The Big Apple

It's been a week since we returned from our trip to New York and so I thought it was time to post some pictures. We had so much fun! We missed Jack terribly but enjoyed some much needed "grown up time"! The only thing I can think about since I came home is when I get to go back! I loved it!

Cool Buildings

Empire State Building

Beautiful church. I almost felt like I was in Europe!

This building for Scientology was right in the middle of Rockefeller center. Strange...

Statue in Central Park

Strong man!

View from our room. We loved our hotel...great location!

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Central Park

Magnolia trees...Oh how I loves these trees! Beautiful!

The park was so beautiful I wish we could have spent more time and taken more pictures...next time!

Night Life

Dan and Mike being silly!

We had so much fun going out at night. The restaurants were amazing (especially our friend Ryan's!), we had good company, and a lot of laughing!

My hubby and me.

More laughing!

Time Square/Broadway

We were able to see one show called "Spring Awaking". I was so amazed at the talent. I have been to several off Broadway shows in SLC and L.A. but nothing compared to the real deal...AMAZING!!! I wish we could have seen more!

Dan and I posing in front of Radio City

Being silly!

The center of Time Square


Mercat
One of Dan's friends from high school is the chef for an amazing restaurant in the East Village called Mercat. It is Spanish food (as in Spain) and it is some of the best food I have ever had. We did a menu tasting and it was so much fun. We felt very special and important ;)

Me and Dan. We had so much fun going out on a date. It doesn't happen often enough. We also celebrated Dan's B-day while we were there...Happy b-day honey!

Dan and Patrick (Patrick went to Cornell with Dan and now lives in the city.) It was fun for Dan to catch up on old times.

Ryan...the chef. Thanks for an amazing experience!

Mike and I. Mike kept me company while Dan was reminiscing about his college days. Thanks Mike.

More sight seeing and shopping

Grand central station.

The ice rinks at Rockefeller Center

Still Alive and Kicking!

Warning very long post ahead...proceed with caution!

I am a HUGE slacker and thank you everyone who let me know just how big of a slacker I am! I have been so bad a taking pictures lately and even worse about wanting to post them. Here are some very random pictures that we have taken during our little break from blogging.

PLAY TIME!
Jack has learned the joys of playing with his toys which makes for a messy basement but a very happy child.

Blurry but funny!

SAY CHEESE!
Jack has a beautiful new smile that he flashes every time I whip out the camera.

POOR BABY :(
Jack had been battling a cold/ear infection for the past few weeks. I took him to the doctor and they put him on an antibiotics. After realizing that the ear infection was not gone they put him on another. Once again the new antibiotic did not work, lovely. So they decided to pull out their big guns and give Jack a very strong dose of antibiotics which is given in the form of a shot. Side not: I do not recommend this form of antibiotics! It is very painful and not worth it in my opinion!
The shot really upset Jack;s stomach and he ended up with the worse diaper rash! Ouch! Here is a picture of me trying to let his poor little bum air out. Thank goodness he is all better!

SPRING HAS SPRUNG!
If only the weather would cooperate! I love seeing the flowers bloom and going on walks with Jack but I sink into a depression every time the temperature drops. Sun please come and stay for a while, oh how we miss you!

These are right outside our house. i love to look at them!

RANDOM
Here are some random pictures that Dan took of Jack. He loves his bottle still as you can see (a little habit i am not looking foward to breaking!)

Oh no! I am in trouble...already trying to get into moms wallet!

OTHER NEWS

Jack is so fun right now and learning new things every day. Like how to climb out of his crib, or how to climb up on the stool and then on the counter, or how to wiggle his way out of his high chair even when he is strapped in, and opening the gate that is suppose to be child proof...just to name a few. YIKES I am in for it!

I finally got a gym membership and it has awesome day care so I can finally get in shape. YEAH!!

Dan's brother Alex got his mission call to Berlin, Germany. Congrats Al we are so proud and excited! We can't wait to come visit!

Dan and I are going to New York this weekend and Jack is staying home with a very trusted friend. We are so excited to go but I am sure we will miss Jack very much!

Balancing Act

Here is Jack's new trick! He has the best balance! It is really so funny to see him do this because you look at it and think there is no way and then he stands and he is so proud of himself and I am sitting there shocked that he could do it. The picture is poor quality because I snapped it with my phone but I'm just glad I caught it! Maybe he will be a gymnast...he almost has his somersaults down! :)

Jack standing on top of his play lion.

