Sunday, November 11

Urs's Surprise 30th Bday and Logan!!

OK so Urs's husband and sister decided to throw her a Surprise party for her birthday and let me just tell you it was AWESOME!! She was totally surprised and I am so glad that I was able to be there to help her celebrate. She is amazing and I really wish that she lived closer then Albany but I also need to try to get out there more often because really it isn't that far and I feel like I am missing so much of watching Logan grow up. He is ADORABLE by the way but first let's talk about the party.

It was great to see Urs and Dan, I have to say that watching them together makes me realize that I really do want to marry my best friend and soul mate because they totally are. Sandy and Dom made it the party and it was great to see them and catch up on what's new with them and reconnect. The party was in the top area of this restaurant called the Pump Station in Albany. It was a very interesting place it looks like they have kept a lot of the original structure in place from when it used to be used in to draw water from the Hudson River and pumped it under Clinton Ave to Bleecker Reservior. The restaurant was also walking distance from the hotel were I was staying and it turned out so was Dom and Sandy.

Now Urs had told Dan that the one thing she has always wanted is for her to be at a restaurant and have everyone she is with bust out in "I Say A Little Prayer for you" from My Best Friends Wedding. So of course Dan made sure that this happened. She was so excited when everyone started signing and seriously you know you are pretty special when you can get a room full of people willing to sing to you including solos where appropriate. She LOVED it and it was totally worth it to watch her reaction.



Here are some photos from the party:







Now once the party was over it was around 11:00 and Serena (Urs's sister) and her boyfriend Julien wanted to go out dancing and Dom was up for it so I figured why not. We went back to the hotel because Serena and Julien hadn't checked into their room yet and then we asked the security guard where a good place to go was and he told us Ballinger's. So the four us went there and Serena and Julien left around 12:30 and Dom and I stayed out dancing until 2:30. Man what a night. I have a couple pictures of us dancing our hearts out but not going to put them up here sorry.

Of course I couldn't go to Albany and not see Logan so Sandy, Dom, and I went by this morning and we spent a couple hours at the Merkt residence and got to play with Logan. Man is he big now and has such a great personality and disposition. While we were playing with Logan Syl called to see how the party went so I figured it made the most sense to just put it on speaker phone. Watching Logan's face when he heard her voice and saw that none of us were talking. Eventually Logan was holding the phone and Syl was talking to all of us and also trying to get Logan to talk and it was so priceless I had to take a video of it on my camera. So here are some pics of Logan and I am still trying to figure out a way to upload the 2 minute video I have. He is PRECIOUS and I feel the need to share this with all of you so you can see how cute he is. LOVE HIM. I can't believe he is already 9 months old.








I had a great weekend because I got to spend time with Urs, Dan and Logan who are some of my favorite people in the world and I also got to reconnect with Sandy and Dom which was also really good. Well that was my weekend.