Baby it's cold outside!

So it's freezing outside and I'm dying!  It's been a rough week with highs in the single digits and teens with lots of snow.  We've heard it's been a bad winter compared to those in recent years here in Connecticut.  Lucky us, we're coming from 4 warm years in Florida trying to adjust.  It really hasn't been as bad as I imagined it might be....but it's starting to get old already and we're not even through January.  Brent is always excited to report the upcoming chilly forecast and walks to and from work every day loving every minute of it.  I don't know what's wrong with him.  It's not normal.  Lets just I haven't been leaving the house much recently....especially with Clementine.  I miss Florida weather.

This was the original coat that I bought for Clementine several months ago.  It was super cute.  Sadly, it was lost in a casualty over Christmas at Brent's family's house.  Sophie (the dog) ate a nice big hole in the hood and so I had to lay it to rest.

This is the replacement coat that Grandpa Nielsen bought for Clemie.  She got the hat and mittens for Christmas and she actually let us put them on her so we had to get a picture of her all bundled up!  What a doll!

NYC at Christmas Time!

Living in Connecticut for only a year, we couldn't pass up this opportunity to go to NYC over Christmas time.  We made the journey by train from New Haven to Grand Central Station.  Being the weekend before Christmas....it was crazy busy.  The train was jammed packed and we couldn't wait to get there so we could go to our hotel and relax for a bit.  Two house later, we made it, jumped on the Subway and headed for the hotel.  We  were staying at the Ritz Carlton in Battery Park.  We wouldn't normally stay at such a nice place, but a couple years ago Brent won some gift certificates to the Ritz Carton at a dental conference.  We've been meaning to use them forever now, but it just never happened.  I'd checked about a month prior for the Ritz NYC room rates and they were outrageous so I decided against staying the night.  I was bummed because NYC is so hard with a baby and having a hotel to crash in makes it much easier.  The week before Christmas, I check the rates again and they were surprisingly cheaper.  I booked us a room and we were off!  So we checked in and headed to our room.  We lounged around for awhile, ordered some room service, and then bundled up to head to the must see Rockefeller Center.  There were SO many people it was insane!  I didn't wanted battle the crowds to get close to the tree, so we just stopped real quick, took a couple pictures and headed on our way.  It was so cold and snowing....so we had to keep on the move.  We stopped in some shoppes, walked around for a little bit trying to keep Clemie happy and warm, and then headed back to the hotel.  We didn't get to see as much as we would have liked, but between Clementine and the weather, we just couldn't handle it.  After a quick night in the city, a relaxing night and lazy morning, we headed back home.  It was a fun trip and great to see NYC all decked out for Christmas.  It wasn't too bad staying at the Ritz either....I could get used to that treatment!  

This is as close as we could get to the tree without being trampled.

Brent and Clemie all bundled up!

Our delightful feather bed.  It was heavenly!

Part of the bathroom.  I didn't get a picture of the lovely tub that I took a relaxing bubble bath in.   Their toiletries were fabulous smelling!

Brent and Clemie checking out the crib they had set up for her.  It was so cute and Clemie loved playing in it.

They even gave her a whole goodie bag with all sorts of stuff and a Ritz Teddy.  It was so impressed!  

The goodies up close....including bandaids, night light, bathtub spout cover, diapers, shampoo, lotion, and fever strips.  All in a cute bag!  That stuff came home with me of course.