Open House Sundays

We are moving to the Upper East Side so on Sundays our apt has been having open house. During this time we have to be out of the apartment from 1:00-2:30.  Normally this would not be too hard except we have a dog and Brian works a crazy schedule.  The first Sunday, thank goodness, it was beautiful outside and we took Foster for a long afternoon in Central Park. But since we thought this may not be the case every Sunday and our new apt. does not allow dogs over 40 lbs. and he really is not a city dog, so Foster is going to live in MD with his grandparents.  They are thrilled to have him but we miss him already.  We know that Foster does not like to be alone a lot and he loves to run around in the woods and swim in the bay so this is the best thing for him. Now it will actually be a lot easier for us to leave the city and just take the train to go and see him. Foster also had to get a seat belt because he keeps trying to jump into the front seat when he is in the car and then he gets his body stuck half way between the seat.  He hated the seat belt and thought the fuzzy padding was a toy to eat but it did the job.

This Sunday's open house was a struggle for Brian and good thing Foster was not here because it was raining. Brian was on call on Saturday and had just gotten home Sunday morning at 10:30 am after working a 27 hour shift.  So he slept for two hours then had to get up for open house.  We went to Starbucks and Brian swears that there is crack in their coffee because he went from half dead to wired.  Hopefully this Sunday will be better and our apt will be rented so we can move.

Rock climbing in the park

This is Foster's favorite toy that he has to bring to bed every night.

Happy Belated Valentine's Day

I am sending this happy belated V-Day message in hopes of redeeming myself from being away from my blog for so long, so lots of love to everyone.  We have been busy here in NYC but nothing that interesting has come up to blog about. I don't have little ones to post pictures of everyday and Brian is probably tired of me taking pictures of every little thing we do just so I will have something to blog about. So that is why I took a break for a while, but we did do something fun of Valentine's Day.  We went to the Met to look at a special exhibit of Art and Love in Renaissance Italy. We also stopped by to look at the Van Gogh and Monet paintings. Then it was home sweet home with two tubs of ice cream. Nothing says I love you like Eddy's and Ben & Jerry's. 

Mama Mexico

Tonight we went to this awesome Mexican restaurant that Brian suggested called Mama Mexico It had the most delicious guacamole that they make at your table side.  The food was so good and the decor was crazy fun.  They also had a 3 man roving mariachi band. We really wanted to take a picture of them but we were not sure if you were supposed to tip them, so I acted like I was taking a picture of Brian to get them in the background. I guess I was not too sneaky as you can see from the next couple of pictures. This is a definite repeat restaurant. Good pick Brian.

Snowy, Snowy Day

We are having a wonderful snowy day in New York today.  By tonight we could accumulate up to 7".  Central Park is so beautiful when the snow first falls and when we were out today we took a few pictures for you to enjoy.  Then we went to the spot where everyone wants to go on a snow day, Pinkberry.  We were the only ones there, but it is such a refreshing treat.  On the way to the subway home the wind was blowing in our face and it was snowing so hard that Brian jokingly said I wish I had my ski goggles.  Sure enough when we got on the subway someone had on ski goggles we could not stop laughing the whole way home.

Here come the Dinosaurs, Marching, Marching...

While Megan and Lonnie were here on New Year's Day we went to the American Museum of Natural History. Nobody had ever been there before except me so I was the tour guide (and only got us lost 3 or 4 times).  It really is one of the best museums in NYC, after MOMA it's my fave. We only live a short 10 min walk away so whoever comes to visit us should definitely plan on going.  The only downside was that a lot of the exhibits are lit in very dim light so all the pictures I tried to take didn't really turn out except at the dino exhibit.  Even adults feel like little kids when you see how amazing the dinosaurs are at the museum.

T-Rex

The Gardner's Come for a Visit

Last week Megan and Lonnie came for a visit to ring in the new year in New York City.  We had a lot of fun hanging out, shopping, eating, and site seeing.  I was lucky and had the whole week off except for New Year's Eve; Brian came with me to babysit and Megan and Lonnie went to the My Morning Jacket concert at Madison Square Gardens.  I am sad to see them leave but hopefully they will come back soon.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

I have been away from the blog for a while because we went home for the holidays and I am just now getting back into the normal swing of things.  We had an awesome time in Louisville with our family and friends.  I am just going to post a bunch of pictures from the highlights of the week. Enjoy...

Our Christmas Tree is bigger than yours!

A night on the town for Brian's work holiday party

Christmas at the Durst's house with the Fowlers

Quality time with Caleb and Madalyn since we never get to see them

Cookie Party Extravaganza!

Opening presents on Christmas morning.

And on Christmas Night

Christmas Kisses (The best present Brian got:)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!