Hello all! I realize I am doing a less then stellar job at keeping my lovely blog updated (for those of my family and friends that are actually interested!) a lot has happened in the Izzo household since I was last on here.
1) I went back to work in may. I was only looking for a day or two a week but found an office I like and am working 3.5 days a week. The dr and all the staff are so nice and despite the commute I thoroughly enjoying going to work! With that being said we found an amazing sitter for Lexi! Jessica has been wonderful since the start and honestly I don't think I would be able to go to work and not worry about Lexi if we would have went with anyone else. The first week was a little rough but now when I go to pick her up I get a wave and she continues about her business! Jessica has twin girls of her own and they are just the cutest things! I think that they are helping Lexi come out of her shell. She is talking more and more-not necessarily with real words but we are making headway!
2) After receiving sad news about my mother in law passing away a couple weeks ago we packed up and headed to New York. Although the circumstances that brought us there were not good it was great to see Lew's family. A lot of his family Lexi and I haven't had the pleasure of even meeting yet. Let me take you through our whirl-wind trip to New York!
We took the red eye.....which I will never ever do again with a toddler. Lexi was already tired and once we got to the airport there was just too much going on for her to go to sleep. Once we finally got on the plane all hell broke lose. Lexi managed to scream the first hour and a half of the 3.5 hour flight. When I say scream I mean scream at the top of her lungs until all she could do was finally pass out. I was horrified and exhausted and thank god she slept most of the rest of the flight. Then we lay overed in Detroit and had a pleasant little flight to Buffalo. In buffalo we rented a car and drove to my sister in laws house in Syracuse. Later that day was Lew's moms wake and service. It was beautiful and so moving to see all the people that came out to support her and her family. We saw a lot of New York and I mean a lot. Shelly was brave enough to travel with us to NYC! Let me tell you it was over whelming! We arrived in penn station at rush hour which wasn't ideal! We walked all over. Central park was amazing! Lexi managed to have another complete meltdown at the empire state building. The next day we took the ferry and got to see the statue of liberty and the two new towers that are going up around ground zero! It was amazing to see it all first hand and not in a movie. We got back to Syracuse and then headed to lake placid. This was by far my favorite part of the trip. Lake placid was beyond gorgeous, words can't even explain. Our time in New York was way too short. Our last stop was a very quick trip to Niagra falls. We need to get passports so we can visit the Canadian side next time. Luckily our flights home went quietly for the most part. It was an exhausting trip and I was disappointed that Lexi played the shy card and wouldn't let her family love on her. I know this can be typical toddler behavior and we totally uprooted her from her routine but I was still frustrated. She was glued to me the whole trip, it made it hard.
Major thanks go out to Shelly and Jim who opened up their home to us and included us in all their adventures. You guys made our trip so wonderful and we miss you so much all ready. S much more happened on the trip but I fear I am getting blogged out! I will try and add pictures this weekend!
All in all things are going well with the Izzo's 3!
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