NYC and PHL 2011 Trip

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Blair and I took our annual trip to visit Mary and Brendan in NYC and Paul, Renee and Sam in PHL this past weekend.  We had a great relaxing time with everyone.  Since Mary and Brendan are moving to Dallas in August for his new job, we did some touristy things this trip.  Then we drove to PHL to see Paul's new house and the weather was so nice for us.
Lydia stayed with Blair's Mom for 2 nights and my Mom for 2 nights.  They really enjoyed having her and she did great for both of them...slept through the nights.  We got to Skype with her on Sunday and I think she was a little confused to see us on video, but she was still excited!

Here are some pics:

We took the double decker red bus tour


We went to Brooklyn and stayed in line for pizza for an hour at Girmaldi's Pizza under the Brooklyn Bridge...it was yummy.
 Mary and I at Girmaldi's. Not sure why this picture is so small.

We walked back to Manhattan across the Brooklyn Bridge - it was windy and chilly, but a great walk.  We walked all the way back to Mary and Brendan's apartment from Brooklyn...of course stopping to shop along the way.

Then on Sunday, we got up early and rented a car and drove to PHL to visit Paul, Renee and Sam.  Even Huckles came and sat on my lap on the ride there.  He likes car rides if you can't tell by his facial expression.

 Here we are at Sam's new house in PHL.
 They have a great side yard that we played in.
 Huckleberry really wanted Sam's snack.

 Here are some pictures that my Mom sent to us while we were away missing Lydia:
 
                   She loved her new bouncer and Nana got her some new hats for the Spring/Summer.
                                                                           More hats...
                                                                Ok Nana, enough hats...
Love this face!