Summer in the City!

After the memorial, we headed into New York City since Jamie had to stay the week for work. Aunt Jeanne met us in the city and Kyler got to go see all the sites and ride the subway (a.k.a "choo-choo") for the first time! He was blown away with seeing taxis for the first time, buses, and police cars everywhere you look! He waved continuously at them for days. Our hotel was mid town near Times Square, so he also got to see all the over-the-top lights around there and the show signs on Broadway/42nd St. Here are some of the major sites he got to see: World Trade Center and Twin Tower Memorial Preview site at Ground Zero (also my first time back since the tragedy), inside a real FDNY firehouse, Battery Park (with views of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island), Central Park, Brooklyn Bridge, City Hall, FAO Schwarz, Rockefeller Plaza, and Macy's just to name some. I didn't think I had the endurance at 7 months pregnant to walk up and down subway stairs (while carrying a stroller) and trek 10 miles a day, but I did great! It was so much fun!