‘Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving’

One of the perks of living the cement jungle life of New York City are the festivities of the fall and winter. One of them being the famous Macy’s Day Parade for Thanksgiving! The night before, Macy’s inflates the balloon floats right next to my boyfriend’s family’s apartment in the city and his family holds a big celebratory party for kids to come watch, enjoy and eat lots of candy and goodies!  I am very fortunate because the apartment overlooks the balloons from a very high floor of a tall building and it might be the best view in New York!  Being originally from California, this event is even more special as I have only had the opportunity to see balloon floats from the television as a child, and now in person as an adult. Families from all over the New York boroughs travel far to come and see the annual ‘blowing up of the balloons’ and it is a tradition for many families passed down from generation to generation. This past Thanksgiving I can say that I am most thankful for the friends and family I have that could share this special night – it will always be one to remember (and I highly recommend it if you are from the New York or New Jersey area). Here are some pictures from high above the floats on November 24th. Gobble, gobble!

Here are pictures the night before versus the next day at the parade!  

Here are the crazy crowds that swarm the balloons at night
(and by crazy, I mean lovely NYC families)! 

And then see them during the day…

Buzz Light Year being blown up the night before….

Here he is the next day!

Macy’s ‘Believe’ Star balloon floats that open up the parade

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Turkey and Tails

I understand that the above title is very vague, if not weird.  However, I thought it would be appropriate to describe our “little” announcement.  We found out what our upcoming arrival’s gender would be last Wednesday, (the day before Thanksgiving) and since it was only a day away from Turkey day, we thought we would be a little naughty and make our families await the announcement until Thanksgiving day. So like good little secret agents, we were able to keep our lips sealed for one whole day.  Believe me, that didn’t come without the barrage of leading questions. I especially had to choose my words wisely, keeping “it” and “the baby” as the noun of my sentences and not slipping with….well, you are about to find out with “what.” That is the “Turkey” part of the above title, now on to the “Tails” part.

Before you go jumping to conclusions, you need to ask your self the following question “What Kind of “Tails” is she talking about?”  It could be that I am talking about “puppy dog tails” or is it possibly “pig tails.”  Two very different types of tails.  So which is it?  Puppy Dog Tails or Pig Tails…I hope you are ready for this one! 

It’s going to be….

We’re having a boy!

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