Even in the city

It turns out that there are bad weeks even in New York City.

It was a little comical, really. A few hours after I titled a blog post, "If this isn't nice, what is?" my baby started puking. Sick babies are always sad. And it kept us from being able to spend time with Jason's parents who were in town. And it kept us from taking her 1st birthday pictures. And it meant we stayed in bed for most of her 1st birthday. And then she started having more dairy allergic reactions, so I had to start a dairy-free diet, which I've been pretty whiny about. And then the baby broke my camera lens, which we are all mourning. And then she had a bad tumble on our hard floor and tore her maxillary fremula--the little webbing just above your two front teeth--which included a lot of blood and frantically calling a pediatric dentist. 

And that was Day 3 of us not being able to go out with the Browns because of tragedies at our place, and having to stay inside all day long even though we watched the sunny days taunt outside our window.

We have had some pretty wonderful days here. But we've learned that some days can't be over soon enough, even in Manhattan.

We certainly tried to make up for things this weekend and kept a full schedule.

We want to soak in this city. We're reveling in the food and neighborhoods and architecture and people and are worried we won't be staying nearly as long as we like.

We also loved to celebrate our little girl this week. It was really sweet to reflect on all she's brought to our lives over the past year. She's growing up, fast. This week she started holding phones up to ear and talking on them. She also started in on tantrums. And eating chicken nuggets. This baby girl is getting a move on.

I might post pictures sometime. Between first birthdays and visitors, art museums and more art museums, picnics and parties, and weekend field trips... you can bet I've taken a solid 500 pictures this week. But this computer is so unbelievably slow at loading pictures I lose patience pretty quickly.

In any case, here's to this week--and the hope that it is better than the last!