tagged together in 246 photos us + me + meredith Found this collage I gave to Meredith one year for her birthday. This is the kind of thing that's so hard for me to ever get rid of (even though we never hung it up when we were together). We decided to try to put all of our troubles aside for the day and head out into NYC to do something new and fun. We decided to walk north... Who's ready for a family reunion? ...and hopped in a cab over to the west 40s. I took the day off on Friday! Ran errands with this one. Friday afternoon, we packed up our stuff... It's hard to get the grimple to sit still and cooperate when she's wriggling to lick your faces. Wednesday was our first wedding anniversary! We celebrated with a family portrait. ...our one-year wedding anniversary! I love you, good one! Thanks for spending my life with me! (I'll try to not take so many photos of you while you're eating!) :) ...the beach! Unfortunately, this is the last photo of Meredith and I together on this trip! Pink noses! I love this picture! Thanks for being my boo, boo. <3 Bright-shirt contest. <3 ...that's when you know you're almost home! ...and headed crosstown to the UCB Theater. Any time someone does it to me, I make really creepy OOOOH faces that I have absolutely no control over. Chipwich! ...we were wearing matching shirts! (I look like I'm still not sure how I got tricked into this) Yes! Time to head to the amusement park. Neato! Team Hobo forever. We packed up our things a little before four. We managed to leave the apartment early on Saturday to head to Far Rockaway! Mer and me. On Saturday we got up bright and early to catch a train out to NJ for Lindsey's bridal shower. Me and Mer. Goodbye, Stuytown apartment ! Thanks for a wonderful two and a half years! (11/2007 - 4/2010) Mer and me. Ready to get your joust on? Me and the lovely birthday girl! (I took my headband off! Shhh!) Mer and me. Mer and me. Merry Christmas, good one! By 6pm we were in a cab to the airport and on our way to enjoying... Thanksgiving family portrait! On Friday night we went to see... Also noteworthy on Sunday was the custom mouse pad Meredith gave me as a gift out of the blue. A-dorable. (This picture of us is from when we were in Thailand .) Halloween Family Portrait! It took forever to get a photo of Maddy looking towards the camera because in between shots... ...she couldn't resist licking my delicious make-uppy face. Clearing the dance floor and taking home table roses at 12:15! ("Looks like those double-scotches finally caught up with you, Dr. Rosepenis.") Me vs. Mer! So natural and relaxed! Hahaha. Yep, on our way. Me and Mer (we both ended up getting sooooo drunk). Meredith chose Tous les garcons et les filles by Francoise Hardy (All the boys and girls ) We got to have a "first dance" and everthing. See you all dressed up again tomorrow! Mer and me at dinner. On Monday afternoon, we hopped in a cab and headed over to Leigh's apartment... Married folks! Neck pillows? Check! Ready for the thirty-hour trip back. Last night as honeymooners! Later in the afternoon, we wandered around the town on foot. Mer did a bunch of souvenir shopping... One more for the road. Here's us with our awesome tour guide! Hahah. He wanted to dress us up in traditional Balinese wedding clothes and take our picture! After we'd finished the tour, we stopped by our guide's house. He told us to wait outside because he had a surprise for us. ...uh...presenting a hill! Us in front of the wall! ...pretending to take a nap in the little farmer's "nap hut" he showed us. Haha. And... When our tour guide found out that we were on our honeymoon, he insisted on stopping every couple of minutes to take pictures of Meredith and I together. Doing things like...posing in front of the rice paddy! And... After a day of settling in... After some swimming and napping at the pool, we went up to the restaurant at the top of the hill... People in Bali are super-friendly and any time a local found out we were on our honeymoon they were so excited for us. It was really great. Here's us doing our best to not squint. You had a cover your bare legs. Mer doesn't like scuba diving (she has trouble equalizing the pressure in her ears) but she was excited to snorkel around the reef while we were diving. The local time was 3:30 in the afternoon. Hey hey, are you ready for a... Official start of the honeymoon! Amazing. Thanks again for coming all the way across the country to see us get married, guys! One last photo of us in our nice clothes before heading back to the hotel to change. Thumbs up showing off our new rings! Thanks for marrying me! Showing off the rings! Smooch. Feeling like the luckiest guy in the whole world. We just kept passing cameras around. Right at 1pm, my dad brought the car around... We didn't hire a wedding photographer! Mer came home and woke up a little after 10pm. I'd gotten another eight hours of sleep since our trip to the doctor and my fever was finally breaking. Getting married the day after tomorrow! Me and the bride-to-be. That's where we're getting married! Excited. 4:30am. Taking the elevator downstairs to head to the airport...TO GET MARRIED! Joining the married club shortly! You're getting married to THIS GUY! Haha. Mer and me. And a birthday smooch to top it all off. Thanks for all the awesome books, Wonderbean!
