First of all...thank you to everyone that sent me Happy Birthday wishes! It makes me happy to know yall were thinking of me!! :)

So, this year was wonderful! Mo is the greatest! He set up flights for my mom and aunt to come here and stay with our kids so he could take me to NYC for the weekend to celebrate my birthday!

I had the time of my life! It was my first time to see "the city that never sleeps". And you better believe that phrase is 100% true!! We flew in Fri night and back home Sunday morning. So I really had one full day to try to cram in as much as possible. And that I did!

Friday night we arrived. As soon as we landed and got our rental we picked up our friend in Brooklyn and went to eat at a Diner at about 1am. The food was sooo good! Sat. morning we got ready and had breakfast at the Deli on the corner right by my friends apartment in Brooklyn. (there are literally deli's on EVERY corner) Then, took the train (they all called it the train...I was fascinated to ride the SUBWAY for the first time) to Manhatten. We walked to the Staten Island Ferry where we took beautiful pix of Ms. Liberty and the city skyline. The rest of the day we spent walking EVERYWHERE and took sooo many pix! I shopped Canal street boutiques and those stands on the sidewalk. We went shopping at Macy's. AMAZING 8 floors! And an old wooden escalader! Walked around Times Square. We had a hotel for Sat night that we could see the Empire State building from our window. We had hot dogs from one of the many hot dog venders. Went to Little Italy and had a 3 course meal at La Mela Ristorante. We also got to experiance a huge multi level NY night club. It was very very crowded and busy! Too much for us! We got there at 1am. My friend said most of the people there were probably tourists since they were there so early! I was like EARLY?! wow. We left at like 2:30am. According to my friend, it doesn't really get busy until 5am! And I thought it was busy enough! It was like sardines in there trying to squeeze through the crowd holding hands so we don't get separated! Crazy lifestyle! I'm glad I got to see it...but it was too many people for me. I was all worried about icky germs. haha!

I love New York! And now I can't wait to go back and see more of it! So many more things to see and do in that city! I'm not sure I'll ever get to do everything I want to, but I'm so lucky to just go this once and have a wonderful birthday weekend with my bestest friend in the world...my hubby! :) Big thank you to our good friend Annie for showing me New York through your eyes and sharing part of your life with me! I'll never forget it!