Duluth

Ready for lunch!

As I mentioned previously, Jason, Lucy and I spent the weekend in Duluth.  Jason and I are celebrating 3 years of marriage this week so we decided to head up north for a little get-away.

The three of us had so much fun!  Lucy seemed to really enjoy herself at all of the new places we took her - the aquarium, out to eat, her cousins house and even swimming!  She is such a good car traveler - mostly she sleeps, or else she will entertain herself with her car toys or by talking softly to herself in her car seat.  Even though we can't feed her food off of a restaurant menu yet, she did great feeding herself baby food whenever we were out (although she was super messy and her spoon ended up on the floor at least 25 times per meal - gross!)  She also had so much fun hanging out with her cousins and playing with their toys.  They love her so much - it's fun to see her watch the other kiddos and see how gentle they are with her.  This weekend was a good example of why we moved back to Minnesota - we can drive 3 hours and spend the weekend with my sister and her family.  If we were still in Colorado, we wouldn't be able to do that so easily.

Such a big girl in her stroller at the aquarium

Cousins Raina, Ollie, Remy and Jackson and Barry & Jenny

And...we took her swimming at the pool in our hotel!  I was super hesitant to take her in a pool because of her feeding tube - I don't want any bacteria or anything to get in her opening. But...I taped her up with plastic wrap around her site and put her in a one piece and we took her to the pool.  She loved it!  At first she held on to Jason pretty tightly, but before long, she was smiling and splashing and really having a good time.  Another couple in the pool area with us commented on how much she liked the water and asked how often she's been in a pool - they couldn't believe that it was her first time!

Ready to go swimming!

Loving the pool!

She wasn't the best sleeper in her hotel crib and ended up sharing our kingsize bed for a good part of the night both nights we were there.  I know a plenty of families that do the family bed thing when their kids are little, but we have never been one of them, so it was different for us to have her in bed with us. Jason said he woke up at 6 this morning to Lucy patting his face and watching him sleep.  Hahaha...that cracks me up!

Even though the weather was cool and rainy most of the weekend, we overall just had a nice, chill weekend as a family.  It's so much fun for me to see Lucy and Jason play and hang out together and she seems so happy to have just the three of us together all day, every day and every night.  What a good baby! 

Playing dress-up!

Goofing around with Daddy at the sea otter exhibit

This weekend reminded me of a song I grew up singing - I have taken it for granted often but find it a good description of my thankfulness tonight..."This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it."  Psalm 118:24

So tired out after a busy couple of days - she feel asleep face down on the bed before we checked out of the hotel!