Well July is coming to a close and I realised that I hadn't posted anything all month. I guess I have been enjoying my time at home with Anomantia. This past week it hit me that I will be going back to work full time in the fall which is approaching way too fast for my liking. We have really enjoyed this month of being a family and being away on holidays. For now we are home to enjoy the remainder of our summer and early fall.
Our month started off with Anomantia becoming a little more mobile, (she crawled backwards) and more vocal. July 10th we packed our vehicle and headed out for a road/camping trip. On our way out, we saw a schwack of fogies (20-30 60+ year old) on road bikes on the highway. Such a strange sight. We travelled through the Crow's Nest Pass stopping to camp in Manning Park and a couple of other spots, heading for Victoria for Toby and Meghann's Wedding on the 17th of July. We had a great time and decided to head north on Vancouver Island to camp some more. We stayed at the Kin Beach Provincial Park Campground in Comox for four nights which were some of the best camping we've had in a long time as the weather was on our side and there were very few mosquitoes. Finally we left the Comox Valley and headed for Kelowna with a brief stop over in Vancouver to see Danica and Joey for the night. We had a wonderful stay in Kelowna with Anomantia's great-grandma Peggy and helped her celebrate her 97th birthday. I loved watching grandma Peggy play with Anomantia, I feel like there is something to learn from the way they enjoyed each other's company. It reminds me of the day I told grandma Peggy we were going to have a baby and she said "the only thing better than grandchildren... is great-grandchildren." Then we finally made our way home to Gurneyland after dealing with construction and delays on the highway, Anomantia was amazing with all the travelling. She thought that the car seat was her bed and refused to sleep anywhere else the day after we got home.
Anomantia had several firsts on our trip: first time in the Pacific Ocean, first time in a lake, first time eating ketchup chips (courtesy of her dad), first time sitting unassisted, first time reaching for someone and many others. Yesterday, we found an old keyboard from a computer for her to play with. She loves pushing buttons and I figured that she could learn a thing or two from it as she gets older.
