Last weekend my cousin Mary Liz visited NYC from Austin. It was her second time in the city but the first trip all by herself. We had so much fun and nearly walked holes into our shoes! We went to the Highline, Governor’s Island, Times Square, Chinatown, SoHo and, of course, Greenpoint. She met Ellis and I got to know my wonderful cousin better before she heads off to college. We made it up to Top of the Rock on a very clear night and took these lovely photos.

Saturday was also our sixth wedding anniversary! We like to celebrate our anniversary with a boat ride every year. This year it was the ferry to Governor’s Island. Here we are pictured along the water in front of Ellis Island.

Ellis is doing some serious teething and hasn’t been her usually happy self. We were so distracted trying to make her feel better, that we complete forgot she turned 10 months on Tuesday. Congrats big baby! You are getting so close to one year! The terminal has since been rebuilt and looks a lot snazzier than when we were last here. And don't be fooled by the boys always sharing their food with each other. Well, they do sweetly offer bites to each other without any prompting... but Jesse's ulterior motive is usually to switch spoons with Lucas. He leaves his spoon behind in Lucas's mouth and then grabs for the other one.

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