While in NY, we did a lot of resting and roaming around shopping malls -- something you take for granted, but we truly miss being able to do while living in Oki! Buying things still had to be kept to the essentials (for instance things to keep us warm!) since we were still en route to GTMO. While there Leyna got to see a little bit of snow again. Thankfully we missed the huge blizzard that buried the East Coast later in that month...
Mommy doesn't endure the cold very well, but Leyna seemed like she could keep stomping around in it for hours.
Us 4 ladies (see Leyna? haha) We got to reunite with my niece Maria and her family. I haven't seen Maria since our wedding back in 2007!
Kuya Rudy took us on a drive through Manhattan before leaving. Had some yummy Peruvian food with Maria in Brooklyn. Leyna had fun making phone calls and taking pics with her cousin. She holds anything up to her eye and says "cheeeese!"
We enjoyed all decor and lights...there were plenty (including all the city traffic!)
Our next stop before boarding the GTMO flight was back to Maryland to visit Tita Ester and family. Last time we were there was just before we first moved to Oki and when Leyna was still growing in my belly. So this visit, we each had new additions to the family -- me > Leyna, them > TJ their dog! This Labradoodle is huge! Leyna LOVED him. She'd always be on the look out for him, try to bump fists, and he's so sweet to let her poke at his big eyeballs while she says "eeeyes!"
...randoms of Leyna having fun. She would sometimes "neigh" at TJ and try to ride him thinking he's a horse haha.
The girls with their niece.
Then on our way to GTMO we went. We had to leave behind the winter clothes and repack for sunny weather, while also having things ready depending if we get stuck on the East Coast on the way back or make it to CA directly. It's amazing how many times I had to sort, un-pack, re-pack and get boxes of things ready to ship. Space bags, flat rate boxes, and anything with zippers that don't break are our friend. =) All this traveling really exercises your brain...
While in NY, we did a lot of resting and roaming around shopping malls -- something you take for granted, but we truly miss being able to do while living in Oki! Buying things still had to be kept to the essentials (for instance things to keep us warm!) since we were still en route to GTMO. While there Leyna got to see a little bit of snow again. Thankfully we missed the huge blizzard that buried the East Coast later in that month...
...what's this stuff that keeps stickin to my feet...
it's not always easy taking pics of your own kid
Kuya Rudy took us on a drive through Manhattan before leaving. Had some yummy Peruvian food with Maria in Brooklyn. Leyna had fun making phone calls and taking pics with her cousin. She holds anything up to her eye and says "cheeeese!"
We enjoyed all decor and lights...there were plenty (including all the city traffic!)
Our next stop before boarding the GTMO flight was back to Maryland to visit Tita Ester and family. Last time we were there was just before we first moved to Oki and when Leyna was still growing in my belly. So this visit, we each had new additions to the family -- me > Leyna, them > TJ their dog! This Labradoodle is huge! Leyna LOVED him. She'd always be on the look out for him, try to bump fists, and he's so sweet to let her poke at his big eyeballs while she says "eeeyes!"
...randoms of Leyna having fun. She would sometimes "neigh" at TJ and try to ride him thinking he's a horse haha.
The girls with their niece.
Then on our way to GTMO we went. We had to leave behind the winter clothes and repack for sunny weather, while also having things ready depending if we get stuck on the East Coast on the way back or make it to CA directly. It's amazing how many times I had to sort, un-pack, re-pack and get boxes of things ready to ship. Space bags, flat rate boxes, and anything with zippers that don't break are our friend. =) All this traveling really exercises your brain...
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