April

Ready for gymnastics

How is April done?  At least it's feeling like Spring!

Lucy has been doing great.  She is getting so grown up, so brave, so independent.  I love it and am anxious about it all in one.  I know that she will be an amazing person as she grows up, but I also know life will be difficult for her at times, and that will be hard to watch as a parent.  I won't be able to stand at the bottom of the slide and encourage her to go down all by herself forever...and I know she's only 4...but man, these past 4 years have gone so fast!

April brought Easter, Swimming AND Gymnastics, Lucy's first haircut by someone besides me, a trip to Virginia to celebrate Jason's very prestigious induction into the VA Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, a trip to the ocean, 3 nights in a hotel (with Grandpa and Grandma to boot!), and a trip to Colonial Williamsburg as well two nights sleeping at her Virginia cousins' house AND a trip to her GI doc and many walks to the park!  No wonder it took me a few extra days to post an update!!

As for the GI doctor, he is very pleased with her progress and doesn't think she needs any maintenance drugs for any acidity in her system or to keep her "regular."  He basically said if he sees us 2x a year - once for a dilation and once because she's sick and her system needs some help to get kick started - consider ourselves lucky - for all the trauma her system has been through, it has healed itself remarkably well!

Here are some highlights from our April:

Easter at Grandma and Grandpa's

She won't be able to hold her for long!!

VERY brave to climb up by herself and go down this slide at Como playground - there were a TON of kids!