Things have been crazy here! Norah had her first birthday! Hard to believe she's a year old now!
Mia had her first day of preschool and loves it. Its the perfect fit for her with only 11 kids and I get to go in and help out twice a month which is fun for me (except when I'm on swing duty... I get tired pushing all the kids on the swings!)
I left the kids for the first time ever for more than one night! John had a business trip to NYC so I took a redeye and flew out to join him. We got to stay in a nice midtown hotel courtesy of his firm where one day I slept in, watched movies, shopped and visited my favorite NYC bakeries while he worked. Then at night we played and we had two days to hit some museums we'd missed when we lived there. It was glorious! I was only there for 3 days, but wow... it was fantastic. I was gone long enough to miss the kids... which was a nice feeling because sometimes I wonder if I'd miss them...haha. And I think they might have even missed me... although not very much because they stayed with my aunt who they just loved making cookies with and watching movies with.
We went to a jazz set at Dizzy's which is one of our favorite NYC things to do. And then another night we saw West Side Story on Broadway which was great! Its one of those shows where every song I get excited because I'm thinking "Oooo I love this song!"
Then when we got back from NYC two of my sisters in law drove in from Utah with their kiddos and played with us for a week... so I got to meet one of my nieces for the first time. We had a blast. More pics to come, but here is one all the girlies in their matching PJ's... thanks aunt Katie! I don't know why the boys aren't in the pic! There were 7 kiddos between with the 3 of us with the oldest being 4. Mia had a ball playing with her cousin Ally that is her age. We love cousins and we miss you all!
Then when we got back from NYC two of my sisters in law drove in from Utah with their kiddos and played with us for a week... so I got to meet one of my nieces for the first time. We had a blast. More pics to come, but here is one all the girlies in their matching PJ's... thanks aunt Katie! I don't know why the boys aren't in the pic! There were 7 kiddos between with the 3 of us with the oldest being 4. Mia had a ball playing with her cousin Ally that is her age. We love cousins and we miss you all!
3 comments:
Wow, I can't believe she's a year old either! (have I mentioned that I love the name Norah...?)
Looks like you had fun in NYC...and I think it's healthy to have the opportunity to miss your kids once in awhile! :)
Your girls truly are adorable! How fun to go back to NYC and be able to know where you are going and know exactly what you wanna do. Chad and I can't wait until we are able to go back and visit. We miss so many things!
Holy smokes!!! Norah has grown up so much since I left! I miss you guys!!!! Such fun things! Those girlies are all so cute!!
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