Early Christmas Morning in New York

Santa came early this year to New York City and he usually does. Brian and I have started our own tradition of doing an early Christmas Morning because we usually go to Louisville for Christmas but we like to exchange our gifts to each other at home. So on Sunday morning we opened our stockings and I made French toast and we listened to Christmas music while we opened presents. Brian liked his presents so much he wanted to wear them all at the same time. You can kind of see our tree off to the side but I didn’t really take any pictures of our decorations this year so I’ll have to do an after Christmas décor post because we are off to Louisville now for the holidays. We hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and you will hear from us in the new year.

Peter Lugers

We decided to continue the good food and good company streak on Sunday night and eat dinner at another famous New York restaurant, Peter Luger Steak House. I must say I have never seen or ordered a steak this big before. It was the best steak Brian and I have ever had. It was has been around since 1887 and it's been famous for over 100 years. I has won for the past 24 years New York's #1 steak house.

Night Out With The Tebbe's

On Saturday Night the Nelson and Diana treated Brian and me to an amazing dinner, well it was really a dining experience, at Del Posto. Del Posto is one of Mario Batali’s famous New York restaurants and I now know why. It is the first Italian restaurant since 1974 to earn four stars from the New York Times restaurant reviews. The atmosphere was beautiful and the company was even better. We never get to go out with them because I am usually watching the kids whenever they go out so this was an especially enjoyable evening. Thank you Tebbe’s for such a nice night out.

Brian's Holiday Party

Friday night was Brian’s work holiday party and we had a great time, but I didn’t get that many pictures of the night, oh well.

Aunt Marianne Visits

Yeah Brian came home from Baltimore and there is only one week until we go to Louisville for Christmas vacation, life is good. We also had a visit from my Aunt Marianne this weekend and had a great time going out with them. It was fun seeing Stephen, Sylvia, Elaina, Marianne and her new fiancé Mike. We had a great night of Margaritas, Mexican food and later a comedy show. It was great to see them so soon again after spending Thanksgiving with them too, what a nice treat.

Window Shopping

The weekend after Thanksgiving Brian’s mom came to New York to do some holiday sightseeing and a little shopping. We had such a great time going all around the city. We started off at the Columbus Circle Holiday Market then headed to Grand Central Station to have lunch and shop at the market there. The markets are so great in New York because everything is so unique and beautiful; they are one of my favorite things about New York at this time of year. Then we headed to 5^th Avenue and looked at all the holiday window displays. I took lots of pictures but they didn’t turn out great because it wasn’t quite dark out yet. Hopefully I still captured the grandeur of the beautiful window displays for you to see in the pictures. Finally we ended up at Rockefeller Center to take a peek at the big tree this year. On Sunday morning before Pat left we went to eat breakfast at Alice’s Tea Cup. It is such a cute little tea house and you may have seen it featured in People Magazine because celebs like to take their children there. I would recommend it to anyone visiting the city especially if you like tea or if you have a little princess to bring along. We had a great such a fun time and it helped me miss Brian a little less.

Louisville Trip Part 2

On Thanksgiving night my mom and decided not to sleep because we didn't think we would ever wake up to shopping so we headed out at 3am to hit the stores. This is the first time we have ever gone super early morning shopping on Black Friday and it was a interesting experience, but I don't think I will ever do that again. On the plus side we did get all the door buster sales we were after and we enjoyed watching all the crazy shoppers. I was also able to catch up with several of my friends and some of their little ones. I can't wait to see everyone again in a short 2 weeks.

Hayden and Madalyn are so sweet good little kids. I loved cuddling with Hayden he would just climb right up in my lap and sit there. Madalyn is so smart and she speaks so well, I remember when she was so little and now she's such a big girl.

It was great to go out with all my girl friends and catch up.

Thanksgiving Louisville Trip

I had a wonderful time in Louisville last week. My mom was shocked that I was there and it was so much fun to surprise her. It was great to see all my family and friends and I can't wait to see everyone again in three weeks.

Thanksgiving Family Photo Time

Late Night Karaoke

Look at how big and cute Jude is.

He is very sweet and I miss seeing this little guy grow so much.

Happy Thanksgiving

We would like to wish all of our friends and family a very Happy Thanksgiving. I have been extra home sick lately with Brian gone so I decided to go to Louisville for the holiday. I'm so excited because my mom had no idea I'm coming and it's going to be such a great surprise. This is the first Thanksgiving in seven years that Brian and I have been apart, but at least we will each be with our immediate families. I hope everyone else has a blessed Thanksgiving.

Schulz Update

So Brian is still in Baltimore and we haven't seen much of each other. We spent about 6 hours together in three weeks and he still won't be back for two more weeks. But I'm glad it's almost over. There hasn't been much to blog about lately but I am super excited for the holiday season, it's for sure our favorite time of the year for many reasons. Shopping, decorating, holiday music, parties, cookies, friends, family, snow, and let's not forget presents. My tree has been up for two weeks so I am definitely ready for December. We actually have a very busy December so I'm sure there will be many exciting posts with pics this month.

Where is Brian?

In Baltimore. Yep Brian left last week to go to Baltimore for a two month trauma rotation. Despite Brian being gone, this week went by very fast and he came back this weekend because he was off. But he already had to leave again today and won't be back for two weeks. We had a great weekend and enjoyed being outside in the beautiful fall weather. On Sunday we were able to meet up with Jon and Lucy for brunch because they were in town for a work conference. It was a short visit (36 hours) but it was great to see them and have brunch together. Unfortunately we didn't take any pics so I don't have anything to post but we had a great weekend.

Fall Fun and Pumpkin Pick'n

I love this time of year when all the leaves start to change. Autumn is by far the best season for several reasons, I'll list a few of my fave:

Pumpkins: Picking, Painting, Pies, Carving, Decorations

Apple Cider: Cold or Hot or mixed with a little sparkling water

Beautiful Fall Foliage

The 60-70 degree weather

Football, Chili & Beer

My Birthday

Thanksgiving and Black Friday

And the start of the Christmas Season

And there are many more reasons to love this time of year. Really do you think any other season could beat Fall?

We have been enjoying it so far and here are a few pictures of our Fall Fun.

On a hay ride to go pumpkin picking

Looking for the best one

Yeah found it!

Brian, future Sports Medicine Surgeon, in action

Here he is covering a local High School Football game for work

At an attending's 70th Birthday Party in Westchester, NY

Sorry it's been so long

I've been away from the Blog for a few weeks because our lives have been busy busy as a bee. Nothing much new to report here but we have been working a lot. Between work, the gym, dinner, showering and sleeping we can barely get to bed by 11pm, and then in my few spare hours on the weekend I really don't feel like blogging. But I'm back and I promise to keep ya'll up to date as we enter this holiday season and my favorite time of year. Just catching up on a few old posts that never came to fruition, here are the rest of the pics from my parents visit that I never got around to posting.

One day we enjoyed a relaxing day at the beach

Last beach day of the season Brian wanted to make sure his hair was fierce

We really did have beautiful weather while they were here, enjoying a day at the Boat House

The last night we went to a nice dinner and celebrated my upcoming birthday.

We had so much fun and I hope they both come back soon and I hope we didn't make my Dad walk too much :)