Demery & Kevin's Wedding

Demery & Kevin were married on the 5th of October and we were so happy that we were able to go to their wedding! It was a beautiful day and a fun wedding. Demery looked gorgeous and so happy. It was great. And of course we were ecstatic to see our family. It was too short of a trip to Delaware, but we really enjoyed our time there.

We celebrated Blaine & Stacey's birthdays one night after a big family dinner.

It was a lot warmer than expected!

Poppy & Stace dancing. Poppy's still got it!

Chase & Blaine dancing.

The centerpieces - Blaine's dad made them!

We loved spending time with Stacey - missed the kids!

With Mr. & Mrs. Garber - We're happy to have Kevin in the family!

September

Again, I have falling behind on blogging. October is here and next thing you know it'll be 2014. Does anybody else feel like this year is just flying by? As much as I love the holidays and fall (even though fall is nonexistent in Miami - more on that later), I wish time would just slow down a bit. Anyway, here's what happened in September. 

For Labor Day, we went on a boat ride with my uncle, cousin, Bruce and Damaris. He bought a boat recently and we didn't use it all summer. It was a pretty gloomy day but it was still fun to ride. I didn't get in the water because I felt pretty sick, but everybody else did. 

Ivan turned 8! The baby of the family is now ready to be baptized (he's receiving discussions now). Kinda crazy! We love being around for things like this!

We moved into our own place! We decided not to buy a home. We really needed our own space already, even though my mom is great and buying a place would've meant living with my mom longer. And as much as I'd like to stay in Miami or Florida for as long as we can, our future is definitely uncertain. We're in a 1 bed/1 bath apartment in Miami Lakes right across the street from Main Street - a cute little area with restaurants, a theater, some shops and Coldstone - that's the most important part. We're still fairly close to my job and stayed within ward boundaries. Even though we've been in here for a little while now, I'm still not completely settled in. I'll post pictures as soon as I'm comfortable with my mess! :) Even though it is lonely being entirely by myself when Blaine is gone, it is so nice to have all my stuff back, and having my privacy again. 

Sometimes on Sunday, Blaine and Bruce like to match :) 

We're currently obsessed with Suits.

I hung out with my friends one last time before Andrea made the move to L.A. We ate at a nice thai place in Weston.  When we get together like this, I (strangely) miss our high school days. They were so much fun and I owe it all to these girls. 

A parent of a patient surprised me at work with this awesome gift. Her son is 4 years old and was barely speaking when he first came to me and couldn't sit down for more than a minute for the life of him. Even though there's still a lot of room for him to grow, he's made significant progress. He was one of my first kids and one that I was honestly afraid of treating. Months went by without any progress which was so discouraging and frustrating. Now, he's one of the kids I look forward to seeing the most.  It was really nice of the family to show their gratitude. The Nothing Bundt Cakes were amazing, but what I really loved was the note on the card. Funny thing is Blaine's birthday was that weekend and I had already ordered a Nothing Bundt Cake for his birthday. Needless to say, we had cake for days! No joke I ate cake for breakfast, lunch and dinner one day. Who could blame me? 

Blaine turned 26! My man is getting old - joking I still think he looks like he's 19. To celebrate, we went out to Perricone's for dinner with my family. With him being away so much, we just wanted to stay at home that weekend and be together. 

The last week of September, my job hosted a Spirit Week. Dressing up for spirit week was one of my favorite things to do in high school. We had Sports Day, Pajama Day, Superhero Day, Nerd Day and MTC Spirit Day. I dressed up everyday except for Nerd Day (which was my favorite costume) because I was so sick. But it was really fun to incorporate these things into therapy sessions and to have some kids show up in costume. I really love my job! 

One of the sassiest girls I know!

Sports Day

Even Baby Logan dressed up!

Some of my favorite books

And I forgot to take pictures the rest of the days... anyway, it was fun. 

In September, Blaine traveled to Hartford Connecticut, Sarasota and Puerto Rico. They just switched him over to a bunch of Puerto Rico stores so he'll be there more often now (we should've just moved there!). Needless to say, he's practicing his Spanish a ton. And that's what our September looked like! 

Weekend Trip to NYC

I've only been to New York 2 other times for very short periods of time. And I've always wanted to go with Damaris to visit Andrea so this trip was great. We did the lesser of the touritst-y things, which was fun and possible due to having a local as a friend :D (you're the best Andrea!). I felt like we did a lot for only being there 3 days, but I could already go back and explore more of NYC! 

I finally tasted the famous banana pudding from Magnolia's. It's as good as people say it is. It has turned me into a banana pudding fan. 

We strolled through Central Park during Andrea's lunch break. 

Blaine wasn't in town yet and Bruce wanted to take a nap, so us girls went to 5th Ave and then to Laudree's for some macarons. It was my first time tasting macaroons and I loved it! 

Blaine finally joined us for dinner at the Artichoke Pizza, a delicious pizza shop in the financial district. And we had, you guessed it, the artichoke pizza. Best pizza I've had in a while and pizza connoisseurs, Bruce & Blaine agreed. 

We stayed at the lovely and central-to-everything Park Central thanks to Andrea! 

On Saturday we went to Coney Island, rode some rides, and ate yummy food on their boardwalk.  

Love them

We went to the original Nathan's. 

And rode some sketchy rides. We all made it out safely even though the ride did get stuck at the end. It was fun though! 

Blaine volunteered to sit out and be our photographer. 

He did a great job! 

Afterwards, we went to Brooklyn Bridge Park to eat some cupcakes we picked up at Georgetown Cupcakes Soho.
They were delicious. Best frosting ever. They were so good that half the box was gone in seconds - hence the horrible picture. 

At night we went to watch the longest-running musical ever. We had front row seats. It was a ton of fun. It was a little old-school but we expected that. The fable was great, the music was funny, and the whole thing was entertaining. Even the boys liked it. 

On our last day. We were able to use Blaine's company rental during our trip. It was convenient and saved my poor feet from acquiring more blisters!  

At Flight Club. A fancy sneaker consignment shop. Blaine and Bruce were gawking at some shoes there!

We went to Macy's and, surprisingly, the girls came out empty-handed while Bruce and Blaine did more of the shopping. 

Then we had lunch at Katz. 

Pastrami galore. So good.  

Even though we were stuffed, we went to Little Italy for gelato at Ferrara. Again, it was amazing.

Love her! 

So that was pretty much our trip! We stayed up a lot later than we usually do and ate pizza way too many times. We woke up early and ate bagels everyday. But I'm sure we laughed off all those calories. It was a much needed break! We're so used to having time off and going away during the weekends. But with real jobs, it doesn't happen quite as often as we'd like! My bosses are extremely nice and flexible, but Blaine doesn't get a lot of time off. But the good thing about Blaine's job is that his flight for weekend trips like these are paid for. So it all works out. Even though its hard having him gone, this job has its perks. We're definitely blessed! I hope we get to go back to NYC soon!

P.S. 

I think Blaine ended up liking NYC a little bit more this time around :) Its growing on him! Thanks for the trip, hun!