Finishing The Race: Visiting Great Grandma Mary

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Visiting Great Grandma Mary

As some of you may already know, Hugh's grandma (Mary) broke her hip a few weeks back and has had a hard time recovering after the surgery to repair it. We decided to go and visit her (and a large part of Hugh's family) last week, knowing that our plans to see her at a wedding in Florida later in June were not going to happen (due to her hip surgery). We are so glad we went! She really enjoyed meeting Enoch, and we were glad that we got to spend some time with this sweet lady. :)

Hugh flew into Fargo on Tuesday to help his mom with the 5 hr drive she was facing to get to the town where Great Grandma Mary is. So when we decided on late Wednesday night that Enoch and I would meet up with them the next day, I was a little apprehensive about flying by myself with our 8 month old. God was so sovereign over the details though, and there were no hiccups or stressful moments on our way to N Dakota. :)

This is how Enoch and I made it through the airport solo..

We piled all of our stuff (diaper bag, carry-on bag, and carseat) onto the stroller and I carried him in the Ergo baby carrier. And God was merciful in making our connecting gate only a few gates away from where we landed in the Minneapolis airport.. as Hugh would've said, that was clutch!! :)

Here are a few snapshots from our trip, though I wish I would've taken more!! We were able to stay with two sets of Hugh's Aunts and Uncles, and they were both so hospitable to us! They fed us delicious food, took Hugh to shoot trap and Enoch to the zoo, and even gave up their beds for us to have a room where we could comfortably sleep with our little man. I'm not sure if the term "southern hospitality" applies since they are all abiding in the north, but I don't think it can get much more hospitable than what we experienced. :) (more photos of Enoch's first trip to the zoo coming soon)