Luke and New York

In late October, we were able to go to New Jersey/New York for Oticon Medical's advocacy leadership conference.  Oticon is the maker of the hearing aid Justin wears.  We've been graciously invited to attend the conference the past few years and always have a great time learning more about the company, new products, their vision, etc.

When Luke was diagnosed, we made a pact to do things and go places that we would've taken Luke to.  New York was one of those places.  Eventually we wanted to take him and show him the city and all the exciting things it had to offer.  His trip came a little earlier than planned :)

He did great on the flight.  No crying, no tantrums.  Ha!  Kidding :)  I was a little nervous to fly being pregnant and all.  Would I get sick?  Would the nausea show it's ugly face?  I was fine and was so thankful!

Oticon took the whole group into NYC for dinner and a show.  At first we didn't know what we would be doing; it was a secret.  We ended up going to dinner at a really neat place called The Library at the Public.  The food was fantastic!  When we pulled up to the restaurant, we noticed there was a theatre across the street and Blue Man Group was performing there.  Hmmm, could that be the show we're going to?!  It sure was!  After dinner, we all walked across the street to see Blue Man Group!  Neither Justin or I had ever seen the show, so we were very excited!  It did not disappoint.  It was so much fun!  It was very loud with a lot of drums, so I'm sure Luke could hear it :)  After the show, we took a picture outside the theatre.  We wanted to document us being there as a family of 3.  It was bittersweet knowing that we won't be able to walk the streets of New York with Luke, but he was there with us.  And I'm sure he liked it just as much as we do :)