...then comes a baby in a baby carriage!!!

Our little family is leaving NYC and headed back to Michigan. Ryan and I came here alone and are coming back to the mitten with a puppy and a baby :)

We are almost 15 weeks along. That means the baby is the size of a large navel orange and weighs about 2 ounces. When we got our 12 week sonogram, the baby was moving like crazy. Ryan kept laughing and I had to hold it in because every time I laughed, the technician would lose the picture of the baby.

I have a mini bump and am told I will have a full blown belly in about 4-6 weeks. Baby Sullivan is Due Oct. 21 and we find out the sex June 3. Most people said boy at first, but now that my belly is growing, I am hearing more people say girl.

Although we will miss NY, we are so excited to be close to family and friends again. Especially with a baby on the way. Love you all.

Ryan, Callie, Lola and Baby

MEXICO

We had a great time in Rirviera Maya. We had a room overlooking the ocean, chairs everyday by the ocean and pool and plenty to eat and drink. My favorite part of the trip was getting plenty of Vitamin D :)

New Years Eve, Ryan went to go reserve a table for the special dinner. While waiting in line, he met a couple and when Ryan returned to the beach I was surprised to find out we would all be eating dinner together. It was nice meeting new people and we had a lot of fun. After dinner, we purchased cigars and enjoyed them out by the pool. We were there so early that we got front row seats for the fire show.

Finally, it was time to head to the countdown party. They turned the ballroom into a club/lounge. There was live music, champagne and dancing. We had a blast.

It was rumored that Gretchen from the Real Housewives of the OC was staying at our resort, but we never saw her. Ryan was really upset he missed her as he is a huge fan of the show (J/K).

I hope the New Year has been good to everyone. We love you and miss you.

Ryan and Callie

Christmas Party

Ryan and I love the Holidays. So we spruced up the apt. and invited our friends over to gather round our faux fire and enjoy some seasonal sangria. We did not take a ton of photos but here are a couple :)

Tis the Season

Happy Holidays to all. I recently heard about a restaurant in NYC that is COMPLETELY decorated like a Christmas Tree. People have said it looks like Santa's Workshop or the inside of a Christmas tree. Of course, I had to go and see for myself. Above are the pics from the restaurant.

Thanksgiving with our Famlies

And it isn't even April!!! (read previous post)

Wow, that was a crazy, crowded and fantastic week. It was so nice having the Sullivan and Clausntizer crew together for our first Holiday. We went to dinner, the parade, the park and museums. Everyone kind of did there own things during the day. Then we all got together at night.

The actual feast was a success. There was an empty apartment on my floor and I used their stove :) I was panicked that not all the food would come out on time, but it did and it looked/tasted great (if I do say so myself.) It wasn't all my doing. A lot of people were in the kitchen helping. Which is pretty funny considering our kitchen is a 3x4 space.

My favorite memory from the week would have to be playing Catch Phrase with everyone. We did not know the meaning of all the words and it lead to some very funny moments.

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween. Okay, okay. It is almost Christmas but by now you know I work on a different calendar than most :)

If you have trouble guessing, I am suppose to be Lady Gaga and Ryan is supposed to be Tom Cruise from Risky busines with a little Top Gun flare (i.e. Ray Bans).

We ended up having friends over here. It wasn't as wild and crazy as Halloweens past, but we prefered it that way.

Stay tuned...In April I will tell you all about our great Thanksgiving.

THANKSGIVING

Our family is coming, our family is coming. We are so excited that the Sullivans and Clausnitzers are coming to NYC to spend Thanksgiving with us. We have been trying to get the apartment ready. We have blow up mattresses, new furniture coming and tons of new fun decorations for our first time hosting a holiday. We have been trying to clean the apartment too but our cleaning is one of those "it gets worse before it gets better" types of cleaning.

As far as the meal goes, it will be as traditional as we can make it. We will have stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoe pie, rolls, green beans, an apple crisp and of course the turkey. However, this is a New York Thanksgiving and in true NY apartment style, we have ordered our 20lbs. turkey (already cooked and farm raised) from a small market.

On Thursday, we are going to get up early and head to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Norma calls this a 'bucket list' activity. We will put pictures up for everyone to see.

To our extended family...you will be missed but we cannot wait to see you at Christmas. We miss you and love you all very much.

Love,
Us