NEW YORK, NEW YORK

Well, I turned 30 on August 29 and to celebrate Jason and I went to NYC. This was our first trip alone since we went to Maui on our honeymoon in 2002. Just to compare how much we have aged, I put a pic from us in 2002 on here too! Anyway, we had a blast. The [after] pic at the top is of us on top of the Empire State Building. It was a loonngg way down! We were there for 4 days and 3 nights and got to do so much! We did a 3 hour boat tour where we got to go past the Statue of Liberty, the Brooklyn Bridge, Yankee Stadium and more. We also did the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, FAO Schwartz, Central Park, Little Italy, Chinatown and we stayed in Times Square. I got to see one of my good friends from high school, Rachel, who lives there. She took Jason & I to a neat restaurant and out to a couple of NYC spots. It was so much fun! (pic to the right) Jason & I went to Broadway to see Wicked, which was one of the most awesome things I have ever seen! As part of Jason's birthday, we went to see a Mets game. This is their last year at Shea Stadium so it was great to finally go there! We got Cole the cutest Mets jersey with his name on the back and Ella a matching cheerleader outfit. (That is their Halloween outfits too!) My mom kept the kids while we were gone and it would be an understatement to say that Cole missed us dearly. My mom even found him sleeping in our bed one day during nap time. He told her that he needed to sleep on his mommy's pillow. Ella, as usual, was just as happy as she could be the whole time we were gone. She was happy to have us home though! It was nice to get away, but I was VERY happy to get home and see my babies.

The Beginning

Well, here I am BLOGGING finally. I don't know how much I'm going to be able to update this, but we'll see how it goes. I'm looking forward to being able to update everyone on how the kids are growing and the silly things they do! Cole is still as wild as he has always been. Just this morning he flipped off of the couch while he was "practicing his jumping". Needless to say, I didn't have much pity for him when he hurt his arm. Since Thursday is our only free day, I asked Cole what he wanted to do today. I gave him the options of going to story time at the library, playing outside or playing in the playroom at the gym while mommy exercises. Well, he chose the library. Cole has never been much of a sit still and be quiet person so I was a bit skeptical. To my surprise, he was TOO STILL AND QUIET. He wouldn't even get up and dance with the teacher...totally unlike Cole. I asked why when we left and he said that he didn't like that place or that song so he wasn't going to do it. Let's just say that we won't be going back to story time for awhile. Ella was too cute though. She kept walking up to him on the rug and putting her face right in his. Everyone got a kick out of it. She loves her big brother, sometimes too much! She is walking everywhere and is going to be quite the tomboy I think. She rips her bows out of her hair, throws her baby dolls across the room and goes straight for Cole's Handy Manny toys and tools. She starts to dance every time she hears the Handy Manny song! Cole recently started soccer and is doing pretty good. I love going to soccer "games" and can't wait for our first baseball experience in the spring!