Yes. You can remove the vines before the waystone quest. Talk to Erevi 5 days after building the crib. She will ask you to check the waystone. Go to the waystone south of the Tower entrance, and bring the stone tablet to Erevi. She will send you on a quest to activate the waystones, and she will tell you to take your daughter with you. To activate them, remove vines, and use crystallized egg. You need to activate at least 6, but I usually activate all of them. After that, go east of the goblin forest, to temple of the ancients, fight the orcs, solve the puzzle, take stone tablet, and return to Erevi, and she will teach you a spell to use waystones. Also, you will have minor quests during the waystone quest, like recover Marcus' tools, give money to your daughter for shopping, and a scene at your house in weirdwood.