New York, New York - Our Experience Began
Well, here we are. A full week back from NYC and it's time to blog about our trip. Since there are so many pictures, tonight I'll begin with Day 1! If you remember, I had been away to Orlando on business the week before. I came home late on Friday night, spent Saturday shopping and packing, and we left for the Airport at 5:00am on Sunday morning! We definitely forgot to take our "smart pills" when we booked this flight!!! Livi was a champ. Here she is in the airport as she and Daddy wait for me inside. Where is Mommy, you ask. Mommy was parking the car in East Bumble and had to haul hiney back to the ticketing counter in order to check our bags before our plane left!!! The day was already off to a great start!
Once we got boarded, we made ourselves comfy in Business Class. Priase God for sky miles and the extra room you have up front. I couldn't imagine flying coach with her! As you can see, she kept herself busy during the flight by playing with the T.V. She was a champ!!!
We arrived in NYC around 9:30am and it took us a while to figure out how to get to the hotel. That's right...the anal pre-planner in me neglected to make sure that we knew exactly how to get from the airport to the hotel. This may sound funny, but I figured it kinda worked like Marta. We'd call the hotel, ask what stop to get off on, hop on the subway, and off we go. Not that easy - but our cabbie was a hip New Yorker who filled us in on the ins and outs of the city while he drove us in his Yellow Limo to the Manhattan Club!!
Once we checked in, Olivia and Josh took naps. It was early and we were zonked from being up so early! Here is Olivia in the room after she woke up! My little thug!
We ventured out of our hotel and wandered a couple of blocks down to find and entrance to Cental Park. We were amazed at how close it was. As you can see, we bundled Olivia up from head to toe, but we neglected our gloves and hats. Back to the room for more gear!!!
Here is Olivia and Daddy on the Central Park Playground. They had a blast. Olivia loves slides and climbing so I had to pull both of them away before she got too cold!! This is so cool!!!! No really, it was actually very cool...like 25 degrees!
Off to Times Square. Again, within walking distance and completely cool. The first day was all about Olivia, so we had to hit the M&M store...even though the poor girl didn't even get to sample the yummy guys herself! It was a pretty cool store as well!
Next, off to where else but Toys R Us. They had this store in mind when they wrote that catchy jingle. If I could work in that store, I wouldnt want to grow up either! They had a Ferris Wheel inside, a 2 story Barbie House, a huge roaring Dinosaur, and of course..every toy you could ever want! As you can see, Olivia was amazed at the ride! Sorry, girly, we'll save that for another day!
Finally, we ate a Applebees for dinner. We had wanted to "eat cheap" and Josh and I both love Applebees. However, property on Times Square comes at a premium price...and so does the cuisine. We had a great view of the area, but we paid $23.99 for the exact same meal that Josh gets here for $12.99!! Whewwwww, Wendy's anyone??? BTW, even Wendy's is more expensive. They don't have a $0.99 menu. They have a $1.09 menu!!!
On our way home, what did we run into other than the Late Show with David Letterman. I almost squealed in delight. That would be the one thing, other than seeing a Broadway show, that I'd want to do the next time we go (without Olivia)! But alas, our little princess wouldnt sit still through Letterman, so I'll have to catch you next time, Dave! sniff, sniff!
Well, that's our first day in NYC. It was fun, cold, exciting, cold, tiring, and cold. Can't wait to fill you in on what happened next.
(Kudos to you if you made it all the way down here and are still reading! As exciting as our vacation was, it doesn't sound so great when I go back and read it. To our loyal readers who leave a comment - thanks guys! This Blog's for You!!!)
Once we got boarded, we made ourselves comfy in Business Class. Priase God for sky miles and the extra room you have up front. I couldn't imagine flying coach with her! As you can see, she kept herself busy during the flight by playing with the T.V. She was a champ!!!
We arrived in NYC around 9:30am and it took us a while to figure out how to get to the hotel. That's right...the anal pre-planner in me neglected to make sure that we knew exactly how to get from the airport to the hotel. This may sound funny, but I figured it kinda worked like Marta. We'd call the hotel, ask what stop to get off on, hop on the subway, and off we go. Not that easy - but our cabbie was a hip New Yorker who filled us in on the ins and outs of the city while he drove us in his Yellow Limo to the Manhattan Club!!
Once we checked in, Olivia and Josh took naps. It was early and we were zonked from being up so early! Here is Olivia in the room after she woke up! My little thug!
We ventured out of our hotel and wandered a couple of blocks down to find and entrance to Cental Park. We were amazed at how close it was. As you can see, we bundled Olivia up from head to toe, but we neglected our gloves and hats. Back to the room for more gear!!!
Here is Olivia and Daddy on the Central Park Playground. They had a blast. Olivia loves slides and climbing so I had to pull both of them away before she got too cold!! This is so cool!!!! No really, it was actually very cool...like 25 degrees!
Off to Times Square. Again, within walking distance and completely cool. The first day was all about Olivia, so we had to hit the M&M store...even though the poor girl didn't even get to sample the yummy guys herself! It was a pretty cool store as well!
Next, off to where else but Toys R Us. They had this store in mind when they wrote that catchy jingle. If I could work in that store, I wouldnt want to grow up either! They had a Ferris Wheel inside, a 2 story Barbie House, a huge roaring Dinosaur, and of course..every toy you could ever want! As you can see, Olivia was amazed at the ride! Sorry, girly, we'll save that for another day!
Finally, we ate a Applebees for dinner. We had wanted to "eat cheap" and Josh and I both love Applebees. However, property on Times Square comes at a premium price...and so does the cuisine. We had a great view of the area, but we paid $23.99 for the exact same meal that Josh gets here for $12.99!! Whewwwww, Wendy's anyone??? BTW, even Wendy's is more expensive. They don't have a $0.99 menu. They have a $1.09 menu!!!
On our way home, what did we run into other than the Late Show with David Letterman. I almost squealed in delight. That would be the one thing, other than seeing a Broadway show, that I'd want to do the next time we go (without Olivia)! But alas, our little princess wouldnt sit still through Letterman, so I'll have to catch you next time, Dave! sniff, sniff!
Well, that's our first day in NYC. It was fun, cold, exciting, cold, tiring, and cold. Can't wait to fill you in on what happened next.
(Kudos to you if you made it all the way down here and are still reading! As exciting as our vacation was, it doesn't sound so great when I go back and read it. To our loyal readers who leave a comment - thanks guys! This Blog's for You!!!)
posted by Bethany at 5:20 PM
5 Comments:
Are you kidding me??? Sounds thrilling to me! I was way into this blog. Bethie, you and Livi were styling in NYC with your hats on! I love all the pics! I still miss my Livi though. I hope that Morgan feels better soon so we can play.
Great pictures. I love the one of Olivia in Toys R Us. Looks like you had a great time.
now i really have to go!! oh, what an awesome trip that sounds like! i really enjoyed that!
Looks like ya'll had a great time! We aren't quite brave enough yet to take all three on a trip, nor are we brave enough to leave them for us to take a trip like that so New York will have to wait for us!
Looks like a great trip! I enjoyed reading and can't wait to hear about the rest of it!
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