Mr & Mrs

Zach and Monica got married on Saturday!

We flew out last Wednesday evening, hoping that evening flights would mean a sleeping Ophelia.  Ha.  She was absolutely amazing, though, reading books, looking out the window and playing with us for the longest leg of the trip to Ohio.  Then we were delayed in Chicago for hours and didn't get to mom's until 4:15 Thursday morning.  And Ophelia didn't feel like sleeping for more than a couple hours.  Not a good start to vacation.

The wedding activities went well, though we were exhausted.  We were busy running around Cleveland, but the rehearsal was good and the wedding itself was beautiful.  Zach and Monica planned a very nice ceremony and very fun, festive reception.  Everyone had a fantastic time.  And Ophelia was the life of the party.  She was the only kiddo there so she had the run of the reception- literally.  We got tired of chasing her and just let her run around since everyone knew who she belonged to.  She was amazing and spent the evening making friends with all the adults.  Not once did she flip out or worry about anything.  She ran around, danced, ate cake and talked to everyone. 

Once we got back to mom's house we got a little more sleep.  And then on Monday afternoon Ophelia was playing with uncle Rob... we ended up in the emergency room for 3 hours.  Six x-rays later, Phee's diagnosis was nursemaid's elbow and a sprained shoulder.  The kid was a trooper through the whole thing.  She got a teeny tiny little arm sling to wear and if possible, it made her 47 times cuter than normal.  See.

The moral of the story- don't lift a kid up by their arms/wrists/hands.  It doesn't always work out.

Tuesday morning she woke up ouchy and complaining about her arm.  After a nap, she apparently forgot that it hurt because she spent the rest of the day playing as usual, carrying big toys around, climbing, holding herself up and generally being a silly kid.  I guess the sprain wasn't as bad as she made out on Monday.  Works for me.  Though the sling really was adorable.

(Also, we didn't take a single photo the entire weekend.  We're at the mercy of family members who did.  All I have is this cell phone pic Doug took.  I'll post wedding pics whenever I get some.)