Emmie Nicole Hollinger: Visit to Canada

Hi Everyone, it was so nice to visit with all of you when we were back in Canada. Wow were we busy, everyday we were on the go! I made Mommy promise that the next time we come home that we take it a little easier and not travel so much.

Where do I start, we had visits with so many people, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. Our visit started off with a visit to Papa who is currently staying in the hospital, it was so nice to see him, he really enjoyed seeing me. For some reason we didn't get any pictures with him, sorry Papa, I guess we were just so busy when we were visiting that Mommy never got the chance to take out her camera!

Next we spent the day hanging out with Auntie Amy, she came with us to see "Uncle" cousin Jay and Erica, this was before my new little cousin was born. Doesn't Erica look good for 35 weeks pregnant. I got to play in Heidi's room and check out all of her new stuff. Heidi must have been so excited, that she decided to come a little early (5 weeks to be exact). Mommy got to visit with Heidi in the hospital and she told me that she is adorable, I can't wait to play with her. Since Heidi was so early she has to stay in the hospital for a little while, so Mommy, Daddy and I are all thinking about her and hoping she gets big and strong very soon!

One night I got to have dinner with Aunties Amy and Sarah, they are so much fun. Auntie Sarah's house isn't very baby proof which meant I got to get into lots of neat things. Amy and Sarah tackled the feat of feeding me my dinner, check out what I looked like when I was all done. Mommy really misses Amy and Sarah and she was so happy to get a chance to spend some time with the two of them, I could see it in her smile!

We also got to have dinner with Mommy's friend Jen and my friend Cassie. We went to the park for a little bit and Cassie got to show me some of her favorite things to do at the park. Then Mommy and Jen took us out for Sushi, now that was fun. Cassie wanted to share everything with me, she is so nice, and Cassies nanny Hermie helped Mommy out at dinner which was very nice of her. I really enjoyed spending time and playing with Cassie.

This time when we were home we got the chance to make it up to Sudbury to visit all of my family in the North. I have a new cousin that we hadn't met yet, his name is Konner, he is 3 months old and he is so little and cute. I had tons of fun playing with my older cousins Karsen and Raeleigh, I can't wait till I can walk and run all over the place with them. It was also really nice to get to spend some time with my Great Granny, Mommy talks about her all the time and I know Mommy really misses her. It was very nice of my cousins Derek and Lindsay to let us stay at their place, they have tons of toys and a pool that I got to swimming in with Karsen. Our visit was really quick, but as Mommy puts it "better short than not at all!"

We even managed to get in one last summer BBQ while we were in town. Our cousins Lynn and Larry were kind enough to allow us to use their house since Gigi and Papa's place is still under repair from their flood. We had nice enough weather that we got to sit outside for part of the day. I had lots of fun playing with all of my cousins, big and small! My cousin Erik was showing me the ropes and he played really nice with me. I also seemed to have a keen interest in Erik's baby sister Elsa, she is only 2 months old but I have a funny feeling that we are going to have lots of fun tgother when she gets bigger like me. Mommy was so happy that everyone could make it out to the BBQ! This was my only real chance to spend some time with my Uncle Ryan, he ended up having to work lots when we were home, I hope at Thanksgiving I will get to see more of him, he is lots of fun.

The last leg of our adventure home was a trip to Gravenhurst to visit Gram, Pop-Pop, Great Gramma Hollinger and Ta-ta Kristina. We got to spend the whole day together, we played, went on a walk and they all got to see me eat my yummy baby food. It was a really nice visit, I thinked everyone was suprised at how big I have gotten and how much I like to move. Pop-pop kept saying "does she ever stop", I do, but only when it is time to take a nap! They were all excited to hear that Mommy and I would be back for Canadian Thanksgiving.

While we were home since Gigi and Papa's house was out of commission due to the flood, we slept at Rob's house with his kids Ameriah and Tacoma. Tacoma really likes playing with me, he even gave me my very own shoulder ride, it made me laugh! It was really nice of them to let us stay at their house.