We finally made it!

Hi Everyone,

Well, we finally decided to get with the rest of the world and start a family blog. So we'll just give you a quick recap on what's been going on with our lives over the past 2 months.

We got married in Orlando on November 13 and you really couldn't ask for a nicer day. The weather was perfect and a lot of family and friends were able to make it. We had a wonderful reception the next day up in Macclenny with about 100 people attending (plus one random cat). We decided on Aruba for our honeymoon and absolutely loved it! The island is pretty small so after taking a jeep tour, there wasn't much else to do other than soaking up the nice, hot sun. After a week, we decided it was time to come back to reality and begin our life in New York.

We loaded up all of Myriam's things in Nashville into the moving truck and started to drive towards New York on Thanksgiving day. After driving for 7 straight hours and considering Taco Bell or Subway for our Thanksgiving feast we decided Shoney's was the place to share our first holiday together.

We finally arrived in NYC early Friday morning and were eager to unload our stuff. As if moving with just two people wasn't stressful enough, our apartment is directly across the street from the world's largest Macy's store. Needless to say, the streets were packed with coupon-clipping moms and bargain hunters looking for the best Christmas deals. Throughout the day, we needed to keep remembering how much we love each other and how it was a great blessing to be living in New York (since our stress levels were a bit off the charts with just the two of us unloading the Uhaul)! It took us about 4 days to finally unpack all of our stuff. We had to wait about 2 weeks for the cable company to install our cable/internet, so we got caught up on season 3 of Will & Grace (Myriam wasn't complaining) to pass the time.

Christmas this year was spent down in Florida with Myriam's family. Everyone was there (including Matt & Aubrey from Arizona and Glen and Anna from Georgia) and we had a blast catching up with all the nieces and nephews. Gary enjoyed some golf with the boys on Christmas eve and Myriam was able to get some well deserved R&R.

We have loved living in the city but are still adjusting to the cold! Our apartment isn't much bigger than a garage but we would love to have visitors. So if you want to come out to New York we would love to see you!