My lil man

Most days it's just the two of us-think we are getting along pretty well! With only a little adjustment-the concrete bathrooms and tons of dogs everywhere, a new dog walker, not having a dad to play ball with. Ok, so maybe a few adjustments! Here are some kid pics...

Hoping to start doggie daycare in a week. This will be amazing for Jackson, as most of you know, he is a crazy man around other dogs. His dog walker says he does just fine in a pack of 5 or 6, and he seems to think the barking thing will go away in a couple months. If he can spend all day at day care with up to 40 other dogs in what looks like a racquetball court, we will have made big strides!!

This is his favorite place to hang out, my desk. This is where we spend most of our home work time!! It has been interesting to me how much I thought I knew about a very small subject (the hand), and how truly little I did know. And, more than anything, how many hours I spend adding to my base. The learning up here is unreal. Neat to be surrounded with people who are constant learners and want to share all their knowledge!

The Mets

So our whirlwind weekend was a blast. We ate way too much, drank a bit, enjoyed each other and got back to who we are as a couple and much more. A few pics to highlight our weekend

The sightseeing was kept at bay, we went downtown and found a really neat open market (http://www.newamsterdammarket.org/); saw the memorial for the twin towers, saw the statue of liberty, the vietnam memorial, wall street, a tribute to my step dad-people painting in the open air (pleining) and probably one of my favorite sculptures-it was originally made to represent peace and noted to be indestructible. It looks like this now as it was involved in 9/11. Pretty profound

My favorite weekend to date!!

Exactly one month after we parted, he came back!! Not without drama though. B decided to work on Friday, so we planned for him to leave Houston in the afternoon and be in NYC by 9pm. All day I was literally dancing on air in anticipation. I hear his voice, "I'm getting on the plane" and all is right with the world-so I thought. About two hours into the first leg of his trip I get a phone call from the plane saying his flight from Baltimore to NYC was cancelled. Honestly, this could not be worse-he has never been here, has basically 48 hrs here, and he is not excited about the travel time as it is...Luckily, my mom saves the day and we book him a bus ride here. It adds an hour to the trip, but he gets here. Words (this blog) cannot come close to the emotions I had seeing his face and touching him again. He makes my hear melt! Think J likes him too-here's a pic of my two boys, the motion in J's tail says it all! He loves his dad!

The only pic I have of my mom

To all who know, these two are besties...I don't even need to describe this pic-but know that this is a twin bed and he weighs a cool 90lbs!

Also, notice the bed next to them-it's a queen, guess this was more fun!

Broadway

One of my best treats thus far was having my mom in town. To add to that, one of best friends from college had a trip to NYC planned at the same time. I set up a little dinner (tapas) for us at Stanton Social and then a night on the town watching my friend perform in her off-broadway show. This night was so special in so many ways, truly the perfect reflection of great friends, great family, great time! Here is a pic of Becky and I that night! Hope you can see the joy in my face.

Words do not begin to describe my friend Emily's talent. If you are here, you should make time to go see this show. It is an hour and half of pure entertainment. Not too mention, the beautiful blonde above was called out, had to get on stage and be serenaded! After the show, people kept asking if she was a plant-she was so natural. 

My Anniversary

Guess they say the first year of marriage is the hardest?? If this is the case, I am blessed. I married my best friends, my partner, my soulmate, my rock-my list goes on and on. This year has been one of, if not, the best year of my life. Due to the circumstances, we had to celebrate our first anniversary apart. We had a nice dinner together before we parted, so on the day of-I sure didn't expect anything. My amazing B sent me these. The funny part was, I was still living in my hotel-and the ladies at the front desk were planning on keeping these as their own! I had to go ask them for them! Amazing...

Mom's Weekend

This was my first weekend in NYC with a guest. Guess I should start by saying my dog came by way of a great family friend at the beginning of the week. I moved into my permanent house, the day the three of them arrived. I have a gorgeous apt here, but had no furniture or supplies. I borrowed toilet paper from the hotel I was living in, ran to bed, bath and beyond (literally two blocks away) bought a air mattress and basic supplies and grabbed a cab home. Only to realize, I didn't even have water to offer them. I ran back out to the deli around the corner-water, hummus and fruit. We were set! The friends stayed two days and overlapped with my mom's arrival. I cannot begin to explain how fun it was to have and see my mom. I made dinner reservations at ABC Kitchen, it was amazing food-but, even better-it was amazing time alone without distractions with my mom. Something that rarely happened at home!! We had plans to get my apt furnished/livable and sightsee and eat/drink and enjoy. We accomplished all!! The only negative of the entire weekend was that I took my mom to a local furniture store, but didn't know I was taking her through the projects. I honestly thought she was heading home after this little adventure. Luckily, we were very blessed and did not get into any trouble!