NYC

So back in September Ben and I decided to go to New York City for one last hoorah before the baby. We had a goal to make this trip before we started to have kids, so since the baby came a little earlier than we planned we had to hurry and squeeze this trip in!

We has so much fun and we able to do the trip for relatively cheap. My friends husband works for the airline so we were able to get buddy passes. They were a great price, but we had to fly stand by which was super nerve wracking!!! We were never sure about our flights, and were always on the edge of our seats waiting to see if we were going to make it on the flight. Luckily we made all our flights and made it to NYC on time, and obviously made it back.

I also have a good friend who lives in NY, she and her husband were heading out of town so they ever so kindly offered their apartment to us while they were gone. This helped out a ton, hotels in NY are ridiculous, luckily our neighbor works for Marriott so she got us a discount for the night that we did have to stay in a hotel.

We has so much fun we tried to see just about everything possible!! The Pictures below are a bit jumbled but I think you will get the point.

We went to: bubba gumps, The Seinfeld restaurant, Yankees game(probably the highlight of our trip), FAO Shwartz(the toy store from BIG), Dylans Candy Store(Dylan is Ralph Laurens daughter, and she opened up her own candy shop. Soo cute!), Crumbs (the most amazing cupcake store! I think I still dream about those cupcakes), serendipity, central park, Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and every where in between.

We went and saw a Broadway show called American idiot. I have to say it was not the best.... it was a little much for me with the loud music and the language. I did like the singing in it, the singers had really great voices. I did not love the choreography though... you can only do a head bang so many times! I like Greenday so it was fun to hear all their songs, over all I give it a 6.

Ben served his mission in New York so he took me to see one of his areas in Spanish Harlem. The area was interesting, I think we were the only Caucasians around and Ben pointed out a drug transaction to me... good times. We stopped by one of Bens apartments, then Ben took me to a pizza place he and his companions would frequent for lunch. The pizza was soo good, and it was huge, it covered my whole plate, I always wondered why New yorkers liked to fold their pizza... not just because they are weird New Yorkers but out of necessity!

Well enjoy the pictures!

7 Months

I am now 7th months and loving it! Nights are getting a tad uncomfortable but overall I feel like I've had a really good pregnancy. I cannot believe she will be here in 2 months, things are getting crazy! I feel her move a ton now, sometimes it feel like she is trying to stand up in there she is pushing so hard. We have decided on a name, it will be Ari Jane Sims, unless I go nuts at the hospital and decide to change my mind. We chose this name because we thought Ari was cute and different but not too different, and Jane comes from my great great grandma on my moms side her name was Abby Jane. I am super excited to meet this adorable little girl!

ATTENTION BALDWIN FAMILY!!

Hey all Baldwin Family Members, If you haven't heard already (and hopefully you have some way or another) we are doing a book for Grandma Baldwin for Christmas. We are going to make a book of all her quilts she has made for us throughout the years! Please send me pictures of you with your quilt/quilts, or if you prefer not to be in the picture that is fine too. You can also leave a little blurp about why the quilt is special or maybe the occasion you recieved it for. Please email your pictures and comments before Dec. 5. Let me know if you have questions.
Thanks Everyone!
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Crazy Times with the Sims

It's been an exciting, crazy, last few months, so sorry for the long post, I've just got to do some catching up!!

In April we had a sad thing happen, Ben's aunt Karen passed away, it was very sudden and unexpected, we were sad to see such a classy fabulous lady go, it was and still is a very hard thing to think about for our family, but we are all happy to have the gospel in our lives so we know we will be able to see aunt Karen once again. She had a beautiful funeral, one of my favorite parts was when all her grand kids got up and sang 'you give me a kiss you give me a hug, you smile when you see me too, I wish every child in the whole wide world had a grandmother just like you!'

Shane and Dana went on a little vacation and we got to watch the 2 cute boys! We had so much fun with those boys, they are so funny. It was so nice and hot one day I decided to turn on the sprinklers and bring out the watermelon. We had a great time! I found out too that Fergie likes to run through the sprinklers as well!


We Celebrated Ben's BIG 28!! I think it was a hard one for him because he is just that much closer to 30!:)


In April we also found out about the little bundle of joy that is on her way. She came as a little bit of a surprise, but she is a GREAT Surprise! We are so excited for this little girl to come into our lives. We are both super nervous about being parents but we already love her so much we cannot wait! We were so expecting that this baby was going to be a Boy, I had already bought a few boy things and was just SURE it was a boy. But when we went in for the "BIG" ultra sound she said "its a Girl...." we both just sat there for a minute like what??? Really??? I have to be honest and tell you we were a little disappointed, I feel bad saying that because it is my baby but we were honestly quite shocked it wasn't a boy. It didn't take me long though to get over it, that same night when I came home from work I had a present sitting on the counter from my Mother and Father in Law, it was an adorable pink head band and a sweet card to go along with it. As soon as I saw that little pink bow and thought about being able to put it on her little head for the first time I was over the fact that she was a, she!
This has been an exciting journey so far, I love being pregnant, we have just recently started to be able to feel her kick from the outside. One of my favorite things to do now is get into bed early and wait to feel her kick. We had a very fun summer, we were able to spend a few days in Bear Lake with Ben's family, it was a nice relaxing vacation, we played in the pool a lot, ate tons of delicious food, and spent a day at the beach, it was just what we needed!!
When we were at the beach we decided to make Garrett into a mermaid!





In August , 8-9-10 to be exact we had a new addition to the Baldwin family. Shane and Dana had their 3rd baby! It was a girl this time, her name is Lundynn Shae, she is so beautiful and I know she will be spoiled & loved by her 2 big brothers!

This summer I went into the unknown and decided to bottle salsa all by myself! I've bottled before but I've always had someone there to pretty much do everything for me, so I decided I wanted to do it myself this year, and I did. I stayed up until 4am on a Friday night doing it, but I got it done. It turned out great by the way and tastes delish. It will hopefully last us the first part of the winter... I don't know though Ben can go through that salsa pretty fast!

I have an awesome boss who just happens to have season REAL tickets. He gave Ben and I a pair for one Saturday afternoon, and it was so fun! We got to eat a great dinner and the atmosphere was so fun, there was loud music playing the whole time, and people cheering, we had a great time.