5 Year Anniversary

David and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary on July 11th!  It's been a wonderful 5 years, but this year has been by far the most exciting year yet!  We celebrated with dinner at Decoy in the West Village. http://www.decoynyc.com/  I was a little nervous about taking Elizabeth, but David insisted.  I am going to be an annoying parent and brag about my child for a minute.  She was PERFECT.  The restaurant is tiny, they have one long communal table in the middle, and a teeny tiny 2 person table by the door.  We were able to get the two person table, but there was no room for  a high chair, so we had to take turns holding Elizabeth.  She hung out and smiled the entire time, in fact, at the end of the dinner, more than one person came over to us to compliment us on how adorable and well behaved Elizabeth was the entire time (and yes, I do realize I probably just jinxed myself by typing that and she will never be that good again when we go out to eat;)). 

We had the pastrami spring rolls and stuffed peppers for appetizers, then the duck and rice for our entrée.  We also had very good, but VERY strong, cocktails.  The food and atmosphere were excellent.

And go figure, we forgot to get a picture of the two of us together on our anniversary...

11 Months and First 4th of July

Elizabeth's 11 month birthday was also the same day as her first 4th of July!!!!  We had plans to meet friends at Liberty State Park for a festival, but we headed out and the rain started coming down, so we turned around and spent the day inside.  I continued on with my annual tradition of watching the hot dog eating contest in Coney Island on tv (I'm classy like that).  The fireworks were at Liberty State Park this year, which meant all we had to do was step foot outside the back door of our building.  Since Elizabeth was asleep, David volunteered to stay inside, so I headed outside solo.

 Elizabeth got her 4th of July outfit when she went shopping with her nanny and granddad.

Here are some 11 month highlights:
~Elizabeth officially took her first step!!  She is still wobbly, but is starting to walk more and more.
~She is still lacking in the hair department but excelling in the teeth department with 8 teeth.
~While Elizabeth is eating more, she still prefers carbs, give the girl bread or a cracker and it's like she hasn't eaten in months! - oh and loves her cookies and teddy grahams
~Still LOVING the water and bath time!!
~Elizabeth is talking all the time, when we take walks she goes on and on and on and on......
~She is waving hello and goodbye and can actually say "hi" and "byebye" (goodbye)
~NEVER STOPS!!  Unless she is sleeping, our girl is on the move all.the.time.
~David can make Elizabeth giggle like no one else can
~Still taking two naps a day (in fact, we are at the 3 hour mark right now for an afternoon nap, which is why I can get this typed;))
Generally, Elizabeth is super easy going.  She goes with the flow and is usually up for anything. 

Grandparent Visit!!

David's parents came to visit for two weeks in June. We had a wonderful time, and it was so nice to for Elizabeth to spend so much time with her nanny and granddad.  I also enjoyed two weeks of  vacation from changing diapers, giving baths, and feeding!  While we had fun in the city, we also worked hard at home.  Thankfully they were here to help us with our move - although I am not sure if they saw it that way;)  (granted it was only 2 floors away, it was still a MAJOR pain!!).  We can't thank them enough for all their help!!

During the visit we went to the 9/11 museum, which was very well done, but emotionally exhausting.   David and I took advantage of having the grandparents here and went out to dinner a few nights.  As usual, we did lots of walking around NYC and my in-laws saw a show on Broadway. We all went to the Biergarten nearby on the day before they left, and also enjoyed drinks at Surf City during the visit.  The weather was nice, not too hot or humid, and we didn't have much rain.  We had two weeks of great food and LOTS of wine.  Elizabeth LOVED the attention and we were all sad to see them go home. 

Unfortunately I didn't take many pictures during the visit, but here are a few.