nicu reunion

This weekend we went to the annual NICU reunion at IMC. We missed the reunion last year so we were excited to go and visit with other NICU graduates and remember how far Lucy has come. IMC did an amazing job on the reunion - so many fun activities for the kids and Toy Story themed. There were over 600 people so it was kind of crazy but Lucy got her passport and visited all of the rooms and activities. This is Lucy at the nurse station room standing next to an isolette - where she lived for her first two months of life. When we first walked by the room I had to catch my breath. Isolettes, heart monitors, oxygen and all of the other equipment found in the NICU was on display so the kids could see what helped them when they were born. Once we went in though it was interesting to watch Lucy take everything in. She was cautiously curious.

We explained how this was her bed and we'd visit her and do her cares and then when we'd leave we'd put her blanket over the isolette to let her sleep. I told her she had her cute dragonfly quilt - not a hospital issued sheet. I think that pleased her.

They had scales and various items to show how much their weight equaled. Blake and I found a one pound bag of dry beans and an apple to make her birth weight.

Fishing for prizes.

Bo Peep from Toy Story - Lucy was so excited and we spent a good chunk of time hunting her down. Meanwhile Blake was complaining, "we'll be in Disneyland in two months!"

Hello scrooge, this girl stops for any and all characters.

And I do mean any characters.

A fun reunion and a very happy one too!

It's good to remember and look back but also nice to go home and snuggle and see how far we've all come.