Christmas in Ottawa

My dad's older brother and his family live in Ottawa, so every few years we take our extended family Christmas to their place so that they don't have to travel EVERY year. On Boxing Day we loaded Logan and all of our stuff into the car and hoped for a good trip!

Logan was fussy already when we started the trip so Scott gave him his wallet to keep him happy for a while.

The total trip each way took us 5.5 hours with just one stop. Before the trip lots of people were asking if Logan was a car sleeper. I answered that yes, he usually does sleep in the car. Well not this time...on the way to Ottawa he slept for a grand total of....30 minutes! And on the way home he slept for about 1 hour and 40minutes (split into two naps). So my answer now is, no he isn't a car sleeper. Despite the lack of napping time he was SO good in the car and was kept happy by his music, snacks and toys. It was a good trip in the car.

Amusing himself with two sippy cups. You'll notice that he isnt' wearing any socks. If we put him in the car without shoes or boots on the first thing he does is pull off his socks!

Trying to pull the pillow off his carseat.

We stayed a the house of a friend of my aunt and uncle while in Ottawa. She was out of town and was gracious enough to have us (as well as my parents and brother) stay at her place. However, since she doesn't have children, her house was understandably not child-proofed which provided Logan with so many things to check out.

Grandpa keeping Logan occupied with his Blackberry.

Reading a magazine.

We had a great visit with family for the couple of days that we were there. Logan was pretty overtired by the end but he did really well too. My aunt and uncle have a dog named Mya that REALLY liked Logan. She followed us all over the house and napped when Logan did since she was so tired from following us around.

Mya

Mya and Logan playing.

Scott helping Logan have a snack with Mya longing watching hoping that some of the snack may fall to the floor.

We had a couple great meals, played a lot of Guitar Hero, visited with family and opened some Christmas gifts.

Logan looking at his new book. (Notice Mya close by...)

The drive home went well as well. Logan napped more this time so that was good. We were all glad to be home and sleep in our beds again.

Since we got home on Sunday, Logan and I have just been hanging out at home, enjoying our time together! I'm sure I'll post some pictures from our days at home soon!