Ellie in NY or EleaNewYorker

Baby's First Trip to New York!

Forgive me for picture overload... Here we go!

On Thursday we flew in to LGA (LaGuardia) from IAH.  Ellie had a bit of a rough flight, but overall not too bad.  At almost 7 months old she is very active and does NOT like being constricted.  She would much rather be playing on the floor where she can roll around and sit up and then lay back down, etc.  Thursday night we went down to a local favorite The Cull House for dinner.  As always our eyes were much larger than our stomachs and we had tons of food we couldn't finish.  You can't get better lobster anywhere in my opinion.

On Friday it was a rainy day so we stayed around the house for most of the morning and then ventured out to Harbor Crab Company for lunch.  The food there was AWESOME.  My sister in law Katie and I shared a Tuna Wrap and some Lobster Bisque and both were AHH-MAZING.   After Harbor Crab we headed over to Blue Point Brewery for a little beer tasting.  Casey and I quickly realized that a brewery is not a great place to bring a baby.  Though this may seem like a no-brainer, C & I thought it was going to be more of a microbrewery/restaurant type atmosphere.  It was not.  It was a rowdy crowd of beer drinking New Yorkers and it was CROWDED.  We stayed for a little while and then luckily everyone was ready to go.  We headed home and ordered some pizza from a favorite spot, Mulberry Street (not THE Mulberry Street, but a restaurant with the same name).

Saturday was a BBQ at Aunt Lorie and Uncle Ed's house.  Here are some pics:

Ellie and her Pawpaw

 Our little family

 The guys playing Bocce

 Ellie, Grammy, and "Gr-aunt Lorie)

 The guys keeping it classy after Bocce...

 Aunt Katie and Eleanor

On Sunday morning we headed to Robert Moses beach park for Ellie's first beach trip.  Can you tell she was excited?

 Playing in the sand for the first time.  She loved it!  She also ate a handful or so..

 Mommy, Daddy, and Eleanor

 Feet in the Atlantic.  She loooooved the waves!

 Sunday afternoon we  went to Jeanette's for a 40th birthday BBQ.  Her birthday was in June so she waited to celebrate.  It was technically my birthday that day, but we had already celebrated on Friday night.  It was a little weird singing Happy Birthday to someone else on your own birthday though - haha.

Ellie and her bling

 Sisters!

 Casey with Ellie in the Ergo

And finally, on Monday we headed in to the city.  It was my dad's first time getting to actually spend time in the city (and not just drive through).  Here are the highlights!

Lunch at a deli, yum!

 Dad, Ellie, and me in Times Square

 Family photo with Ellie asleep in the Ergo.  Yes asleep.  In Times Square. Sheesh.

 B.B. King's

 We're on a boat!  We took the Boat Tour around the island

 City in the background

 Statue of Liberty!

The boat trip was SO cool.  Having been on the bus tour, I would still recommend that, but it was really cool getting to see the city from a different angle.  Seeing the Statue of Liberty up close was pretty amazing as well.  After the boat tour we headed back to Penn Station in a taxi and let me just tell you.. it was REALLY difficult for me to let Eleanor ride in my lap with no car seat.  It is LEGAL to do so, but it felt SO wrong.  I basically had my arms wrapped around her like a harness and I was flinching every time he hit the brake or accelerator suddenly (so yeah like the entire time).  At Penn Station we grabbed a drink and a black and white cookie and boarded the train back to Long Island.  Unfortunately we did not time our train home properly and we got on right at rush hour.  I barely got a seat and most of the family had to stand.  Ellie was good on the ride back and we all were pretty tired so we grabbed dinner to go at Boston Market and went to bed. 

Today we flew home and as usual it was bittersweet.  It always feels good to head home, but this time was different.  Casey had flown home the night before so he could go to work today (he ended up having to call in sick because his flight was delayed 4 hours) so we didn't get to say our normal goodbyes.  Also, since Aunt Lorie and Uncle Ed are moving to Texas soon we had to say goodbye to their house.  I. LOVE. their house.  It makes me sad to think that we won't ever get to sit out on the deck and have fruit and bagels for breakfast and talk about everything.  There's just something about that deck.  Oh well, having Aunt Lorie and Uncle Ed around more often will be so much better.  :)