Sewing :-)

I am proud to say that while my blogging may have slacked, my sewing has been doing well! I even upgraded my present to be a full PJ set, with a personalized shirt! I am also just started a sewing class (3 sessions came free with my sewing machine purchase). Pretty soon my pants will be more porfessional looking when I learn the blind hem and all that fancy stuff! Hopefully I can make some more cute summer stuff for Juliette! Until then, here a few pics sent to my phone from Meghan and Elizabeth...

Here is a pic of Juliette's friend Harrison, modeling his Train themed pj's

and here is cousin Owen modeling his Buzz Lightyear PJ's

It's Bunny Week!

This month there are themes at daycare. This week, because of Easter, it's a bunny theme! I found a cute bunny cupcake in my cupcake cookbook and gave it a try...they turned out pretty awesome and were a big hit!

Juliette also made her first cupcake. She helped me stir the batter, and then she filled her own cupcake liner with some batter (just a few spoonfuls!), and this is how it turned out :-)

Home Sweet Home

Juliette trying out one of the cupcakes we brought home from NYC :-)Approved!

Weekend Get away at Gramma and Papa's

Here are a few of the pics we got while were were gone...there are some videos too, but they are not currently cooperating with me...

playing in her kitchen!

she took some money from papa and put it in her wallet
checking out the polar bears with gramma

and the monkeys...

and the penguins (if you look on the left, that is actually Owen...Debi and Charlie had him for the weekend too, so the grandparents took the grandkids to the zoo!)

Basically they had a super fun time and EVERYONE was tired out at the end. It was SO nice to know that Juliette was having a good time and things went so smoothly. Thanks Gramma and Papa!!!

New York, New York!!

We survived :-) It was actually really nice to have some time with Joey...a hot cup of coffee in the morning and our own nap in the afternoon. Juliette had a blast with Gramma and Papa...we got daily pictures and videos. I didn't keep track of the number of phone calls...but I think we did ok!

I will take you through the trip in pictures...which, as a side note, does anyone else have an issue with taking a pic on your camera OR phone and not having them all in the same place? it's annoying to send pics from my phone to myself and try to organize. So these are basically the ones from my camera :-)

taking her nook out to say "cheese"

this pic got us an upgraded room at the hotel!!

daddy and juliette

mamma and juliette

our first toast

burgers at 5 napkin...yum!

this is how close we were at That Championship Season (starring Keifer Sutherland, Jason Patric, Jim Gaffagin, and Christopher Noth...not too bad)

lunch HH at the London NYC (hotel where my parents stayed in February). we LOVED this...great drinks, awesome cheese plate, and super good mini grilled cheese with proscuitto)

cupcake from crumbs. we brought $70 worth home...seriously.

drink at ruby foo's

joey hates when i try to get this pic

our delicious meal

happy people

spiderman...yeah

flower show time at macy's...not like the mpls 8th floor!

YEAH!!!

they said no pics...but this was during the encore type thing at the end and other people were taking pics, what were they going to do? kick me out? billie joe is in the center...

this was called the cadillac margarita. it was amazing...

yummy pizza at john's

met up with Maggie at 2112

Joey did i tell you 2112 was a space alien themeed place?

then Maggie took us to a craft beer place

she even has a "list" at this bar...i think they tried 3 or 4 different beers

HH on the patio after our 10 miles of walking that day

finishing our dinner at Sparks

we always take a picture in this little nook

this is what happens when joey takes the pic

then he got distracted by a building

ok, decent...

view from the carriage

last night, a carriage ride through Central Park

the plaza...someday!!!

but the Dream still has my most fav hotel bed ever :-)

So, that was pretty much it. Lots of eating, drinking, and shows...we were pretty busy, but still managed to relax! And when we got home...it was like we had never left!

sad

Well, it was a good run. I have been super excited about this NYC trip...talking about it for a few months, getting deals, making reservations. I have been able to focus on all the fun and I have kept myself (overly) busy this week... but now, at 11:52 on Thursday night, I am sad. I know that Juliette is going to have an AWESOME time with my parents, but I am going to miss seeing her. She is just so damn fun right now and talking so much and really showing her personality. We even kept her up late tonight and skipped bath and got some extra nice hugs...I swear she can sense what's going on here. Anyway, I kind of feel like the first time I had to drop her off at daycare...everyone does it, and it will be fine, but I just need a good cry. Any over/unders on how many phone calls will be made on this trip?!?

just cute

This was a pic off of Joey's phone of when she was just being cute :-) (nd she was keeping her pigtails in!). Also pictured here is the bunny that Joey got her. They were at the grocery store and he was playing with it with her and when they got to the checkout he bought it. As an experienced shopper with Juliette I let her play with a toy during the shopping and then I PUT IT BACK...she doesn't know! I asked him why he didn't just do that? His answer: "but it was cute and she liked it and she said 'hop, hop,hop' ". He is such a sucker! And I love it...

Mall?

She loves the mall :-) She asks to go all the time...seriously!! I know she got it from me, but it's still super fun to hear her say, "mall?" in her little voice!! Someday I will probably regret this...

Here she is putting her wallet in her purse trendy and ready to go!

showing me her purse