Well, Lucy's first vacay was a success! We left last Thursday for Moab and had a great little getaway. We were able to try out the new car and the new baby :) We stayed for only two nights but Lucy proved to us we could have stayed longer if we wanted. The weather was perfect for us but a tad chilly for Lucy to do much swimming. We did manage to get her in for one quick dip. In the evening we sat by the hot tub with our feet in and Lucy on our laps and she loved it! We didn't put her feet in but she was happy to be outside and listen to all of the night sounds and suck on her hand - her new passion. On Friday we went to Arches and it was beautiful. There was a lot of in and out of the car for each arch stop and Lucy figured out pretty quick she preferred being out of the car rather than in.
Lucy decided this trip she loves being a "show stopper"! EVERYWHERE we went EVERYONE was interested in Lucy. The Germans in the pool loved her and wanted to know her whole story. She smiled as Blake explained her prematurity and size to the German woman and then she relayed the story in German to her husband. After some back and forth they told us Lucy was darling - in German and then in English. At Arches people would stop us and tell us how beautiful she was and everyone loved her cute bows and jacket - she would just smile on cue and bat her eyelashes. An older couple from Michigan stopped us and asked us how old Lucy was and we proceeded to tell her story - they were so interested and sweet. The woman almost was in tears when Lucy smiled at her and she thanked us for getting to look at her! They were so thoughtful and as we got in the car the woman was still calling out "God bless you Lucy". At breakfast, in shops, at the hotel, Lucy was the show stopper!
Lucy was so great the entire trip and only had a couple of freak-outs but those were our fault because she got off of her schedule. Blake and I are so excited for our trips in the future with Lucy. We realized how everything is new and different when you are experiencing it with a child and we also realized we might have to be more social with European strangers who want a look at the bug - that's okay, we love you bug girl!
eavesdropping on Germans
first swim with dad
snuggling by the hot tub - no pig dipping for Lucy though
happy girl
waiting for breakfast at Jailhouse Cafe
our family picture, minus our daughter's face
dad and bug
Dead Horse Point
2 comments:
I am so glad to hear that it went well. Your family will have so much fun on your trips. I can't wait until you can take her to happiest place on earth (and your fav.) Well I can hear you talking to Talicia, you better come see me soon!!!! LOL.
It looks like you had a great trip and I'm so happy that Lucy was so good. It must have been the Germans!
I would love to take pictures of your Little Lucy. If that's okay with you, let's arrange a shoot. She's just too cute.
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