westside county fair

i guess this is the closest thing to a county fair in manhattan. it was pretty small, but so is simon.

i didn't get pictures of simon playing at the bouncy houses. i was too busy feeding miriam. we went on the pier to check out what rides they had. i went with simon inside a spinning apple. bad idea. why don't kids get sick on rides? (thank you kyle/ada's dad for taking the above picture.)

this is the apple. simon really wanted to go on the strawberry, but the line was longer.

then he went on the ferris wheel with ada.

i love the tall buildings in the background of the fair. i have a cousin who lives in one of those. oh, and simon finally got to ride in the strawberry.

on our way out we stopped here. i think this was the petting zoo.

(september 10, 2011)

three weeks

any changes yet?

she went to the dr at three weeks instead of two.

8 lbs. 3.5 oz, 21 inches

(september 9, 2011)

one year & two weeks

one year. we've been in nyc one year. a lot has happened. but first, this is how we celebrated.

we didn't plan on celebrating this way. but this is what we did. the carousolar. there really are a million different free things to do here. and i'm glad that i was able to get out of the house with the whole family. getting out has been a challenge for me.

in the past year, since we moved to new york, we've attended two funerals, landed a job, gone to utah four times, gone to dc twice, got pregnant and had a baby. it has been a whirlwind year for us. but we're settled now, and quite happy.

miriam is two weeks old here.

amazing.

(september 1, 2011)