Baby Shower!

I had such a nice time at my baby shower on Sunday.  The shower was down in Virginia at a clubhouse on the golf course where my brother-n-law works.  All the hard work and planning that went into my baby shower meant so much to me, and I am so thankful to all my family and friends who came to celebrate.  David was going to come down with me, but he had to fly to Orlando for work on Sunday, so unfortunately he didn't make an appearance.  The theme of my shower was "bees" and the colors were yellow and grey, since we don't know the sex of the baby.  There were about 25 people there, and I am so touched that so many people made the trip to come!

My friend from New York drove down with me Saturday morning.  We spent Saturday hanging out at Kara's house, and then Sunday was the shower!

 

 

My dad came in for a minute to say hello, then left - can't imagine why he wouldn't want to spend time with so many women;)

 

Thank you to Nancy for getting this one of all the college friends together!!

 

 

 

We had more pictures, but unfortunately many of them turned out blurry:(  It was such a nice time, and our place is slowly being overtaken by baby stuff!  Yesterday was 29 weeks, it's hard to believe there are only 11 weeks left! 

Spring!!

I realized I am doing a horrible job blogging.  I haven't blogged at all since we have gotten back from our trip to the United Kingdom.  I need to go through all my pictures from that trip and do a blog post about it, I just haven't gotten around to it yet!  Meanwhile, the weather here has been sunny and beautiful.  Here is what we have been up to lately.

We have been taking long walks around NYC (which I told David will have to come to end soon or become much shorter...6 mile walks are a bit much for me now!).  A few weeks ago on Saturday, we ate at a restaurant called Mission Chinese.  It is pretty well known, and the first location was in California.  It is not traditional Chinese food, but it was excellent.  Here is what we had, I know it looks kind of gross in the picture, but it was really good food.  We had the beer brined Sichuan Pickles, Kung Pao Pastrami, and the Egg Egg Noodles.  http://missionchinesefood.com/ny/

I have also been busy hanging out with friends here in Jersey City.  I think some of the husbands are starting to catch on that maybe we are spending too much money while they are at work;)

 

Last week my friend had us over for Wine Wednesday (or in my case Water Wednesday;)).  Her view of NYC is amazing!  The tall building on the left is the new Freedom Tower.

 

Two weekends ago we went for a walk along the Highline (an old elevated railroad track converted into a public park).  We have been there numerous times, but it is such a nice break from the traffic and streets of the city.

 

After our looonnnggg walk, we went to one of our favorite restaurants on the

 Upper East Side called Peking Duck House. 

On the way home, we had to stop at David's office for him to print some stuff out for work.  He is not this messy, it's actually not his workspace.  Because they are out of the office at clients so often, they don't have permanent desks, they "reserve" them while they are in the office.

 

 

Last week David had to go to a client in Princeton.  I decided to tag along and explore more of New Jersey.  This area of Jersey is VERY nice (now I understand where a lot of the tax money goes, since we are living in the highest real estate taxed state in the country!).  I had a nice day walking around the campus of Princeton and shopping.

 

 

 



 On Saturday across the Brooklyn Bridge and we went to the Transportation Museum in Brooklyn, it was a lot of fun!  It is in an old Subway Station.

We had lunch at a pizza place in Brooklyn called Krescendo, it was excellent!

On the way home, there was someone who climbed up to the top of one of the arches of the Brooklyn Bridge to jump.  The police shut down the bridge when we were not even 5 minutes from Manhattan, so we sat and waited for an hour until they opened it back up.  The police were eventually able to get the guy down.

 

I just realized this post includes a lot of food - I think David has learned that in order for me to take such long walks, I require good food:)  He also surprised me with roses on Tuesday when he came home from work!  This Thursday I will be 28 weeks pregnant!  What is even crazier is that as of last Wednesday we had only 3 months until the due date- I can't wait!!!

 



I miss the sunshine!!

