Boy oh Boy!!! What a trip! After our trip to Florida, we needed a nice vacation, where everything could maybe go according to planned, and I can't complain, it was a great trip with my husband!!
My dad and his girlfriend came out to watch Bailey for the week. BLESS THEIR HEARTS! I'm very glad they were able to do it together so they had support. Even my dad said that if Wynona weren't there, he would have been frusterated.
Leaving Bailey wasn't as hard as it was during the Vegas trip. We said goodnight to her the night before. She kept waking up all night, I think she sensed that we were leaving. Then we woke up early on May 13th, and headed to the airport. For our luck, we got a message saying our flight was delayed an hour. Well, we only had an hour lay over!!! So, we got into Washington 4 minutes after our connecting flight was suppose to leave. You would THINK they would wait a few mins to not make 6 people miss their flight. So we had high hopes! We ran out of our terminal and directly across the hall was our flight. The door was still open, so I take off running across the hall and then see the dang lady grab the door. I yelled...."WAIT!" She turned and looked at me and shut the door! OOOOooh....I was pissed! We missed our freaking flight!
Not a big deal, BUT....my bestest friend Kristy was waiting for us in NYC for hours already, 8 1/2 months pregnant, and now we would be 4 more hours, oh and it was her BIRTHDAY!!! Ugh. But she was a trooper and took a nap in the car and waited.
We got to her house late that night. Her kids were still awake and they had made her birthday cards and we got the hang out with them for a bit!
Saturday we woke up and went to watch Tanner, Kristy's boy, play tee-ball! It made Kyle and I so excited for when our kids are old enough to play and we can coach their teams.
Tanner was a trooper while playing in the rain!
After the game, we packed up and headed from NJ, to NYC! We were SOO excited. Our frist stop was Time Square. We needed some lunch so we went to a famous sandwich shop in Times Square. We sat down and a Rueben sandwich was $26!!!! We snuck out of there QUICK! We ended up finding a street festival, which was amazing. Lots of yummy, fried food for great prices.
Kristy and Jeremy had never been to one either, so it was a great hit!
After the festival we met up with Kyle's nephew. He served an LDS mission in New York and he had a free ticket, we told him to come out with us and he could help show us around. We met up at Central park and did a little strolling through.
Central Park!! South entrance.
It was so amazing that across the street you are in the city, then you walk into the park, and it is calm, and beautiful greenery! Amazing! All we could think of while there was Enchanted! lol
I thought this sign was pretty funny....Really, I can't stand here?
Next stop was FAO Shwartz! Amazing toy and candy store. I miss Kristy so much! We used to have so much fun together growing up and being college roommates! She was such a champ, being so pregnant and hanging with us!
We def had to play on the BIG piano! Kinda cool, won't lie!
My friend from High school, Kelli, also got into New York the same time as us for work! We met up with her at FAO and she hung with us. Our trip for two, eneded up as 6 by the end of the day, it was so fun tho!
Our next stop was Ground Zero! Kelli and I discovered on our walk there, that her and I were together in the same Math class, Mrs. Rice, on Sept. 11, 2001. So here we are, going to the actuall ground, 10 years later. Pretty cool! In my mind, there was going to be more to look at and see.
This is the Fire Station directly across from Ground Zero!
On the side wall was a whole memorium for all the firefighters that gave their lives, to protect and save other! The atmosphere was quiet, and somber. It was crazy to sit and think about what happened that day.
This is the whole side of the building, pretty amazing!
Across the street is now a construction zone, where they are building bigger and better buildings. Kyle tried to go look and he got yelled at! So besides the wall, there wasn't anything to look at! Kinda bummed.
We headed back and hit China Town and Lil Italy. It must have been a weird time of year because it was NOTHING like the movies. There were not a lot of people and not much going on. We ended in Times Square again and said our goodbyes to Jeremy and Kristy! They were so amazing to drive us into the city and hang out with us all day. I really do miss them!
That night we went with Ricky to a family members house in Queens. We had our luggage and walked through Queens for a good 20 minutes. A little different experience. I was a lil nervous, it was late, and not the best of places to be. Nobody messed with us, and it all worked out!! The family was nice for letting us stay there last minute!
We headed in the next day and did the rest of things tourists do!
The weather started turning yucky! Rainy, hazy, misty, cloudy! We couldn't even see the top of the Empire State Building! lol
Maddison Square Garden was to our Right.
This was Rockafeller Square, I was getting bored of boring pictures! haha, everybody was looking at me weird!
This picture was taken to remember the struggles of the Subway! We had bought a $20 pass, well, with lack of experience, we used that in a matter of 3 mins b/c we didn't know how to scan it the right way! We ended up buying the unlimited! Highly recommended!
We found the BEST pizza shop down a lil street! 2 slices of pizza, and a drink for $5.00. The pizza was amazing, I don't know why, it was just plain cheese, but MmmMmm....so good! The secret is to sprinkly Garlic powder over top!
