Monday, April 8, 2013

Lucy Goes to Iowa

Unfortunately we found out last week that Lucy's Great Grandma Koberg passed away.  We had planned to go visit the first weekend in May so that Lucy could meet her, but were not able to get there in time.  The weekend was very special.  Sunday was the visitation in Durant, IA which is where Grandpa Koberg grew up.  The viewing lasted several hours and it was amazing to see how many came out to visit. Her Great Grandmother was an incredible lady and many cared about her. Lucy got to meet many her Grandpa's friends from high school, family, etc.

Great Grandma Koberg had 13 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren.  Lucy was the youngest great grandchild there.  Cousins Kevin and Joy were there with their daughter Ava who is just a month older than Lucy. It was the first time we met both Joy and Ava, and it was so fun to have the little girls together!

We are sad that Great Grandma Koberg did not have a chance to meet Lucy, but thankful that we could all be together and everyone could meet Lucy.

It was a lot of travel and flying but Lucy held up well.  It was our first trip in a hotel room with Lucy. She is a bit of a noisy sleeper so we wore ear plugs, and it all worked out well :-)  Lucy got a lot less sleep than she was used to but she was such a trooper.  
 
On the plane, Lucy was crawling all over and wanting to put everything in her mouth.  So it was not a huge surprise when we found out that Lucy got pink eye on Sunday afternoon.  Thankfully cousin Clay is a doctor and he was able to call in a prescription for Lucy right away.  Within a couple hours of her showing symptoms we had a prescription in our hands.  Lucy was feeling much better by morning. Thank goodness for doctors in the family!

Below is a picture of Lucy in her first ride in the big girl stroller.  We were at the airport in Minneapolis and she seemed to really like the new ride!

Lucy taking a nap with her daddy.  You can see her eye is not feeling well :-(
 
On the flight home, Uncle Matt was able to find a seat next to us.  He was very excited to have such a cute airplane buddy.  This was Lucy's second flight and she did pretty well!