Long-Awaited Trip

I have always wanted to go to New York City at Christmas-time.  I've visited several times before, but never when it was all decked out in lights and Christmas cheer.  So for the last 3 years, I've told Mike that what I wanted for my 30th birthday was to go to NYC after Thanksgiving.  So that's what we did!  Our good friends, the Childress family, had recently moved up that way, so we got to enjoy visiting with them too!  We were gone for 4 days ~ leaving Josiah wasn't easy, but we knew he wouldn't appreciate the trip like we would!  I was amazed at all of the strollers I saw in the city ~ little babies being toted through the streets in the freezing cold... and everytime, I would think "I'm soooo glad we didn't bring Josiah!" 

Anyway, Mike and I had a much-needed time with just the two of us, and our trip was great from start to finish.  We stayed one night at the Broadway Hotel/Hostel on 101st Street on the Upper West Side... and that was such a GREAT location!  We ate delicious food, shopped on 5th Avenue, shopped in SoHo, explored Greenwich Village, Times Square, World Trade Center site, Washington Square, Hell's Kitchen, Chinatown & Little Italy and of course... all the Christmas decorations at Rockefeller Center.  We walked lots, rode the subway a bunch and just had a great time!  Here's a bunch of our pictures...