NYC

So for the first time ever, Brad and I took a real vacation alone(well sort of). Brad surprised me with a trip to NYC to celebrate our 6 year anniversary and graduation, with our good friends Tom and Ashley. It was so fun to go back to the big apple, I love it there. I love the food, subway, shopping, landmarks, there is much to do there and it is so exciting to be there and feel all the energy that it has. We had so much fun staying out all night and eating tons of yummy food. We got to NYC in the afternoon and decided to explore the area around the hotel, we walked through the fashion district and to Madison Square Garden, then met up with Tom and Ashley.

We started our trip at our favorite wing place, Dallas BBQ. After filling our bellies we hit up a musical on Broadway, and had a yummy frozen hot chocolate and the best sundae ever at Serendipty 3. The next morning brad and I slept in and walked to Times Square to see if we could get rush tickets to West Side Story,. . . we didn't get picked but we did make a few friends. Then we headed to soho and canal street.

After a few souvenir pick-ups we met up with Tom and Ashley for the best pizza in NYC at Lombardi's, so yummy and then the best cheesecake and rice pudding. I think that all we did the whole weekend was eat, I am surprised we all fit in our seats for the plane ride home. After walking through little italy and chinatown, we decided to do some site seeing. We went to Grand Central Station, the Empire State building to see the city all lit up at night. It was sooo windy up there, but it was super cool to see all the lights and major landmarks. Then we headed to Rockafeller center to go ice skating. the line was pretty long and the rink was super tiny, so we just watched this funny old man skate around like he was in the Olympics. It was awesome.

Next was the most romantic horse drawn carriage through central park which lasted 15 minutes, the biggest rip off ever. And of course after that we were hungry for dinner at 11 oclock at night, so we went to the pop burger lounge. On our way home, we searched all of time square for the best dessert, but were dissapointed with our Roxy pick ups.

The next day it was super cold and rainy, we went to the Natural History Museum, Katz Deli (Best Pastrami Reuben EVER!), Dounut planet, West Side Story, Jay Z's 4040 club and a stop for a slice of dollar pizza on the way back to our room. We partied all weekend long and still had things to fit in before we headed home, so we woke up super early on monday morning and went up town to Tom's dinner, where they used the sign for Seinfeld, A walk through central park, the candy bar, The corner of Broadway and 52nd street and my accessory store that I had been dying to go to, and Bryant Park. Of course we managed to score some dollar pizza for the limo ride to the airport. Thanks to my Hubby for the awesome trip, it was fun to be a grown up all weekend long and to not have to share him with his other love of his life "Olivia." And to Tom and Ashley, thanks for the party, I can't wait for the next one.

Olivia Turns TWO

I am such a bad mom, but I am going to make up for it....


I can't believe it has been 2 years since we have had this cutie in our lives. Poor Olivia was super sick the whole week of her birthday. It started with the flu, pink eye and an ear infection. So there was no friend birthday party, but we did have a cousins birthday party before the sickness started. Olivia is totally into Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty, so we of course had to have a princess cake. She had a lovely time, hopefully we'll have a friend birthday party in the summer, when no one is sick and far away from the holidays.