New York Oct. 27-30, 2010

The last week in October I got to accompany Nate and his parents on a business trip to New York City. The trip started off on the rough side with us stopping at the FedEx Ship Center on our way to the airport to pick up the package with our tickets to Wicked in it, you would think this would be no big deal......and it was except little did we know it was the beginning of the snow ball effect. We then arrived at the airport an hour and a half before our flight. Due to excessive rain in New York leaving the runways wet and the fact that our plane taking us to New York arrived at the airport late our flight was delayed three hours. Eventually we were finally able to board the aircraft and taxi to the runway, where we sat in the hot airplane for another hour before take off. Eventually we took off but when we reached JFK we circled the airport there for another hour. Let me paint a picture of my ankles for you at this point (mind you I was 34 weeks pregnant) my ankles, hands, feet, face, knees, and every other inch of me were so swollen, I looked like a blow up doll.

Since we had arrived in New York five hours later than expected we had an hour and a half to get from the airport, check into our hotel, change, and get to the theatre for the start of Wicked. We made it to the hotel with 20 minutes until show time......we scrambled to change and practically ran/speed walked to the theatre where we walked into the theatre and sat down in our seats just as the lights dimmed. It was the most perfect timing ever.....Nate and I practically started laughing. The show was worth all the drama, stress, and scrambling tho......I loved the music, sets, costumes, and story (I found Glinda absolutely hilarious).

The rest of the trip was spent shopping, eating, and attending business functions. While shopping I broke down and bought a pair of Ugg Cloggs in SIZE 10 because my feet were so swollen I couldn't fit them into anything else. This was a big deal because I would not classify Ugg boats or shoes as cute but they sure are comfy and I now love them. Those shoes ended up being my best friend until a week after Tanner was born and my swelling finally went down, that is right folks....I wore those Uggs every day and with everything for the last six weeks. Lets just say I have never been so excited to wear my old shoes :)

Now I must admit that I didn't get any pictures of New York, pathetic I know but the only camera Nate and I had was on our phones. I am pretty sad I don't have any pictures but I guess that means we have to go back again sometime :)