On our way to England

So here we are at 10:48 on a Saturday night in a hotel in Richmond BC.

On our way to England so my family can meet the newest Lobb. Who is asleep in the travel crib behind me.
Tracy is laying on the bed googleing herself on her iphone, go figure.

It was Tracys decision to spend the night in a hotel near the airport. A decision that I initially did not agree with. Then the results in the World Cup meant that England would be playing at 7am on the day of our flight. Mmmmmm.

I knew that there was no way I could watch the game at home and still make the ferry and the flight. So a night at a hotel sounded like the perfect solution..

"Okay honey, you're right.". There. That was easy.

It was a strange afternoon really.

Richmond, for those of you that don't know has a huge Chinese population. So much so in fact, that there are shopping malls that only have Chinese signs.

So when my friend Gwen called (we were supposed to meet earlier in the day but it didn't work out) and asked where are you? I said "I decided to expose Tanner to some of his heritage........... we're in Costco in Richmond".

Truth be known, it is an eerie feeling. Here we are again, in a hotel, in a city that is full of asian people, living out of a suitcase. I wonder what, if anything, he makes of it. We went to Landsdowne mall after Costco to buy some bath toys at Toys'r'us and the last time Tanner and I were in a mall, we were in Beijing.

I don't think he cares or even notices, but it was very nostalgic for me.

Of course in Beijing he would stay in his stroller and not scream and shout because he wanted to play with the big trucks and buses and bikes and books and every other colourful thing he could lay his sticky little paws on.

Tomorrow, the flight.