New York City

Last weekend, Brett and I went to NYC for 4 days. He had never been before and we wanted to take one more trip before baby, and since it's not really a great vacation spot with a little one, we decided to save a tropical destination for later and go to New York City! I don't think Brett was as excited before the trip as I was, but he LOVED it! We had a great time, and every minute of every day was packed with things to do and people to visit with. We really enjoyed ourselves and will always remember that trip!

 L to R: Brett, Kacy (25 1/2 weeks), Elaine, Tom, Chuck, Paige - First night, great dinner at Rare

Paige lives in NYC and is in the CRNA (nurse anesthetist) program at Columbia, and her bf Chuck lives in CT, so he came into town. Elaine and her bf Tom are in law school at Georgetown, so they also came in town for the weekend. It was SO GREAT to see everyone!!

Brett in Times Square! Crazy busy place and a little overwhelming :)

 Paige and I at Rockefeller Center 

We saw Mamma Mia on Broadway and it was so good! I was planning the trip and bought the tickets ahead of time only to realize a week later that I bought tickets for the WRONG weekend :( Of course, they were nonrefundable and nontransferable, so I was really bummed about this airhead pregnancy brain episode! However, I have a friend going to the city this weekend who was able to use the tickets, and we bought some the day of from the TKTS booth. The seats weren't as good as what I had bought before, but it was still so fun!

 

When we got out of the show, it had POURED and the rain was blowing sideways. Lots of thunder and lightening, but we still trekked (on the subways!) across town to see Paige and Columbia University.

Me and Brett in front of the original library at Columbia.

We went on to have a great dinner at Extra Virgin. No picture, it was all we could do just to get to the restaurant with our umbrellas flipped inside out :)

 The next day, Brett and I did the touristy double decker bus tour which was perfect. We both really enjoyed that day...we were able to see all parts of the city, it was sunny and beautiful, and we did a little shopping too :) The above picture is from Brett's favorite meal at the Oak Room.

On to FAO Schwartz where Brett picked out his first gifts for baby girl! He found her the softest, sweetest teddy bear, and then he spotted the puppets. Brett makes voices for everything, including our dogs :) and so I think a puppet is PERFECT for him to entertain the baby with. There was a wall full of all different sweet animals, and he chose the raccoon because it was the "most realistic." I think it may scare her, but his voice for it is hilarious :)

 Beautiful day in Central Park with LOTS of walking :)

Next night at Otto for an amazing dinner and dessert with Paige, Leanne and her husband Sebastian. Leanne and Sebastian are both attorneys in the city and are very busy, but we were finally able to get together!

The last morning, Brett and I in front of our hotel, The Mansfield, which was a perfect location right in the middle of everything! Our flight didn't leave until the afternoon, so we had a great breakfast at Sarabeths and did a little more shopping. A perfect trip all around!