San Francisco and New York

We have been quite the moving family in the last few weeks! We have been to San Francisco for one of my bridesmaids weddings and then to New York City to see an endocrinologist for Jac.




We had a good, if very busy, time in San Francisco. We saw a bunch of different friends of ours, drove around a lot, stayed in a nice hotel, went to a wedding and didn't get a lot of sleep! That seems about par for the course traveling with two little ones!

Then we were home for a few days and then off to New York City! Man that town moves fast! We had a nice time. We got to see Alexis and Chris, Matt, Ali, Madeline and Caitlin and my parents were there also - so the whole Johnson/Marsh/Chiu families were together!





Nic decided that he really didn't want to sleep in NYC and Joseph ended up taking him on late night (read 1 am) subway rides, which they both seemed to enjoy! I think Nic is teething his top two teeth as he has been rubbing his face on things, and banging his face on things. He is pretty happy though, as long as he is not in a car seat (so much for that getting better yet!)

I celebrated my 35th birthday while we were in New York. It was a bit anti-climatic - I seemed to be the only one that really thinks 35 is a big deal. I have made a big deal over the years that I was done having kids at 35 so it feels momentous to me to have reached that age - perhaps most think that 40 is a bigger deal but for me 35 seems big!

Nic has now learned to climb an entire flight of stairs. Before we left for NYC (between trips we were back in LA for a few days) Nic climbed up 5 stairs in my parents' house. At my brothers place in NYC he climbed up an entire flight of stairs! Oh man! He will climb anything he can figure out how to lever himself on to. He climbed onto the Queen mattress on the floor tonight when we were going to bed and he is trying to figure out how to climb onto the couch.

Jac is also climbing more - he has started to climb onto chairs - even if the path to climb them is multi-step! We also spent time on this trip teaching Jac how to get in and out of elevators with his own suitcase and on and off of escalators (with a lot of help)! He is getting pretty good at the elevators and can do it by himself - we help him with the escalators!

The boys both like the subway - no car seats! Nic likes to make friends with people and hold onto the poles - Jac likes to watch the people and things go by and sits happily with Daddy!