Baby G on the Road - Part IV

By Day Six of our road trip it appeared Gabriel was used to the hotel room and our routine. He and I would wake up early in the morning, usually around sunrise. We'd get ready for the day and head down to breakfast. The breakfast room at this time in the morning wasn't busy and we were able to sit and enjoy our breakfast. We'd then head back up to the room, at this point either Louis would wake up and I'd go down with both the boys back to get Louis breakfast or Matt and Leah would finally wake up and head down together. It was nice to spend the early morning with the boys.

On our final day in Toronto we visited the Ontario Science Centre and Centre Island.

Baby G on the Road - Part III

By the fourth day of our road trip I found I wasn't as worried about Gabriel and the car anymore. In fact by this point he was happily climbing INTO his car seat--a first for him. It was a nice change as up until this point I've always felt guilty about forcing him into the car knowing how miserable it makes him. At home I limit the time he spends in there as much as possible.

We headed to the Toronto Zoo. Like his older siblings and most children, Gabriel loves the zoo. Unfortunately at the start of our visit to the zoo we had an accident involving our camera and the lens broke so we had a very limited number of photos at the zoo and not one of Gabriel. Wish I had one of him playing in the splashpad/sprinkler area. He couldn't get enough of the water.

Day five of our trip brought us to the city of Toronto.

Baby G on the Road - Part II

Our next leg of our road trip took us to Niagara Falls. We visited the American side first followed by the Canadian side. This was Gabriel's first trip out of the United States.

We went on the Maid of the Mist. I wore Gabriel on my back in the Ergo. I wish we'd gotten a photo of our set up with the poncho. What a sight. It worked though. Gabriel was happy to up there. On the boat, right in the middle of going up to Niagara Falls when the roaring was the loudest, the boat was rocking the most AND as we were being soaked (we were right up front) Gabriel fell asleep. The Captain stopped me afterward to tell me he'd never seen that before. Now I know what to do when I need Gabriel to fall asleep!