Then we tried to go buy tickets to Wicked! The only ones left were $300. Yea right! We decided to go to STOMP instead! It was amazing. It was off Broadway but I kinda liked that it was in a small, ghetto theater. We thoroughly enjoyed the show for only $40.
No, I am not taking a dump.....lol, I was inspired after the show and started doing my own STOMP on the sidewalk. I didn't get any tips, so I had to stop! haha
That night, Kyle, Ricky, Kelli, and I went to the Red Sox vs Yankee game in New Yankee Stadium! The stadium was amazing and beauitful. It was even a better time because the Red Sox swept the Yankees!
It was EVEN better because.......we saw the camera crew come up to the top deck where we were. Kelli and I ran over and started showing our dance moves!!!! Don't worry....
Yep!!!! That's me...oh wait, and Kelli is in the pink sweatshirt, I blocked her face the whole time, on accident of course. lol. That is US...on Yankee stadium Jumbo-Tron!! We were so proud of ourselves :)
Yankee Hall of Fame Wall, pretty cool!
Next day.....we headed out to Ellis Island on the Ferry. This day was even crappier weather. We couldn't barely see the Statue of Liberty, but it was still fun!
After Ellis Island, we headed to Coney Island!!! This place was deserted. We were on the Subway with a bunch of Ghetto High Schoolers. lol. We had fun anyways. Our first stop was The World famous Nathans!
This meal that you're looking at.....Yep, over 2,000 Calories! MmmMmm...still trying to work it off ;) But you can't go to Coney Island and NOT get a Coney dog!
Carnival was closed due to weather.
So we headed out to the beach and created our OWN fun! lol. Since we were the only ones there, we acted like FOOLS!
This is how misty it was, sorry, kinda creepy, but funny!!
After Coney Island, we headed back to the City and strolled Central Park a little better!
Something about it, is Romantic!!
This night, we wanted to go to the Mets game. We didn't have tickets and we were 2 hours late. We decided to try it anyways! We found a single ticket scalper standing on the stairs. He wanted like $40/ticket, we ended up paying $15/ticket thanks to my great negatiating skills. They were AWESOME seats and allowed us into all the Clubs/Bars in the ball park...too bad we don't drink!
The haze was crazy this night. It would roll in, then roll out!
So Kyle, Ricky and I were sitting in our row just minding our own business, then.....The camera crew came up to our level!! OMG.....I could get on the Jumbotron in the Mets stadium TOO!!! Why not?
Well, I had been cold and had to get resourceful, I had an extra pair of white socks in my backpack that I was using as mittens. I was talking on the phone with my sister when the Camera man saw me dancing like a Foo! lol. I started screaming and going crazy......Yep, that's me AGAIN, on the Jumbotron :)
Picture is a little blurry but Kyle was laughing so hard at me that he couldn't get a good picture!
We got home real late that night due to our Subway route not existing. We got our experience in a New York Cab, but it was unmarked! I thought we were climbing into our Death Cab, lol!
We survived New York despite all the things people were telling me. Even staying in the ghetto, no one bothered us!!
This was our sleeping arrangement for 3 nights. This bed was a single, so I ususally was cuddling with that white wall. This was NOT a bedroom, it was actually in the kitchen as a dining room! So awesome, but HEY...it was FREE!!!! lol
Next stop....BOSTON!!!
We got into town, went straight to our hotel and dropped bags off, then walked across the street to Fenway Park!!
We took a tour of the park on Day 1. It had been drizzling all day and we had tickets to the game that night. We were saying our prayers that we would be able to see the Red Sox play that night.
This is our pouty faces when they announced that the game had been post-poned!!
We ended up just walking around the area and went to a grocery store to pick up some ice cream and cookies. We had a nice evening indoors ;)
Day 2: We found the Freedom Trail and started walking! This is me in front of Paul Revere's House. Funny thing was, I didn't even know this was it. We ended up going back to see it because I missed it the first time. lol
We did get a game in on the night of Day 2. It ended up pouring down rain during the game so it was delayed, but not cancelled...thank goodness :)
We got to sneak down to the field while they were trying to dry up the field!
Big Papi (David Ortiz) threw his batting gloves to this kid after the game. We were all waiting out by their cars after the game bc they just park on the street. We helped this kid get them signed by Ortiz by screaming and actin like a fool.
Day 3 we did more of the Freedom Trail, the USS Constitution, and Quincy Market. We had a great time in Boston. It is such a Beautiful place!
We were running to buy souveniors for everyone back at home before our plane took off. This was our last sidewalk we walked down. It was the end of the road for our vacation. Isn't it perrrrtyy?
Thanks honey for the wonderful trip!
Many more thanks to my dad and Wynona for taking care of my wonderful daughter so that this was all possible!!
Bailey and I spent tons of time out in the back yard this summer. I would lay out while she drove her Barbi Jeep. I would "water" the lawn while she took cool downs by running through! Good times! I also bought her a used kitchenette and she would cook me lunch while lounging in my lawn chair. 
With Summer days, comes dirty children. Bailey loves her bubble baths until it's time to get out!
