waiting to board... and then they got me on before anyone else because everyone was listening to that fussy baby whining and crying about being hungry and I didn't want to start a feeding before we got on the plane since we could board any time. We arrived on time in Halifax, despite our slightly later than planned departure from Toronto.
Rebecca had fun playing with the old baby toys my parents kept from when Shannon and I were little, plus she was given a bunch of toys while we were there. I think we now need one of those toy bin rack things.
Rebecca trying to eat my pants??
Close up. :-)The first Friday that we were there, Mum, Shannon and I took Rebecca swimming for the first time in her life. The most she has ever done is float around in her little bath tub. She really seemed to enjoy her time in the pool. We were really surprised at how long she spent in the pool! We spent about 40 minutes floating around the pool. Oh, and it just happened that while we were there we were given a swimsuit in Rebecca's size... and then we were given one in the next size up... and we have one here already in the size after that. So, we have swimsuits for up to 2T, which I'm guessing is going to be closer to 2 1/2 or 3 years old, but anyway. :-)
Mum with Rebecca
Rebecca getting in for the first time.
Swimming with Aunt Shannon!
Swimming with Mummy!!
Rebecca, Aunt Shannon, and Mummy
Here's Shannon... She absolutely refused to smile for me. As you can see, she refused to even give a PLEASANT look... :-P
My parents regularly have my grandmother over. This is Granny... Rebecca's great-Granny.
Rebecca with Mooshum (my dad)My old employers, the Schelew's, gave us many things, both new and used, and this was a particularly cute (and neat) item. It's a glove finger puppet thing with a book of Old McDonald on the palm. Cokum (my mum) and Rebecca sat and "read" it for a bit.
Rebecca and Mooshum enjoyed hanging out together regularly.
Once we got home, Rebecca got to play with a little teeny tiny wagon Daddy got for her while we were in Canada. It's quite cute, but I'm not sure she'll be riding in it, LOL. :-)
So... apparently the handle is very tasty?
She liked the sides of the thing...
And, the handle especially!
See??
Daddy had to catch her... she's just a little too big to ride around in it. However, she was quite good at balancing in it for the most part!
And, we thought it was quite amusing just how happy she was in this location... Daddy tossed her into our laundry sorting thing, and she thought it was hilarious! She was giggling and grinning for about ten minutes about being in this thing... then she ended up flipping nearly onto her head, so we removed her promptly. ;)
And, finally, a picture of Rebecca sound asleep. :)
By the way... the only pictures that Justin actually DID take are the ones of Rebecca in the sorter. The rest were accidentally labelled as being his... oops... :-)
