A Flower Girl in North Carolina

Throwing sand...a favorite activity from the weekend

We spent the long Memorial day weekend (plus some!) in the Outer Banks of North Carolina.  What a great trip!  Jason's nephew was getting married and Lucy got to be the Flower Girl!

She did great on the plane rides out there.  We flew into Norfolk, Virginia and then drove the 90 minutes to our beach house, which we shared with Jason's dad, sisters, brother-in-law and 5 kids, the youngest of who is just 9 month older than Lucy, so they had a blast!  Brody (the 2-year old) was the ring bearer, so Lucy had a few days to get to know him before they had to walk down the aisle! :)

The wedding was on Saturday night, at a nearby Marina.  The ceremony was outside and I was VERY surprised when Lucy and Brody walked down the aisle perfectly, like they had been practicing it for months!   It was really so, so cute!  We were so wrapped up in enjoying the wedding, the beautiful scenery and enjoying the food that we barely got any pictures of Lucy in her dress!

The dress...so cute!  (and she kept those shoes on ALL NIGHT!)

"Dancing" with the ringbearer - cousin Brody

The rest of the trip was spent catching up with family, hanging out at the beach and eating some amazing seafood.  Lucy is a total beach babe and loved every minute of getting her feet (and most of the rest of her) wet in the ocean.  She was covered head to toe in sand (as were Jason and I) pretty much every time we went.  Thank goodness our house was just a short walk from the beach and had an outdoor shower that we could use to rinse off!


All in all, it was a wonderful vacation and we can't wait to go back!!

Contemplating the meaning of life?

This is Lucy's "excited" stance - big grin on her face and fists clenched with excitement! :)

Running away from the rising tide.

Warming up in mommy's sweater...that ocean water is still COLD!

 Lucy has her next dilatation tomorrow - this time at Minneapolis Children's instead of St. Paul, so we are hoping that it goes as smoothly there as we have become accustomed to it going in St. Paul.  Due to scheduling conflicts, it was the best appointment we could get.  Prayers are welcome!  We will update you on the results.

Oh, and a HUGE praise God from the weekend - we didn't use Lucy's feeding tube once!  We were very diligent about getting her 3 meals and 2 snacks every day and encouraged lots of water, milk and juice drinking to stay hydrated.  She ate like a champ with just a few "spit up" episodes (mostly because we were at restaurants and didn't have her typical food available).  As always, we are so, so proud of her progress and thankful that God is healing her so fully.  Today is a day we focus on being joyful in hope..."Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. (Romans 12:12)"