the anniversary trip to NYC

for our 4 year anniversary, marco, mia and i all went to new york city together. it was sooo much fun! i've always wanted to go to NYC and this was such a great excuse. our main destination was the american museum of natural history, which i wanted to see because it is the type of museum i might want to work for after i'm done with school (whenever that is in the world's longest grad program). we stayed across the street from central park and the museum, and we were super close to the subway, too, so the location was awesome. i got to take lots of great pictures and even marco had a good time. mia definitely did, though! she took a lot of time seeing and examining things very closely, with lots of concentration as if she were trying to figure things out. she was such a doll, too, and didn't cry once the entire time we were in new york. it was so special, really, all three of us being out as a family, having a good time and enjoying each other. we even went to times square in the evening, checking stuff out, doing the touristy thing and generally being out and about. unfortunately, we only had two days in new york but we really hope to go again as we felt so comfortable and at home there. woo hoo manhattan! (for all our pics of our trip to ny and the american musuem, click here.)