The Adventures of the HRGCs: Finlay on the Road

September 6, 2011

Finlay went on his first road trip and he did really well! We drove from Victoria to Tofino with minimal stops, lots of napping and next to no crying! Tyler or I sat beside him for the trip, so we were there to entertain with songs and stories, toys and tickles, and the occasional game of peak-a-boo.

Grampa Charlie and his friend Sue accompanied us on the trip and spent some time in Victoria before and after.

This is a random photo taken the day our guests arrived. Finlay is helping me sweep!

Tyler and I are on the computer regularly and Fin thinks it looks like a pretty sweet toy. Here he is checking daddy's email with him.

On Sunday evening, we had a crab dinner. Finlay slept through the whole thing and woke up just after we finished our last bites of dessert. As I always say, Finlay has inherited Tyler's FOMO (or Fear Of Missing Out) and he wouldn't go back to sleep because he knew something interesting was happening outside of our bedroom. Here he is with Grandpa at the dinning table.

We stopped at Coombs and The Old Country Market on our way to Tofino. We went through the toy area and they have some marionettes set-up to move and dance. Finlay just loved these dancing stuffed animals!

Here he is focused on the dancing elephant.

We all ate lunch in Coombs. Fin had some baby food and Grandpa helped to clean him up by scooping some of the food off of Fin's face and eating it! Dad does the same thing!

Finlay is learning to clap and if you say "yay" in a certain tone he will try and clap with you. Here is Finlay and Grandpa practicing this new trick.

Fin and I outside the church in Coombs.

Finlay has made some progress with he crawling. He still isn't fully on the move but there is more of him on his knees and he is certainly building up strength.