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Happy First Birthday Henry!

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Henry turned one year old on September 17. Best day of September. I feel like a champ that I made it through the year with two kiddos! For me the first birthday is more of a mile stone for me than the kid, haha. Both times I have really wanted to play the "Rocky" music and take a lap around the apartment. That first year is a tough one and plenty of reasons to celebrate. I think Henry is probably one of the best traveled one year olds. He has been to seven countries so far in his young life. That is something he can brag about to the other babies. Anyway, back to the birthday festivities! I am pretty sure Henry enjoyed his birthday. I volunteered at Cosette's pre-school that morning and Henry came a long. He gets really excited everytime we go to drop her off. I take him in with us to get Cosette settled and he always cries to be put on the ground and once he is he takes off crawling around. He enjoys the other kids being there and all the books and t

D.U.M.B.O

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I have a friend who plans destination playground excursions every week around the city. The first one we were able to attend was in DUMBO . There is an awesome pirate ship playground  right next to the water, which was kind of perfect for Cosette because she and Daddy were playing pirates a lot. We all have pirate names. I will probably write about that sometime. It is right next to the Brooklyn Bridge and the lovely historic Jane's Carousel. And there is the original Grimaldi's pizza, Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory, Lizzmonade, Pier 1 playground, the list goes on and on and on. Kind of a pretty fantastic spot to hang out. Look at Cosette's face! That is the face of pure joy. You can have that face in NYC. And that view of the city! Not too shabby, not too shabby.    Jane's Carousel . What a beautiful place to take a horse ride. She was very proud of her horse. She kept going on about how beautiful it was.  H playing coy. He loves the carousel. Th

The Beginning of a New Era

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It is the beginning of a new era in our lives. Lyndon has started his job! He has been working for a couple of weeks now. He loves it! He really enjoyed his internship with the firm he did last summer and he is really enjoying the work he is doing. He told me one night that is was so nice to be back. His first week of work he was so happy when he came home every night and the second. Hopefully the third week and all the weeks after will follow the same pattern.    Hello Wall Street. Me and the kids are adjusting to not having our Daddy around all the time. We do miss him a lot. The long hours have not set in yet, but I know they are coming. I have been pacing myself (well trying too). I still manage to be exhausted at the end of every day no matter what I do. I have been praying that I will have the the physical and emotional stamina to get through the day, I think I was more nervous for Lyndon to start work, because it is a rather large adjustment for me. He has always been t

Goodbye Tennessee. Hello NYC!

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Our time in Tennessee ended to quickly. We got back from apartment hunting on Friday and moved to NYC the following Thursday. I thought we would be there till the end of August possibly even part of September. I was sad to leave early. We had plans. But there is no place I would rather be going. Plus, Lyndon and I have a room to ourselves again! That in itself is reason enough to move. Henry also got a few more teeth before we left. His smile is getting cuter and cuter the more teeth he gets. We made another visit to the zoo with some good friends. This time we fed the giraffe! It was amazing to get that close to this beautiful animal. These two cuties became best friends over the summer. We miss her and her sweet family so much.  Lyndon and Cosette got hair cuts before we left. This was Lyndon's first haircut in over a year! It was time people, it was time. This was also Cosette's first haircut. I did have Lyndon grab some of her hair to put in her baby book. I am

Maggie's Home!

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Lyndon speaking here. I enjoyed going out to Utah and spending some time with my family. I especially enjoyed catching up with Maggie! She has spent the last 18 months serving in the Vina Del Mar, Chile as a missionary for our Church. She got home mid July. The mission treated her well and she looked great. I was happy to see that she still eats her unique food combinations. (Although I must admit that everything she ate was delicious!). While I was in Utah I played board games with Ethan, went rafting and had a quick round of golf with the men of the family. We are hoping that Maggie can come out to NYC to visit us soon so she can see Christine, Coco and especially Henry whom she has not yet met in the flesh. We are glad you are home Maggie!

The Anderson County Fair

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It would not be summer without a trip to the county fair. Lucky for us we were in Tennessee for the Anderson county fair. We did not go a lot growing up. I think the last time we went was when I was in high school. I remember going on the one "roller coaster" with my little brother. Even though we did not go a ton we have great memories from the times that we did go. I know my sisters and I will never forget riding on the strawberries when it started pouring rain and we were five or younger.  Lyndon, my sister, and I left the kids at home and had a night at the county fair. Ellen and I had some sister time going on the ferris wheel.  The view from the top. After going I wish we had taken the kiddos with us. They both would have had a blast. Pony rides, the carousel. Next time babies.  The real reason we were anxious to go to the fair was to see the how I did in the baked good competition. And I did pretty well because there I am pointing to my first place ribbo

Graduation and Cronuts

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Lyndon graduated on a rainy spring day, which did not reflect the atmosphere of the event at all. We were so excited to see our Daddy graduate! I'll admit it, I cried. Not sobbing, but I did cry. The atmosphere and pomp and circumstance got the better of my emotions. Law school was not as difficult as we had been told. I can't speak for Lyndon, but I really enjoyed our experience at Columbia. Lyndon will tell you he is very happy to be done.               Cosette had to try on Daddy's "funny hat".  My handsome hubs. I took my Lyndon's mamma, Emily, to go try a cronut. She loved it! Two of the sweetest girls in the city. The good stuff. The wait was definitely worth it. That month's flavor: Lemon Blueberry Verbena with a Greek Yogurt Ganache filling.  And after seeing all of the other goodies there I want to go back and try something different. Here is a little clip of Lyndon walking. There were two massive tents set

Our Epic Pioneer Day Trek

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Latest Pioneer Day post, but our pictures have been scattered across all sorts of phones, computers, and States even. And finally we are in one place so we can get back to recording our Plothow adventures. So Pioneer Day! My home town is perfect for Pioneer Day because of the street names. There are a lot of streets named after States. In honor of Pioneer Day (July 24) we "trekked" all the way from New York to Utah. That would be New York Ave to Utah Ave. It gets even better because there is an Illinois Ave in town as well so we also made the "trek" from Illinois to Utah!  And one more of Cosette striking that awesome pose. Gotta love that girl. Lyndon actually has pioneer ancestors that did travel across the country to Utah back in the mid 1800s. Now that we are married I have inherited that pioneer heritage as well as our children. Pioneer Day means a whole lot more when you have ancestors who did make that journey. Maybe next time we are in Tennesse

Our Anniversary

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Lyndon and I celebrated our fourth anniversary on August 14! It feels like we have only been married two years, but no, it has been four. I guess time does really fly when you are having fun, or keeping really busy, which is what we have done. It is kind of incredible to think all that we have done in the last four years together. They have been the most exciting years of my life and the happiest years of Lyndon's life. He tells me everyday (he really does) that he is so happy being married to me. Talk about a confidence booster! This year we spent our anniversary looking for an apartment up in New York City. And we found one! We put in an application and signed the lease (which usually never happens) on our anniversary. And then we went to dinner with our brokers. That was romantic, haha. We were working with our own broker and then the apartment we were looking at had their own broker. Kind of confusing, but New York real estate can be pretty complicated. Anyway, when the