…to the big city.
Nella and I are making a quick trip to NYC to see some friends. Poppa’s coming with and I do believe we’ll be checking off a bucket list item while we’re there: Picnic in Central Park. Check.
Brett and Lainey will be holding down the fort while we’re gone. Already missing them…but it’s just a couple days.
Jam-packed fun days, that is.
Stay tuned.
OOOOOOoooh, I’m first? And I’m a New Yorka so it’s appropriate. Welcome!
🙂
Hope the rain goes away so you can picnic!
Make sure you check out the American Girl Store or FAO Schwartz for a souvenir for Lainey. Have fun! I can’t wait to see the pictures.
Make sure to tell us how many times you change Nella’s diaper on the airplane and how many times someone comments on your appearance! Have fun!
I hope you guys have a wonderful time in New York! Your pictures are beautiful and so are your girls! I love reading your blog, you have such a positive and carefree spirt, thank you for bringing a bit of sunshine to my days.
http://ourhappyhomeblog.blogspot.com
have a WONDERFUL time! i’m jealous 🙂
I hope you guys have a wonderful time in New York! Your pictures are beautiful and so are your girls! I love reading your blog, you have such a positive and carefree spirt, thank you for bringing a bit of sunshine to my days.
http://ourhappyhomeblog.blogspot.com
I hope you guys have a wonderful time in New York! Your pictures are beautiful and so are your girls! I love reading your blog, you have such a positive and carefree spirt, thank you for bringing a bit of sunshine to my days.
http://ourhappyhomeblog.blogspot.com
I hope you guys have a wonderful time in New York! Your pictures are beautiful and so are your girls! I love reading your blog, you have such a positive and carefree spirt, thank you for bringing a bit of sunshine to my days.
http://ourhappyhomeblog.blogspot.com
Have fun in New York!! Your blog, by the way, is one of the only blogs that I actually check daily just to see if there’s an update. I’m pretty obsessed with your classy style of writing and photography.
Have a great time! And if you have a sudden urge to stop in Pittsburgh on your way home, hit me up, lol!! I’d love to squeeze me up some Nella-bean!!
Perfect song. Perfect sunglasses. Perfect hoodie. Have a fabulous trip!!
New York hoodie FTW! Hope you have a great time!
I know you miss your big girl, but probably good for her to have to some father/daughter bonding time.
please do not go to american girl w/o miss lainey..just sayin..took my 3 yr old granddaughter there last week
and i honestly don;t know who was more excited her or i-first time for both of us!!! welcome to nyc..is it your first time?hope you love it like we do!!!!
hope you & the little lady have lots of fun…that’s totally on my bucket list, too!
Oh have a ball. That picture of Nella had me cracking up!
Yay!! Have fun!!! “That is nothing you can’t do!!!”
Kisses from a New yorker of heart!
Too freakin’ cute!!! Enjoy NYC! Wishing the rain away for you.
Nella is STYLE’N!
Just wanted to let you know that your posts have been bringing me some much needed sunshine lately!
My husband and I have separated (hopefully it will be a temporary thing) and I’m having a difficult time finding things to look forward to. Your posts are one of those precious few things <3
I love the music on your page thank you for introducing me to Ingrid Michaelson, I love her voice!
I love love love this song, these photos, your mission while there.
BUY YOUR TICKETS.
safe trip:) a hometown NY gal myself. love the city lights!
Sweet smile 🙂 We are visiting NY in two weeks. Have fun!
yay have a blast!!
Oh fun! We’re visiting PA right now and so this weekend we did a day trip to NYC. Fun! We went to Magnolia Bakery and got a whole box of goodies. Unfortunately, we left it on the bus! AH! So if you’re on a bus and see a lone box of cupcakes, please dig in! 🙂
When you’re in Central Park, you should take Nella to the small boat pond to see the remote control sailboats. The Alice in Wonderland statue is right by there too! Have fun!
Enjoy New York! I have yet to go there! Broadway shows are amazing! <3
Have a great time! Your in my neck of the woods now! We are in upstate 🙂
Can’t wait to hear about it!
Kristi
Love New York! Went before I became a wife and mama – would love to take the kiddos so they could experience it too! Have a wonderful time!
please do enjoy the carousel in central park !!!you will love it!!
Ohhh, NYC. Have fun with friends and your family. NYC can truly be a place of wonders.
Your baby girl looks like a New York Star. 😉
Welcome to my home town Chickie!
Have a fabulous time, and hey, if you guys need a tour guide, Ryan and I may just be available! 😉 Enjoy!
http://nowimamom.blogspot.com/
also go to bryant park (42 street) reallu beautiful, especially after dark…all lit up lalmist feels like daylight, also have the cleanest restrooms ha ha-you can laugh, but its important!!!
,,,new york, new york the city so nice they named it twice,,,have fun!,,,
It’s a great city. I’m sure we will see how NYC looks to you in pics to come!
I can’t wait to see the pictures from your trip.
Be safe and have a blast!
sorry about the spelling up there–really and almost should look like this! UGH!!!
Oh, my. That second picture made me smile. She’s gonna ROCK that city.
I could listen to this song over and over and over again….have to dance to this song!!!!!
