NYC Vacation

My favorite place is New York. I have been six times and can't get enough. We went this past month to visit my best friend from college and just hang out. We had such a good trip and Lainey did SO well.

Here is the story of this trip: We randomly stumbled upon the flagship American Girl Place -- the American Girl store, in other words. It's amazing. Four stories of babies and accessories. So, we decided to go in. We had our hearts set to buy lainey a new American Girl doll so we strolled up to the fourth floor where the Bitty Babies are to pick out a new one. Well, as soon as we got up there, she found "her" baby. She has the Bitty Baby with blue eyes and light brown hair. So she proceeded to grab "her" baby off the shelf and play with the stroller they had set out. In all of this, I realized I stupidly left her Bitty Baby at the apartment where we were staying. We decided to get an outfit and the stroller and in the process, went to take the doll she had claimed away from her....and that's when it happened. My child, for the first time ever, threw herself on the ground in a fit of desperation.
Here is what I try to explain to B...She was not crying because she wanted us to buy her anything. She was perfectly content with "her" baby and didn't care to even get a new toy. She was heartbroken, and it was gut wrenching to watch, because she had to leave "her" baby with the store clerk. For the first time ever, we carried her out of the store kicking and screaming "No, my baby, my baby! Please, my baby, daddy, please!"

It was one of the saddest things I've seen. How do you eplain to a 19 month old that that wasn't "her" baby. It looked the same and even had on the same clothes. It was horrible!

So, as of course I would, we went back to the apartment and I called American Girl, made a reservation for lunch and we went back the next day, this time, with her baby, named Chloe, in hand. We had an amazing time! We shopped, had lunch, and dressed the Lainey to match her Bitty Baby. It was a perfect day and exactly the experience I had hoped she would have. She loves her baby, stroller and new pup, Coconut.

Here is Lainey and Bitty Baby Chloe after lunch, ready to hit the NYC streets!

The rest of our trip was pretty relaxing, and we took Chloe with us everywhere we went, just in case.

 

This is on the ferris wheel in Toys R Us. She couldn't take her eyes off the sights long enough to get a picture but she LOVED it.

Trying to enjoy the cab ride! This was about 3 minutes before our cab drive flipped off a cop and we got pulled over. We got a free cab ride in exchange for his "aggressive behavior in the presence of a baby".

We figured she was on vacation, too. Doughnuts and chocolate milk for breakfast!

Another highlight, the Naked Cowboy. My kid liked him waaay too much. Waaaaay too much!

Let's Travel!

Many of you know B and I are taking a trip to Charleston, SC in March for our fourth wedding anniversary, followed by a trip to Costa Rica in July. 

We are SO excited, I can hardly stand it! My mind is beginning to rest easy at the thought of Costa Rica since I've looked into the places we are staying. Highly rated resorts do a lot to make this girl feel safe! 

However, anytime I'm preparing for a big vacation, I always get the urge to just travel! So, I thought I'd share a few other places I'd love to visit.

I realize Iceland is a strange one but I randomly saw a commercial for Iceland and have been obsessed with it ever since. No clue why. I honestly know nothing about the place other than it looks beautiful!

So, if you could visit anywhere, where would you go?

I'm baaack...and guess who remembered her camera?!?

We had a great time in San Diego but we are so happy to be home! There's definitely no place like it. San Diego was a great place for vacation and we really did it up vacation style. We had absolutely no plans other than a wedding on Saturday! It was lovely.

I have several pics that I want to share with you all so I will break my trip down into a few posts.

My absolute favorite thing about San Diego was visiting La Jolla and seeing the sea lions. Friends, these animals are so ugly that they just might be the cutest things I've ever seen.

My hormones may have been a little out of whack because seeing the sea lions in their natural habitat had me nearly sobbing. It was such an amazing thing to see.

As you can see, Baby Curbow is growing and giving me a belly and chubby face. But, I'll take it. As long as the baby holds on tight and doesn't go anywhere!

I've missed you all and cannot wait to catch up on what's been going on in your lives!

California Dreaming

As I mentioned in a previous post, we have cancelled our trip to Europe but still really wanted to do something vaca wise before the baby makes *its* grand arrival in October. I have a friend of mine getting married at the end of the month in Temecula so B and I will be heading to California for a week! I'm so excited...We leave in just a few weeks and I'm so thrilled.

Luckily for me, I don't have to worry about loosing weight to get into my bathing suit this summer! Unluckily for me, I do have to worry about if I will look pregnant or just chubby by this point. This week, I've actually lost 2 pounds so I'm really hoping for pregnant...I'm trying to avoid the chubster look as much as possible!

We don't have too much planned, other than beach time and the wedding but here are a few things I DO want to see while there::

This is La Jolla, it's near San Diego and I really want to visit. I'm not sure if it's a beach or a cove but I've heard great things about it.

I also really want to see these guys! For some reason, when I think San Diego, this is what I imagine.

B wants to surf while we are there so I plan to lay on the beach, under an umbrella of coarse, with a good book!

So, has anyone been to the area? What are some your favorite places/things to do?