Dinner Boat Cruise

We were so lucky to be able to go on a boat cruise with Der's program. Yes, it was more of a college party with a cash bar, loud music and dancing, but it was still called a Dinner Boat Cruise (sounds prestigious, right?). It was pretty fun. It was good to meet alot of the people Der always talks about in his program, but who I have not yet met. I knew quite a few already, but the others, it was good to finally meet. We cruised around manhattan island to get this skyline view of the financial district (pic #1),

down around the Brooklyn Bridge (pic #2),

and then down to the Statue of Liberty (pic #3).

You can see it behind us if you look really close. The water was a little rocky for a lot of it, but I did alright until nearing the end when I had to sit down for a few minutes. I look super pregnant in these pics. I don't feel as big as I look... most of the time. I have been feeling really well for being 9 months pregnant (as of today!). This little girl is coming so fast, we can't believe it.

Boston/DC Babymoon

Before this crazy last semester begins and the baby comes to busy our lives, we decided to take a Babymoon. For those of you who have never heard this term before, it is like a Honeymoon; one last hoorah before reality and responsibility hit you.

It was a pretty fast getaway, but oh so needed! We began by driving to Boston with Ben, Tanelle and the kids. We camped near Boston for a couple of nights taking a boat into the harbor. Boston was such a pretty and clean city. We had always heard that you won't want to live in New York City after visiting Boston and sad to say, but it is true! The city is so nice with the old architecture and history but without the dirty city streets. After Boston, Der and I split from the group and drove back towards home where we made a quick IKEA stop for baby furniture (nursery-area pics to come), a romantic meal at Olive Garden (thanks to the gift card from Malia) and a quiet evening of some quick sleep before the early morning to catch our bus to Washington, DC. We spent the next day and a half in DC where we saw nearly all that we wanted to. We saw the White House, Capitol, National Archives (Constitution, Bill of Rights, Declaration, etc), Washington and Lincoln monuments, Ford's Theatre where Lincoln was assassinated, Arlington National Cemetery (tomb of the unknown soldiers and JFK's grave), many national government buildings and the Holocaust and American History museums. As we were at the Cemetery, we saw CNN, TV news cameras and realized that it was setting up for Ted Kennedy's funeral on saturday... pretty cool (not that he died, but that we were at the Cemetery just days before his funeral).

Anyway, although our trip was quick, we really enjoyed it and each other's company after such a busy working summer. Der has been working like a true New Yorker with a schedule of seven to seven every day. So this was a much needed break. View our slideshows for all the pics of our adventure.

Make a Smilebox photobook

Make a Smilebox photobook

New York City summer fun

New York City is a fun place to be in the summer. Here are a couple of things that we love about it. Summer in New York City means:

The water in the parks are turned on.

Free Movies all over the city. This first picture is of Apollo 13 on the deck of the U.S.S. Intrepid.

Summer fun specifically in our neighborhood means playing dominoes on the sidewalk, late night poker parties, dominican ice (which has become a favorite treat of ours) and bringing out the lawn chairs: