New York!!!

I have waited so long to get my picture taken in Times Square and here it is!

In January, I bit the bullet and met Donny in New York! He was there on business and I'd never been, so I actually left Aly at home (as hard as it was) and made the trip. It was everything I had hoped it would be and so much more! Donny really made an effort to make it special for me. We packed so much into four days, (which turned out to be five because of the ice storm) but it was still pretty relaxing because we just did what we felt like doing each day rather than sticking to an itinerary.

We stayed at the Helmsley Parklane on Central Park South, which is the tall buildingjust two down from the actual Plaza Hotel!

We spent an entire morning just wandering around Central Park in the snow. It was my absolute favorite part of the trip.

We got up extra early on our last day and went to see the Today Show. We made a sign for my class and were on TV for a long time! Unfortunately, a catastrophic ice storm was hitting Arkansas as we stood there, so no one back home had power. No one got to see it, much less record it for us. A couple of my students got to see it, but actually lost power during the show. We had a great time though. Meredith spent some time talking to us and even wrote a note to my class on my sign. We didn't get to talk to Matt, but Donny scored a photo op' with Al!!

This was a great find and probably one of my favorite restaurants we went to. If you know me at all you know this is a Robyn kind of place.

If you know Donny and me at all you know we are truly obsessive coffee drinkers, so this was another great find. It was as "New York" as you can get.

We had an incredible time reconnecting as a couple, but were so ready to come home and see our baby girl!