Birthday Fun

March 23, 2009 was Krista's 5th and Josh's 6 month birthday

Krista's birthday dinner - Mac-n-cheese and hot dogs Big 5 year old girl ~6 months old~

~Mommy and Josh~

Josh is a snuggle bug!

Joshua is home!!

Finally Home!! On the airplane In the hotel

Cheese!

Big Sister love

Lisa (Josh's birth mom), Joshua, Gilda and Dorothy (Lisa's sisters)

Hailey and Joshua's first hello

We picked Joshua up on Friday March 20th 2009 at the agency in New York City. It was a wonderful (yet emotional) day.

New York City

World of Disney Store

FAO Schwarz Times Square Toys R Us

Picking up Joshua Children's Museum Serendipity Frozen Hot Chocolate Dylan's Candy Bar

Central Park Zoo

Mon. March 16th - We flew to New York (our flight left at 11:15 PM). Tues. March 17th - Arrived at JFK at 5:30 AM (it was a long night, luckily Hailey slept the whole flight). We took a taxi to the hotel (who needs Disneyland when you have NYC taxi's, I spent the whole week carsick:0). The hotel let us check in so we went to our room and slept until 1:00 PM. We walked down to Fifth Ave, went to FAO Schwarz, the World of Disney Store, saw some of the St. Patricks Day parade (it goes from 11 am until 5 pm). Wed. March 18th - We went to the Central Park Zoo, Dylan's Candy Bar and Serendipity 3 for frozen hot chocolate (that alone is worth a trip to New York). Thurs. March 19th - It was our 16th anniversary :0). We rode the subway and went to the Children's Museum of Manhattan, H&H Bagels, Zabars and Artie's Deli. (I had Matzo ball soup, which I love and haven't had in years! I wish that I could get it here in Utah). We took the subway back to Times Square and walked around some more. Fri. March 20th - We picked up Joshua at the adoption agency!! We spent a couple of hours talking to his birth mom and her sisters. His poor birth mom was so sad! It was really hard for her, her sisters are a great support for her. (See next post for more details) Sat. March 21st - We went to Times Square Toys R Us. They have a 3 story ferris wheel in the middle of the store. The cars are different toys like Barbie's pink car, a red Little Tykes car, the Mystery Machine etc. It was very cute! We went to the airport and had dinner (JFK is like a little "city" in itself). Our flight left NYC at 8:00 PM and we arrived in Salt Lake at 11:30 PM. By the time we got to bed it was 2:00 am.

Whew! A whirlwind of a trip, but so much fun.