Day #1 in NYC

Yesterday was a bit of a challenge. Emery slept ok the night before, although, she did wake several times for her binky, but she got a good amount of sleep.

We got up, had a little continental breakfast at the hotel and then headed out around noon. I've always said that I'm not made for a bit city, and now with Emery, I believe it even more. We headed out with the baby, diaper bag and stroller. Wow - it was lot of stuff. We took a shuttle to the subway and then went through 2-3 transfers on the subway. We finally made it to Times Square.

We walked (in sprinkling rain with humidity) down to a little steakhouse called Tad's Steakhouse. The restaurant greeter was hilarious - very friendly and a huge flirt with all of the ladies - pretty entertaining.

Ivan and I had a good lunch and then headed out to walk around. Right at that time - Emery's meltdown started. She wouldn't go into her stroller, she wasn't sure that she wanted to be held and she was just screaming. Our child doesn't EVER behave like this and Ivan and I weren't really sure how to even react. The good thing is that we didn't start fighting and kept our cool. We walked over to Macy's to see about trying to feed Emery. No go! So, we decided to head back to Ivan's Grandma's to try to let Emery take a nap. First, I wanted to change Emery's diaper. We spent about 10 minutes trying to actually find a restroom (not a good time to be in such a large department store). Emery was screaming the entire time. I was so ready to cry! Finally, I decided to take off her shoes just to see what would happen. Silence - it worked! I'm not sure what the deal was with the shoes, but I can guarantee that Emery will never be wearing those shoes again.

Once the ordeal was over, we were still a little nervous about heading out to the town again based on Emery still being tired. So, we headed to Ivan's Grandma's apartment. We got there and Emery went down for a nap (I joined her) and Ivan got to visit with his Mom and Grandma.

We then went for a quick dinner and then back to the subway (a train was down so a 10 mile ride took 1 1/2 hours to get home). We got home at 10p, settled down, and went to bed. Luckily, Emery slept the whole night through until 10a!

We are going to meet up with family and visit this afternoon and Ivan and I are hoping to get to Wicked Sunday afternoon. Hopefully we have better days to come!