Happy Birthday, Joy!

New York...New York!

I thought with the upcoming vacation season approaching now was the perfect time to post about one of my favorite cities…you guessed it…New York!!! I love going to the Big Apple! It doesn’t matter what season it is…I love it! I thought it would be fun to post some of my favorite restaurants, shops, and things to do while in New York. If you have any favorites please feel free to share!

Shopping:
H & M
Macy’s
Bloomingdale’s
Century 21
Street Fairs - Amazing purses and jewelry at great prices!
China Town - Great purses!!!
Hershey Chocolate Factory Store
Toys R Us - They have a Ferris wheel inside! We had some fun times here!
FAO Schwarz

Restaurants:
John’s Pizzeria - We go every time we are in NYC!
Mars 2112 - Very interesting atmosphere!
Morton’s - The best steak ever…quiet expensive!
Fat Witch Bakery - This is in Chelsea…they have the best brownies in the world!
Lots of great restaurants in Chelsea…this is where the Food Network studios are located.

Things to do:
Broadway - I highly recommend WICKED! Tarzan is Stan’s fave!
NBC Studio Tour - This is so much fun!!! We’ve done it twice!
Central Park Tour - Carriage pulled by bicycles! Ask for Darrell!
Dinner Cruise - This goes around the harbor…you get up close to Lady Liberty!
The Subway - Best form of transportation as long as you know where to get off and you don’t swipe your Metro card too many times!

Katie's Suggestion:
Mariella’s Pizza

Tara's Suggestion:
Yankee Game!

Courtney's Suggestions (she's a real New Yorker):

Lombardis Pizza

Magnolia Bakery (Best cupcakes EVER!)

ABC Carpet & Home

Barney’s & Bergdorf’s (browse & people watch...she saw SJP there)

Calle Ocho (incredible Brazillian food and it’s sooo cool)

Soho (’cause you always find something new & fun)

Here are some pictures from our last trip with Stacey (Stan's sis) and David!

Fun Times with Girlfriends and Babies!

This past weekend I took a little road trip to Nashville to visit with some of my best buds and their babies! I hadn’t seen Tara and little Connor in 2 weeks and just had to go for a visit! Tara and I had such a fun time hanging out and playing with sweet Connor. On Friday, Carrie and Hayden came to Tara’s for the afternoon and a trip to the mall! We had such a fun time! The boys were so cute meeting each other for the very first time! I must say when it comes time for me to have babies I’m going to be one informed gal thanks to Tara and Carrie! On Saturday, Tara and I went out shopping for a cute Easter outfit for Connor since the one that Tara had for him was too summery for our Dogwood Winter conditions! It was such an awesome weekend and I feel so blessed to have such amazing girlfriends! Here are a few pictures from the fun weekend (some are duplicates from Tara’s blog)…

Basket Babies!

With this being the Easter weekend I just had to post these precious pictures…

Chloe Wilson

Connor Thompson

Happy Birthday, Nathan and Mason!

Happy 4th Birthday, Nathan and Mason!

Fourth Birthday Party!

This past weekend Stan and I traveled to Birmingham to celebrate Nathan and Mason’s 4th Birthday! Their actual birthday isn’t until Wednesday but the big shin-dig was this past weekend! We had such a blast! It was so much fun helping Stacey with some of the pre-party preparations…spray painting eggs! Stacey definitely throws amazing birthday parties! There was an Easter (and…Spiderman/Superman) theme…egg hunt, egg dying (thanks, Paula!), sack race, and even a visit from the Easter Bunny (great job, Kristina!)! Here are some of the pictures from the big event…

Shower Fun!

On Saturday, March 24th Casey and I had a shower for Lacy at the Methodist Church in Rockwood. We had such a fun time visiting with all of our Rockwood friends and family. Lacy got some amazing gifts! Those of you that weren’t able to make it…we really missed you!!! Lori, we hope you had a great weekend with your sister…we missed you! Tara, we had such a fun time hanging out with you and Connor…he is such a sweet baby! And, I am definitely going to press on with this arranged marriage for him and Kiley!