Last Day & Goodbye NYC

Well, Tuesday was our last full day in NYC. Caitlin started the morning with doing some "Emma lifts" for her morning arm workout!! We mostly were working on organizing things and starting to hang things on walls today. Beth came over and spent some time with us again today and we had some yummy New York subs for lunch. Caitlin put together the two other bar stools and then went for a run in Central Park. Too bad I couldn't get a pic of that!! Angel went for several walks with Aunty Megs and Beth and always came back with goodies (she will miss these fun walks in the city when we leave I am sure). Of course just the day we are leaving is the day that Angel is finally used to her new bedtime routines and environment and doing quite nicely!! That night we ordered some food from a diner and took it to a park that Angel and Caitlin had found. Of course as soon as we started eating, they told us they were closing up the park for the day....so we headed to the Gardens and finished eating there and let Angel play in the water some more. A very peaceful way to end our crazy and hard working week. It was really funny while we were walking back, two girls were walking past us checking things off a list for a party or something, and when they passed me holding Emma one of them turned and said "Oh my gosh, your baby is wicked cute!" and just kept on walking. Caitlin and I were laughing, so New York!! We started packing that night to make sure we had everything ready for the morning because we were getting picked up at 930. Angel had a fun time listening to Caitlin's IPOD which kept her preoccupied while I packed their bags. Emma has been in a huge mommy separation anxiety stage, and so to keep her from screaming long enough for me to take a shower, Megs and Caitlin had to hold up a blanket so she wouldn't see me and sing every lullaby song they knew!! Quite amusing! So, I have included some before and after pics of the apartment to see the difference as well as all pics of the new apartment in the slide show and a little brief video clip. We left Wednesday morning and managed to get thru security and such with no problems. The girls slept for awhile on the flight and Caitlin and I were very ready to be off the airplane and back home, although we were very sad (yes we all cried) to leave our sister and can't wait to see her again soon. Next time she should even have a big belly to rub!! Maybe the next visit we can enjoy the apartment and do more of the NYC stuff (and hold our little niece or nephew lots!!)

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