Hospital Visit

On Monday, Nick had to go to the hospital to have two teeth pulled.  Nick was very brave and did a great job.

This is a picture of Nick in the hospital bed after his surgery.  He was very tired and it look awhile for Nick to wake up and feel good enough to come home.

When we came home Nick was still tired, he went right to bed and took a nap.

At night mom made Nick meatloaf and mashed potato because his mouth was sore.

Mom and dad said, "we are so proud of how brave you were today.  Great job!"

Sunday in New York City

Last Sunday mom and dad took Nick to New York City.

We stayed at the Carlton Hotel.

We took a walk around the city and sat for awhile in Union Square Park. Nick said he wanted to see the Empire State Building.

We walked up to the Empire State Building, but Nick did not find it interesting because he could not see the top of the building

 We sat for awhile in Herald Square.  Nick liked being in the middle of all the people and stores.

Then the sun started to go down and we walked back to the hotel.  We caught a good look at the Empire State Building, all dressed in Christmas colors!

Ryder's First Christmas

On Christmas day mom got a text message with a picture, it was Nick's little cousin Ryder on his first Christmas morning!

Christmas Eve

On Christmas Eve we had dinner together and then opened our presents.

Nick rushed through his dinner to get to the good part of the evening.

Then he ran to the chair to wait for us to catch up to him.

Nick's best gift was a bungee chair from grammy.  Mom said, "that is the only chair in the house where you can bounce."

Nick gave mom a Long Beach sweatshirt.

After presents, Nick and dad had a happy dance together!

The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree

On Christmas Eve we were in New York City, but it was a rainy day and it was hard to walk around.  After we went to the theater to see our show, grammy said, "I don't care if it's raining, I want to take a picture with Nick under the big tree at Rockefeller Center."

The Rockettes at Radio City

This year mom and grammy brought Nick to the Christmas Show at Radio City Music Hall.

Nick loved the show, they had great music, lights, and a lot of scenes of New York City.

Nick especially liked the Rockettes, they did tap dances and danced in different patterns and sometimes made a long line across the stage.

Mom and grammy liked the Parade of the Wooden Soldiers best.  This dance has been performed the same way for many years, mom and grammy both saw this when they were little.

And there was a big dance about New York.  They had a red tourist bus on the stage and and showed lots of scenes from the city.

Christmas Eve in New York City

Now that Henry and Katie live far away, grammy decided to visit Nick for Christmas.  On Christmas Eve mom got tickets for us to go to Radio City to see the Christmas Spectacular.

We took the Long Island Rail Road to New York City.

We walked into the theater lobby.   Grammy told Nick, "I used to come here when I was a little girl.  And I brought your mom here when she was little too."

We found our seats and waited for the show to begin.  Mom told Nick, "get ready, you are going to love this show!  They have Santa, and lots of dancing girls, and a Nativity scene at the end."