Before and After

I finally did it! I cut my little boys hair. It was a more emotional then I thought it would be. I am sure I was driving the girl who cut his hair crazy! I was so stressed about her cutting it too short (which she did!). Considering he was a squirmy one I decided it turned out alright, but I will let you be the judge.

The before

Way too long!!!

Scary...is that wolverine?

The back. I could seriously pull it back in a ponytail...poor thing!

The After

Look at that handsome face...you can finally see it again!

Side profile. I am so glad that the mowhawk is back!

It really is amazing what a hair cut can do.

The back...no more pony tails!

As a quick side not. Jack is always in his high chair when I take pictures of him because it is the only place where I can contain him. He is also in a onsie because I was feeding him lunch and believe me he can ruin clothes faster then I can wash them!

The Hair Cut

Jack was in heaven they had this cool fire truck to sit in and had Little Einsteins playing on TV.

He did pretty good. He was really squirmy but only because he wanted to play with the fire truck...who can blame the kid!?!

I don't really know where this face came from but it's pretty funny!

All done! They gave him a balloon and he was stoked! He cried when we left. Hair cuts should not be this fun!

Farmington

Jack and I just got back from a 2 week trip to Farmington. I will just start by saying that 2 weeks is WAY too long for a 1 year old but we survived and will take some really awesome memories with us.

We loved hanging out with Gram and Peeps, we wish that we could see them more. I could tell that Jack got really close to both of them. My mom help me sooo much while I was there and I honestly would not have made it if she wasn't so great!

I loved spending time with two of my favorite girls, my nieces Chloe and Ellie. They are such cool girls and always fun to be with. I really bonded with both of them because I got to spend some time with each of them alone. I LOVE THEM!

Leah my sister got married on March 8th and it was so beautiful! I am so excited for her and this new chapter of her life. She moved into a beautiful house and I loved helping her put it together! She did such an awesome job, it looks amazing!

Paul like always was so much fun to be around! He had Jack laughing like I have never heard him laugh before.

I got to spend a lot of time with my long time best friend Lyndsie. I normally have so much family stuff going on that I barely get to see her but because I was there for soooo long I got to hang out with her quit a bit. She is always fun to be with and she is great comic relief!

So besides Jack getting ALL 4 molars, me getting zero sleep, both of us getting sick, stress, and Dan not making it down for the wedding...we had a great time! We love and miss you all!!!

Two reasons why we love Grams house. It is sooo comfy and cozy and we get to bond with family!

Forts and clean up!

Paul is the most fun uncle around! The girls go crazy when he is there and they had been bugging him all day to make a fort. While most people would have just thrown a blanket over a chair and called it good, Paul went the extra mile and engineered a massive fort.

Making sure it is stable and strong.

A view from the inside.

The finished product.

Jack loved to help gram swifter her floors. He would follow her all throughout the house as long as he could hold on to the swifter. I am hoping that this desire to clean continues as he gets older!!!

Look at that shaggy hair. This trip has made me decided to give in and cut his hair. His dad does not agree but i can't handle his wild hair anymore!

Berg Park

One of my favorite places in Farmington is Berg Park. It really is a river walk with really cool trails and bridges that go across the river. It was so warm one day we decided to take the kids out to get some much needed vitamin D. Jack walked the WHOLE way. If we tried to pick him up he squirmed until you let him back down. He loves being outside and he loved walking with Peeps and Gram.

Doing what boys do best.

Walking with Peeps and Grams. Can you see the walking stick? Jack loved to hold it while they walked.

Jack and Peeps really bonded this trip!

And Grams might be his favorite person now!

We had a little picnic. I love spring days like this!

Chloe and Ellie are little monkeys! They were having so much fun running around and feeding the ducks!

I LOVE THESE GIRLS!!!

We saw this kid riding on a tractor bike and I thought it was so funny! Jack was seriously checking out this kids ride! He told us he was a sheriff and caught bad guys! Funny!

I wish so badly that I lived closer to all of my family. It makes me sad when I see Jack get so close to them and then I have to leave! This day will go down in the books as a great memory...thanks guys!