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.