Update...July

(Molly Post)

July: The new apartment, Mets Games, Trip to St. Louis (& meeting Aunt Lily!)

In July, the biggest activity was moving. We decided July 4th would be a good day to move, since it was a Friday, we both had off work, and the city would be dead. It would also give us 2 days to unpack and get settled in before we had to start a new week. The move was a little painful...down 2 flights of stairs out of the old apartment, and up 3 flights of stairs to get into the new one. I mostly directed traffic (i.e. take this box down next, or put this box here). Luckily, Cody had asked two guys from the stock room at his store to help. They were absolutely wonderful...we could not have done it without them. By the time Cody, Tim, and Charles were ready to fall over (and did), these two guys were just getting warmed up and finished taking EVERYTHING into our new apartment. Below are a few pictures of our new place...please pardon the mess.

Layout (can double click on photo to zoom in...NOT TO SCALE):

View toward the front door, down the long hallway

View from the hallway into the kitchen

View from the hallway into the living room

View from the living room into the bedroom

View from the tub of the bathroom/out to the living room

We still are not completely settled in (the drapes are still not up in the bedroom), but it's beginning to feel like home.

This month, we also managed to make it to 2 Mets games. The first was on a Friday night vs Colorado and the second was last weekend on a Sunday vs the Cardinals....can you tell that Cody and I still love our home teams? For the Rockies game, it was just Cody and I - we had a great time, though we left a little early since Cody was coming down with a cold. Last weekend, we went with our friends Jen and Andrew (my old HR rep and her finace) - even though it started raining in the 7th inning, we had a fun time.

Finally, I had to go to St. Louis for work in the middle of the month. Bravo's show, Top Chef, is currently on a tour around the US. Basically, this big semi-truck drives from city to city and fans come to see it. The semi truck has a demo kitchen that seats 34 people, that consumers can visit and watch 2 chefs cook and answer questions. Each city has differnt chefs from each of the 4 seasons. Our group at NBCU is running the tour and the guy who is managing it needs help in each city. Since everyone from the marketing group is volunteering for different cities, I decided it was my "duty" to volunteer for St. Louis.

Since I was already going home, I decided to bring Bailey. My dad had not met her...and either had her Aunt Lily (i.e. my parents dog). She flew so well and had a GREAT time in St. Louis. She and Lily got along so well. Bailey jumped all over Lily and stole all of Lily's toys....and Lily just let her do it. The most she did was gently paw at Bailey. Lily did manage to teach Bailey how to go up and down stairs, and how to walk outside. Seeing the two of them together was a funny sight, since Lily is 15lbs and Bailey was barely 5lbs. Below are two pictures of them getting to know each other. Bailey definitely looked up to her Aunt Lily.

We also might have made it to Kinsale once or twice....what can we say, it's home to us. Besides, we have to leave Bailey alone on Saturdays and Sundays for a few hours, otherwise her schedule will be loopsided with us gone all week and home all weekends! ;)

All caught up! Now let's see if we stay up to date....