Back to the Big Apple...our 2nd home! :)

Well, that time is upon us once again--NYC, here we come!  Amazing how fast it's flown...b/c honestly it seems like we were just there and that was a year ago!  So excited to return to our home away from home.  Never thought a big city would feel like home to us, but we really are comfortable with this place having been there three summer straight!  I am actually all packed (yes, you read that right!)...I was pretty much packed yesterday...so with my extra peaceful moments I thought I'd post some old pics from last summer.  I might have posted these before, but it's still a fun refresher to see them again! Above is two lovely ladies--our Lady of Liberty and our Beautiful Ballerina....this is right after we picked the SAB girl up from her dorm on Kev's bday (7/27)

Logan livin' it up on his first trip to the Big Apple...I think he rather liked Times Square!

Shelb's fav thing about NYC...finding lots of Audrey Hepburn stuff and eating "breakfast" outside Tiffany's jewelry store (her idea :))

Don't let the sad face fool you...Logan was a star on the Today show!  He had to get up VERY early to make it on to the concert series so maybe that's why he was lookin' grumpy, but he did fabulous on his first tv debut! :)

Daddy on his 38th bday and Logan on his 7 month bday in front of our hotel (you can see it behind the Hershey store---Crowne Plaza)...right on Times Square.  Best location ever!  We are staying there tomorrow...and next month too!!  Thank you, Nina and Poppy Stegs for letting us "borrow" your hotel points!

My girls at the "Rock" observatory...overlooking Central Park.  Awesome views!

BEST place to eat...Shake Shack...the main one in the park is beautiful with twinkling lights. We hope to take Hailey on Sat. night!

Livin' large on the subway!  On our way to SAB for drop-off.  She looks like a natural New Yorker, doesn't she?!

Nothing like turning 7 months old in NYC and chillin' in Times Square in your onesie and tie!  Golly, how he's changed in 1 year....now he'll be rockin' NYC with his busy boy ways!

Very cool castle in Central Park.

Our lil' "liberty" boy :)

Kev's bday bfast location...Alice's Tea Cup...very cool eclectic place to eat.  He got his fav--crepes!

Can't go to NYC w/o a trip through Hoboken, NJ to get some goodies at Carlos' Bakery (Cake Boss!).  Yummers!  I hope we can get back in this year with the rest of the kids!

And we hope to go back here this year with Hailey...Serendipity 3!  Frozen hot chocolate...yumm!

And our most fav. place (well, mine at least!) is the fountain outside Lincoln Center.  We always do a ballet pose there when we drop our girl off!  

And so it goes...summer #3 for our girl in NYC.  It seems like old hat to us at this point.  She's actually been packed for days.  Never have we Stegs been this prepared for a trip.  I was smart enough this time to NOT plan any last minute pool trips or get togethers with friends, but instead we just chilled this week and leisurely did things. I am really learning to chill a lot this summer and not stress about stuff.  It makes life so much nicer!  So, this time tomorrow we should be halfway to our 2nd home.  NYC, here we come...ready for another summer of fun and memories!