First of all, sorry for being a blog slacker these last few weeks we I have been WAY busy preparing for one of my best friend's wedding in New York City... yes New York. KK and I have known each other since we were just 6 and 8 months old and a few years ago, Adam (from Jersey) walked into her life! On one of their trips to NYC he popped the question in the middle of Central Park and it was at that point KK decided that's where they would tie the knot. Far far away.... 1554.58 miles away to be exact! As you already know, I have no problem packing up and heading out on my own little vacation here and there, leaving Bret at home with the babies. This time though, Bret went with me. It was our first time leaving the babies several days in a row. Special thanks to Anna, Mason & everyone else who helped watch our babies, feed them, change their raunchy diapers, drag them to church and so on while we were away!
We left before dawn Friday morning and got back Sunday afternoon. It was a quick trip but enjoyable. It would have been nice to stay a tad longer but we couldn't bare to be away from our sweet babies that long! Although NYC was great for a few nights I have no desire to live there anytime soon! I am for sure a southern girl... NYC was a whole new world to me and made Dallas look like nothing. The lights at night were beautiful, there were pizza places on every corner, the streets were CROWDED & I'm pretty sure there are more taxi cabs than regular cars in the city! I asked Bret when we landed "So, what do we do from here? Do we just wave our arm around off the curb and a taxi will show up... ya know like you see in the movies?" The moment I got a glimpse out the window at the airport I needed sunglasses from the glow of the lined up cabs!
Just the girls enjoying a true "night out on the town"!
The night lights were amazing, I could have taken pics all night!
The girls at M&M World... SUCH a coooooooooool place! 3 stories of nothing but M&M apparal, accessories & gadgets galore!
The wedding day itself was stress free and relaxing. After sleeping in we all got up, ordered some hot greasy pizza and got dolled up before a limo picked us up and took us to Central Park where the ceremony would be held. Below: KK, her lil sister Kacy & I
KK Heather & Kacy 1990
Kacy KK & Heather 2010
Congratulations KK! I love you and am so happy for you! A bigger congratulations to Adam.... you got a good one man, take care of her ;)
A grin from Miss B
We stopped at the cafeteria to feed and change all of the babies and quickly became the main attraction. This is typically what happens on any outing, unfortunately. The grocery store, the doctor's office, or a simple walk around the neighborhood often results in a crowd of people with questions to ask and cameras in hand. Every once in a while we have someone who will ask if they can take a picture of the babies, but most of the time (like in this case) people just bust out their cameras like we are another exhibit at the zoo. If I only have a way to charge a nickel per picture...
When Brody grew out of his last helmet we questioned whether or not to do another. His head surely needed it, but the question was is his head still moldable enough for the helmet to help. We thought the helmet could only help and it was (thank God) covered 100% by insurance so we went for it - helmet number 5. Just weeks after he got the new band we went on our vacation to Kentucky. While there we spent A LOT of time outside in the blistering heat therefore Brody didn't wear the DOC band. Once we got home we put it on him and within minutes he had figured out how to take the dang thing off. After many attempts at making him wear it we came to the conclusion that it was time to throw in the towel... Brody's DOC days were over.
and a view from the top!
