In case you missed it, you can you can see all of our NYC recap posts here: part one | part two | part three | part four When last we left off, I was sharing photos from our second day in NYC. This was, by far, my favorite day of the trip and this group of pictures perfectly explains why. After we tackled the Empire State Building and delivered all of our cold weather gear at the hotel, we set out on foot with a very loose agenda. We planned to visit The Vessel, The High Line, and the original Shake Shack location (we had a few other areas of town mapped out in case we had extra time), but we weren't on a schedule and had no times or tickets we had to adhere to. The Vessel is near Hudson Yards and the northern entrance to the High Line. It wasn't there the last time we were ...
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New York City Snapshots | Part 2
In case you missed it, you can you can see all of our NYC recap posts here: part one | part two | part three | part four Day two is going to have to come to you in multiple parts, because we took so many pictures. We all agreed that it was our very favorite day and that's mostly because we weren't overly scheduled. We had a few things that were time sensitive, but for the part we wandered around the city and tried our best to check things off of our list. Also, I left my camera at the hotel (because I didn't want to cart it around all day), so all of these are iPhone snaps. I might regret that one day, but the memories outweigh the photographs, so I just tried not to think about it too much. We had breakfast at Pershing Square, which is just across the street from Grand ...
New York City Snapshots | Part 1
In case you missed it, you can you can see all of our NYC recap posts here: part one | part two | part three | part four Several months ago, Josh asked me what I wanted to do for my fortieth birthday. I reminded him that we hadn't done anything big to celebrate his birthday in January and he reminded me that he hates to be the center of attention (can you say opposites attract?). I was still thinking he meant a birthday party or dinner with friends, but he surprised me on a random work day by asking if I wanted to head to NYC for the weekend. We quickly threw together some travel plans (in addition to ridiculously expensive Hamilton tickets!!) and prepared to tell the girls we were going without them. The day we were booking flights, I felt the biggest pit in my stomach about leaving ...
2019 Summer Vacation | Part Three
In case you missed it, I shared part one and part two of our summer vacation recap, earlier this week! Towards the end of our trip, I realized I didn't have any pictures of the girls inside our camper. I know that seems like such a small and silly thing, but I know we won't have this same one forever and we all love it so much, so I want to be sure we capture our time in it accurately. The kids spent so many afternoons playing cards around our table and I can't count the number of times we watched Aquamarine on DVD -- ha! This girl was so much fun to capture. She spent a fair amount of time playing and crawling around the floor, which is why we finally agreed that the carpet has to come out before next summer. Carpet and sand are not a fun combination! These are some ...
2019 Summer Vacation | Part Two
In case you missed it, I shared part one of our summer vacation recap, on the blog yesterday! Polly started getting really good at self-feeding, right about the time we left for vacation. I remembered thinking that she might never actually swallow the food we were offering, when all of a sudden, she became a voracious eater. That made our trip infinitely easier and I was able to pack all sorts of healthy snacks and meals for days on the go. Her little clip on chair was perfect for our picnic table, but I also carried to most of the restaurants we visited, and I can't tell you how many questions and compliments we got. The more days we spent on the beach, the braver our little sister got. She spent a morning playing in the sand with Sophie and they were the cutest things to ...
2019 Summer Vacation | Part One
After an accidental hiatus, I'm finally catching you up with all of our summer fun. It's hard to believe it's been two whole months since our family vacation. We joke that we spend fifty weeks a year looking forward to this trip, but it's more true than you know. This summer was especially fun, because we were introducing Polly to all of our favorite places and teaching her how to be the best beach bum she could be. I'm not even going to try and recap all of the things we did each day. Instead, I'm going to share all of my favorite photographs -- way too many -- and share a few of my favorite moments from our trip. Polly still wasn't sleeping great when we visited Gulf Shores in June. We were closing in on sleeping through the night, but she was still nursing several times on her ...
2018 Summer Vacation | Part Two
In case you missed it yesterday, check out the first part of recap here. Confession: I've never actually been crab hunting. I usually bail out of this activity, leaving my husband to torture the kids, while I read in bed. There is something about being pregnant again that has made me so much more maternal than usual. A huge part of me thinks it's completely weird, but the rest of me hopes it will stick around. I opted to tag along and we met my sister and Jennifer at the pier and the let the kids all hunt together. I have so much video footage from this excursion, that I'll need to share at some point. The kids were squealing and the daddies were running around trapping crabs with their bare hands. Jennifer and I walked very slow and Kamin kept us company. At the end ...
2018 Summer Vacation | Part One
I was looking back through some of our vacation posts from previous years and noticed a few things. The posts I loved most were those filled with random snapshots of camp life and beach days, but also those where I let the photos do most of the talking. I'm still figuring out my new camera, so these aren't the best vacation photos I've ever captured, but I got a little emotional looking back through them this morning. We had the most wonderful two weeks together and I wouldn't trade that time for anything. I had somebody ask if our extended family really liked each other that much and the truth is -- YES, we really do. I can't imagine spending fourteen days together on vacation if we weren't having the time of our lives and I can genuinely say that we really enjoy one another's company. ...