We were SO lucky and blessed to be able to go out to New York, visit family and drive a car back to sell. Jordan's parents became our investors for this car! They paid for Jordan's flight out, the car, gas, food, hotel, everything! We are so thankful that they did this for us so we could come out! Hopefully we'll make lots of profit on the car for them! :o)
We went out on Tuesday, May 19th, and arrived in the afternooon. The flights were nice. Lexi wasn't too bad and I didn't have any break downs ... I don't like flying much - I have a rediculous fear of airplanes and heights put together. On the second flight, I was close - it was a smaller plane than I'd ever been on before and that made me nervous. Of course, though, everything was fine! Lexi really did better than me! :o)
The first week, we were just with Dave, Kathleen and Spencer! It was fun! We watched the NBA games every night - which was fun, though tiring for me! - went out to a movie, Star Treck, which was AWESOME, and just hung out! It was lots of fun. That first Sunday, Jordan's older brother, Jared, and his wife, Catherine, and daughter, Emma, arrived. They moved to New York as Jared just graduated Law School and got an awesome job offer there! Great job, Jared, by the way! :o) Emma is 8 months younger than Lexi, almost, and they just had so much fun together! Emma had a friend in Minneapolis that she called "Ky" and that became Lexi's new name! Lexi also made changes to Emma's name, calling her "E-mama"! :o) They, of course, like all toddlers, had their moments. But all-in-all, they were GREAT together! Every morning calling for each other, every night crying for each other! They both miss each other very much, now that we're gone, too! :o)
So that second week we were there, I had my birthday! That was fun to be there for my birthday! Kathleen took Catherine and I out for our first pedicures and to lunch. We went to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner and I got an embarassing song sung to me with a big candle on my slice of cheesecake! They even wrote "Happy Birthday to You" around the edges of the plate with chocolate! Mmmm! :o) We then went to a local carnival! That was fun! Alexis LOVED all the lights! It was WAY past bed-time, but she was in a trance! She was pooped afterward! It was probably pretty overwhelming to her! :o) The second and last Sunday we were there, we also had a small celebration for Lexi's birthday! It was so fun! She got a huge magna-doodle from Grandma and Grandpa along with a bowling set that she LOVES. And Jared, Catherine and Emma gave her this cute little paper-doll thing but magnetic! She LOVES that, too! Thanks everyone! :o)
On Tuesday, June 2nd, we started our two day drive back. By the way, Happy Birthday to David on the 2nd - sorry I totally spaced calling - you understand, since I was driving with two two-year-olds across the country ... you know, Alexis was almost two and Jordan acts two ... ;o) Our first day we drove clear to Lincoln, Nebraska! Wow! We were POOPED! Alexis was SO good! We didn't even have to break out the Portable DVD player! She only fussed a little and it was only for a few seconds! :o) The second day was better time-wise, but Lexi wasn't as patient. She was still AWESOME, though! We got home around 9:30 and she went right to bed and slept GREAT!
This morning we woke up and she was asking again to go for a drive! :o) What a cutie pie! Today was also her 2nd Birthday ... I'll do a seperate post for that one, though! :o)
Welp - that was the last two weeks of our life. It was way fun and we miss all the Cooks in New York VERY much! We can't WAIT for Dallon to get home this October! Christmas is going to be a BLAST this year!
Now back to our normal lives. Back to me not being able to sleep in. Back to me having to find random time to shower. Back to work. Back to washing dishes. Don't get me wrong, by-the-way. I don't mind the normal everyday! I just loved being in New York! It's just so nice to go on vacation and get extra help from husbands and sleep in and what not! Anyway! :o)
Here are lots of pictures to go along with everything I said! Love you all!
~Kristen~
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