July 4th, My birthday and the Big Apple

4th of July... One of my favorite holidays. We decided to spend it in our favorite place... NYC. We had a great time with Mel and Trav and Mar and Scott!

I love the weekend too because it's my birthday :) Jeff always makes it special. This year he made up an itinerary (scrapbooking stickers and all) of what the weekend was going to be. From breakfasts to Central Park to the beach to yummy dinners at night...

We were unable to do most of that but it was hard because poor little Izzy was so sick :(

and then I caught it from her... but we made the best of it

Here we are in Central Park the day of the 4th. As you can see Izzy had been crying all day and could barely even move. She had a fever the night before of 105. But of course was a trooper! But look at darling Alexis... isn't she the cutest

Izzy and I stayed a few days after the 4th to hang with Mel and Alexis and luckily we both started feeling better! Izzy and Alexis loved the swings

We met up with Breanne and Kenna at the park. It was so fun to see them again!

Izzy is now starting to crawl into things... such as cupboards, laundry baskets and even her stroller

When we got there, one of the things on Jeff's itinerary was the beach! So we met Mel, Trav, Marylynn, Alexis and Zoe at Long Beach. It was a perfect day!

the thing with Izzy is that she just keeps crawling towards the ocean... she never stops! So I just have to pick her up and bring her back to the dry part and then she is at it again :)

Each night Jeff and I would take advantage of cuddling Izzy because this is so not like her. She was so sick, all she wanted to do was lay on our chest. We loved it... but felt so bad for her

I had a great birthday! I woke up and Jeff and Trav went and got me a cupcake with a candle and some flowers. I wasn't feeling great so all I wanted to do was to just lay in Central Park on a blanket and have a yummy lunch. So Mel and I talked forever, played with the babies while Jeff and Trav took the bikes to go grab us lunch. Great day!

That night we went and met Mar and Scott for a yummy italian dinner

The next day we went and did a little shopping in SOHO. Izzy of course was exhausted

I love these 2 pictures!

cute little Alexis trying to sit up!

On the night of July 4th we didn't feel great that we watched fireworks on TV. Who knew there were fireworks on TV?! Mel and Trav were troopers to stay home with us.

Fun trip!