McLennan Park Visit

Emma was ready to roll in G-Ma's car.

There was some extreme sliding going on with G-Ma and E-Ma. (Yes, I was playing around with slow motion again :P)

I love when I can get a real smile out of her.

Emma's 1st Dentist Visit!

My cool as a cucumber kid... I was pretty sure she would be how she always is in new situations... quiet but calm. She did almost everything they asked of her except lay back on the table. So she had her visit sitting up. :) 

Em & Silo

Google Photos decided to "stylize" this photo. :P Too cute. 

Back to (Swim) Class!

Emma has started going to swimming lessons again. I am still in the pool with her but will be handing her off the instructor more and more. She seemed perfectly comfortable with the teacher so hopefully I get to exit the class soon. Here we are trying to take just one good picture before class...

Hand out!

Happy Father's Day!

Toronto Zoo Fun!

We decided Emma was ready to visit her favorite animal... we took her to the Toronto Zoo to see the baby pandas! There's a video at the end but here are some highlights. 

Not sure what is happening here.. but she was psyched to go... :) 

Fun Fact: The twin pandas were born on my 33rd birthday.

Pretty much sums up Emma's reaction. *Joy*

Psst.. there are 2 baby pandas napping there.. plus the mum. 

We spotted this little red panda - such a sweet face...

Our favorite part of the visit... A peacock walked by Emma and she was like... what the... 

This bird dive-bombed Emma. Lol. 

This is a giant version of the panda G-Ma gave Emma. Thankfully, Emma didn't see it, she had passed out.

:D

New Countdown!

We're now counting down the days* until G-Ma can come up for an extended visit! Emma keeps talking about how G-Ma and Emma will go to the park. The girl lives to be outside. 

*Estimate only... pending old house sale and new house purchase. 

Happy Birthday Ian!

Ian turned 30! We had a good dinner at home followed by presents. I wrapped up our brick to confuse the heck out of Ian. I actually gave him a trip to Boston! In August, we head to see the Red Sox play a couple times. :) 

G-Ma Goes East - Day 5

Our longest day was.... long. When you are nearing the end of a really long trip, all you want to do is get to your final destination. After 2750 miles and 5 days... we made it! 

This cat. Kitty is a stray that G-Ma took in. She's a giant ball of love... especially at 2:00am. >< I will "miss" her. 

I was the porter for this trip. So many packing.. unpacking.. just to do it all over again the next day. I am happy not to see another luggage cart for awhile. 

It was pretty cool to plug in the address of Casa de Petty instead of a random hotel! 

Our routine at rest stops was pretty efficient. The cats were let out to stretch their legs. If you look closely, you can see Kitty - plotting her escape.

G-Ma drove for most... almost all of the trip. I got the reins for about 2 hours. Wooo. 

We went over or under many bridges during this trip especially in Illinois and Indiana.

Huh? :P

And yet another really loooong tunnel!

It was pretty surreal pulling up to the house.. but then we saw these monkeys...

Even after being in Virginia for a couple days now, it does not feel permanent. It is so wonderful to have G-Ma within driving distance and not by plane!

G-Ma Goes East - Day 4

Today was a really long day. We woke up - thanks to G-Ma's FIRE ALARM RINGTONE - at 4:00am and headed out an hour later. We were facing our longest day so far at 8 hours and 40 minutes... it didn't help that the hotel we stayed at last night wasn't the greatest....... I think even the animals were happy to leave! 

The first town we hit was Kansas City, Missouri which was kind of pretty... including the Royals stadium. They might have one a game or two there in 2015.

Shortly after this, we were lit up with the old blues and twos.. #GMaBreaksTheLaw...... Truthfully, it was nothing and we got the feeling that the cop was just being nosy. He pulled her over for following a tractor trailer too closely... but I didn't see that. He wanted our driver's licenses and then asked G-Ma to go sit in his car. He asked a ton of questions... especially around why I had a Canadian license. In the end, she escaped the long arm of the law and got away with a warning. Silly.

We crossed over the Missouri River and then the Mississippi River into Illinois. 

Illinois was so exciting that I didn't take a single picture. Lol. Once we crossed over into Indiana, it started to rain a bit. There was a huge downpour once we got to the hotel... just as Silo needed a bathroom break. HA.

Last leg tomorrow... 576 miles, 9 hours and 2 minutes. :D See you soon Petty Family!