We took a vacation over Memorial Day to visit John's family and friends in Albany, New York. We had a great time. The trip started out with us getting up at 4:30am to leave for the airport by 5am. Note to self: Early flight = Bad for Abby. Everything was fine until we got on the airplane. Abby is independent and usually doesn't like to be held when she wants to play or go to sleep. She has been awake this whole time so after 3 hours of awake time she's getting kind of cranky because mom is holding her on the airplane. Luckily the seat behind us was empty so John went and sat there while Abby played on the seat next to me and eventually fell asleep. Then we had a 4 hour layover in Chicago (hence the city in the title). We may as well have gone sight seeing for all the time we spent in Chicago. Again Note to Self: Don't do Layovers with babies/children. So finally we get to New York. Yea!!! Sunday we went to the Farm to see John's Grandparents. New York is so beautiful in the spring. It was fun just driving out there and seeing all the trees so green. We also had dinner with the Stevenson's and Abby got smothered by the adoring children. Luckily she is so good natured that she just took everything in stride! Monday we went to a Stake Picnic and had the opportunity to see a lot of friends, John went golfing with the guys and later in the day we went Wakeboarding with the new In-Laws (thank you Doug). John golfed another time during the week and played basketball with the men. Abby got to meet John's friends from high school and other influential people in his life. Here are some pictures of family with Abby.
Aunt Jenny with her Niece Abby.
Grandpa playing with Abby
Grandma getting all snuggly with Abby.
Our 5 Year Anniversary was on Friday, May 29th. We had the opportunity to get away and go to Boston just the two of us (thanks to Grandma and Grandpa). We had a wonderful time and I only called to check on Abby once! We stayed in the Renaissance Marriott on Congress Street and here was the view from our room.
We had a bay view (that's the Boston Trade Center with all the flags). We walked the Freedom Trail, John loves History, and learned so much about the Revolution and the history of the United States. Then we went to the Boston Childrens Museum. It is only $1 on Fridays from 5-9pm so we took a look and can't wait to bring our children there in the future. Then we got all gussied up and went out to dinner at Bricco's. I had some fantastic Gnocchi which I would recommend if anyone goes there. The next morning we headed back to Albany where Mike and Tina had such a great time with Abby that they decided they wouldn't mind having another child! We left Sunday morning and headed home to Austin. Once again, Abby didn't like being held or the 3 hour layover in Chicago but there was nothing we could do about that. Overall we had a great trip and can't wait to see our New York Family and Friends again! Come visit!
2 comments:
Super! Glad you had a great trip and lots of bonding with family!
Fun. Looks like you were able to get a lot in while you were there. How nice that you and John were able to also get away for a little trip alone. Traveling with kids adds a whole new element to traveling, huh? Also, does Abby have some red in her hair? The pictures make it look like she does.
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