I am so over this weather, I think it might send me into a depression!  It makes it worse to see the weather in Atlanta....60 degrees this weekend!!  I can only handle so much snow, wind, and rain!  So, today I have decided to protest the weather (in the dumbest way possible) by not wearing a coat, only a sweater. 

Despite the weather, we have been going for lots of walks.  Here are some pictures of the 9-11 memorial in Jersey City right where we live, across from WTC.

       These are actual pieces from the Tower.  The tallest tower in the back is the new Freedom tower.

We finally got around to registering our car in New Jersey.  One might think I would be used to it by now, but it still made me sad when we took off our GA plates and put on the NJ ones.  AND, to make matters worse, NJ requires a front license plate, so I had to say goodbye to my VT plate that David bought me years ago:(

I have been up to the same old stuff, tutoring at the elementary school in NYC and going to lunch with other friends that don't work during the day.  I also started volunteering a block away from our house with a kindergarten class here in Jersey.  I need to be careful not to over commit myself, two days a week where I have to be somewhere at a certain time is about all I can handle right now;)  Tax season for David is still in full swing. 

We had our 20 week sonogram last Thursday, the baby was moving around so much the tech left the room at one point for a few minutes while the baby switched positions. It was adorable, we saw the baby trying to do a flip.  We held out, we don't know if the baby is a boy or girl.  If David wasn't so insistent on not finding out, I probably would have given in!
David took this picture of the screen, I think it is slightly better quality than the printed pictures they gave us.

 

We still haven't decided on names. So, we decided we will each come up with our top 10 girls and top 10 boys names and then compare lists.  We aren't keeping the names a secret, we just need to come up with one of each! 

This past Saturday we went to see Spiderman on Broadway with David's friend and his girlfriend.  I forgot to take a picture outside!!!!  Anyway, it was actually better than I thought, except for the ONE HOUR SET MALFUNCTION!!  That really threw the entire feeling of the show off, and I felt badly for all the kids in the audience, 4 hours in a seat is a long time!

Lately

David is still working insane hours and usually 7 days/week...I can't wait until tax season is over!!!
A few weeks ago my friend Liann and I walked across the Brooklyn Bridge, had lunch in Dumbo (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass), and then walked back.  Which by the way, I never realized NYC had so many acronyms.  Luckily David, for whatever reason, knows them all so I don't have to look them up.  We had a great time, and it was much better walking across the bridge this time of year than it was in July when David and I did before.  Unfortunately, the sun wasn't out, so most of my pictures didn't turn out very well.

 

Two weekends ago, David and I took a long walk around New York.  Thanks to modern technology, we were able to Skype David's parents and show them parts of the city.

 



Back in February, I helped Liann move.  As a thank you, we went to get our nails done last week, and she treated me. It was the first time I have ever had gel.  I LOVE THEM!!  It takes a while, about two hours, but they dry immediately and last about 3 weeks.  However, I do not love the price, so I am not sure it is something I will keep up or not (of course David says no way, but every time we are out and someone compliments them, I try to convince him they are worth it;)). 

 

Friday of last week I met my parents in Philadelphia for the day.  We went to the English garden show and had a great time!  Some of the flower arrangements and little English gardens were beautiful!  My dad took a ton of pictures, so I was lazy and didn't, but this is the only picture he has sent me.

Over the weekend, it started to warm up a bit.  I met David after work on Sunday and we went to an awesome Italian restaurant.  I was just so excited the sun was finally out!

 

Tuesday we went to the doctor, the appointment went well!  The doctor said I am doing "stellar" and that my weight gain is perfect (5 pounds total so far).  Now that there is finally a bump, the pictures are worth posting on here.  Yes, there is wine in the picture....since I can't drink it, I like to at least look at it ;)

Yesterday was SUCH a nice day.  I took a long walk with a friend and it was so nice.  Today it is FREEZING again :(  Spring can't come soon enough!