BabyMoon / One Year Anniversary in Mystic, CT

Since Baby Wilson will be making their debut in the next few weeks sometime and its been a whole year since we tied the knot... we decided to take a little wkend trip away to Mystic, CT to enjoy some time as two married adults - with no children. It was a great wkend away... making us both realize how much our love for each other has grown not just over the 8 yrs we've known each other, but over the last year of being married. We are more in love now than the day we got married... maybe that is because we have become more of a united front this past year. They say the 1st year of marriage is the most difficult... well get pregnant and see how much MORE difficult you can make it! Its fun - seriously!

Some Highlights of our Wkend... and some pictures! Overall it was great but going in the Fall / Spring when the weather is a bit milder is more advisible!

1. Next time we go to New England... we will take the GSP to the Tapp and then cross over to 95... no more Cross Bronx Expwy for us (unless its going to see the Yankees!)

2. Mystic Pizza... great pizza and great staff... but more of a novelty and touristy thing to do.

3. Drawbridge Ice Cream.... 5 STAR!!!!

4. Great shops - but bring your money! We bought a bunch of stuff for our little muchkin, some really yummy fudge, some housewarming / xmas gifts for a special couple that just bought their first house....

5. The Hyatt is great - staff was amazing, pool was refreshing and rooms were perfectly ice box like! We are big fans of the Hyatt chain.

6. The Mystic Aquarium is really awesome. Lots of outdoors exhibits and great for kids. It was a bit hot for us so we kept it brief.

7. Mohegan Sun.... frankly it was really nice. Lots to do, lots of restaurants but I think the entire state of connecticut was there that night. We prefer Atlantic City... most ly b/c AC casinos are ALL non smoking and have designated smoking sections... whereas Mohegan Sun is all smoking and you have to make your way thru the clouds of cancer to the non-smoking gaming areas. (Sorry smokers - pregnancy and smoking don't go together!)8. Bobby Flay's Burger Palace - GREAT BURGERS!!!! We both love the Food Network God and had to eat dinner there. No big fancy anniversary dinner... we had burgers! Fabulous!

9. Brian had the sixpence I carried the day of the wedding made into a charm bracelet for me as a gift for the big one year event. Now I get to feel that luck all the time!

10. Great seafood - Lobster Macaroni & Cheese... how could you go wrong? And of course Brian had to get the New England Clam Chowder being that we were in New England! S&P Oyster's... highly recommended!