Lauren's Life

I am so behind on my posts!  I have been trying to post more frequently over the last week, so I can catch up.  There is just so much going on this summer!  One of the biggest highlights of the summer thus far was our trip to NYC (June 21-24).  It was also the first time that I was away from Ian.  He stayed with Jason's parents and did fabulous...mommy did pretty darn good too!  It was nice to have a "break," but Jason and I missed him like crazy.  We called every day...sometimes more than once, or twice... :)

Okay, on to the trip...we went with my mom and stepdad.  It was a gift from them to us and kind of a "Our 5th Anniversary" and "My 30th Birthday" celebration (both of which occurred this summer).  I have ALWAYS wanted to go to NYC, and I was so excited to finally see the Big Apple.

When we arrived at the airport, we headed out to catch a taxi.  I have never seen so many taxis before in my life!  They were lined up like 10 across and 20 deep. It was fun to see the "official" NYC taxis. :)

 

One of my friends recommended that we eat at the Carnegie Deli.  We were starving after the flight, so the first thing we did after checking into the hotel was go get some lunch.  Here is the famous place!

For lunch, we had the reuben sandwich.  Good thing that Jason agreed to split it with me...it was gigantic!  Times two!

Yummy reuben

Delicious NY Cheesecake

Here is a view of Times Square.  It was just like you see on TV!

Out to dinner before seeing "Memphis" the musical

At NBC Studio Store

We had to go to FAO Schwartz to get Ian a toy.  During our look around, we found the piano from the movie, "Big"

It rained quite a bit when we were there.  Luckily our tour bus provided ponchos. :)

Since "Memphis" was so good, we decided to get tix to another Broadway show..."Mamma Mia!"  We had seen this before in Ft. Worth, but LOVE the music.  My mom and Chuck joined us and really enjoyed it also.

Jason stealing a kiss in Rockefeller Plaza...such pretty hydrangeas!

We went to the TODAY show on the last morning that we were in NYC.  Jason went up close to the window to snatch this shot of Matt Lauer and Ann Curry.  Bruno Mars was the guest artist that day, but we couldn't get close enough to the stage to see him :(