Can’t wait to see pictures..! Have a fabulous time!
Jealous! Have a blast!
“Start spreading the news..” HAVE LOTS OF FUN. Oh, as you wrote earlier, that Nella Bean sure is a travellin’ gal! Love love the pic of her with those wild sunglasses! I know Lainey and you will be missing each other, but it is good father-daughter time and you keep her in your heart anyways, so… Can’t wait to hear about your trip and see pics! And to THERESA (separated from hubby): I feel like we’re community/family here, so I just wanna say Take care of you and hang in there. As you said, hopefully this will just be temporary separation. I know that Kelle and this blog really do lift my spirits at times, and encourages me!
Welcome to NYC!! Hope you are having a wonderful time! Can’t wait to read all about it!
Wow how exciting…. New York. I’ve always wanted to go there. I hope that you and Nella have a blast.
I love the photo of Nella in the sunglasses. She is such a cutie!
Bridget
Have fun, but if you feel like a quick escape to the country, come visit me in the Poconos! It’s only an hour bus trip:)
Oh have fun! NYC love that place so much….
JayZ and Alicia Keys did the city justice in their song…..
Teri
in Virginia
Girlfriend – I hope you are going to NYC to meet your BOOK editor! 😉
Have a great time – LOVE LOVE LOVE Nella in her NY gear! You’re going to be fighting the paparazzi off of that little star, for sure!
So jealouS have fun!! cant Wait for pictureS!!
i cannot wait for pictures!
Can’t wait to see how much fun the 2 of you have in NYC! Looks like the perfect time to be there. Looking forward to pics of the picnic in the park:)
So you are visiting us Lil New Yorkers 🙂 How awesome!!! Maybe if I am lucky I will bump into you somewhere in the Big Apple!!! Have a fantastic trip!!!
New York is AWESOME!!!!!! Have fun. Nella is so ready to go sporting the hoodie and sunglasses. Love the song too!
Alot of magic can happen in New York! I hope it’s book related….show related….
Go bloom in central park and feel some Red Apple love.
I know there will be pictures of your NY trip, but I challenge Brett to photograph his Lainey weekend and blog about it too.
On a side note….I have “read” your soul sister friendship unfold with Dig. I can only imagine that when she says “BUY YOUR TICKET”, she means….”Go buy your plane ticket to the Big Sky state, pack your red somewhere over the rainbow boots and get there now.” Oh My Word….what a post that will be. Tissue, please!
Safe travels.
Randi
WOW! Have a great trip in NYC. I can hardly wait to see ALL the outstanding pictures I know you will take. Central Park was my favourite place to visit! Hopefully the Florida sun will follow you there for your picnic with gorgeous Nellabean and Poppa!! Have a FUNtastic time!!
Monique
(from Canada)
PS Nella is already rocking it the New York style in those sunglasses and Yankee hoody…lub it!!
OH. MY. GOSH. That picture! So precious!!!!!!! She is definitely ready to go!
JEALOUS!!!! Have fun! Can I have Nella?!?!?
Oh visit Seattle next! You, Nella, my babe Tennyson and I can all go out!
Enjoy meeting with your publishers. Will “Poppa” be pitching his book too?
That picture is adorable in her little sweater and sunglasses!!! Have fun!
…..is there a cuter tourist ANYWHERE….I don’t think so!!!!! ~ oh Nellabean you are ‘dorable!! You and Momma go take an outrageous bite outta the Big Apple Hon!
God Bless,
Barbra
NYC, huh? I’m thinking book deal or TV deal in the works, here, folks! I hope you have a great trip and if it really is a business trip good luck! If it’s a fun trip to see a friend, have a great time and know that all of us “lurkers” into your life can’t wait to read and see the pics when you blog about your fun!
OMG I LOVE New York City. Many fond memories there. How cute is Nella with her big city glasses to match her big city smile! I just love her to bits and pieces. Have a great trip! I cant WAIT to see the photos!!! Hugs to you and Poppa too.
Oh yes. Can’t wait to see ~your~ NYC. Safe travels!
xo
k
she is totally the cutest. EVER
Oh, sooooo jealous….have tons of fun and enjoy your one-on-one time with Nella!!
My absolute favorite place in the world….It helps my surrogate twins live there :)… Have a great time!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wasn’t expecting to hear the “N” word!
Can’t wait to hear about the adventure!!!!
Welcome! My daughter and I live 15 min outside of Manhattan (I sent you “welcome to Holland”) How lovely you get quick getaway. If you need any tips or places to shop, eat, etc feel free to email me.
Lisa
LOVE LOVE LOVE the pic with the glasses….she is the cutest little girl around!
I have been following your blog for quite a while now. Started with your beautiful birth story. BAWLED my eyes out. Your bunny is so precious and all my kiddos look forward to seeing pictures of her and sprite. Nella and my little girl are about the same age. It’s so cute. You’ll post a picture or describe things she’s doing and the same things are happening here at our house. I love your stories. You are a beautiful writer and an amazing photographer. Thanks for keeping it real. From one in love mother to another!
Have a wonderful time! I am sure you and your dad will just have a blast! Nella looks so cool in her shades, love it! Can’t wait to see pictures and read all about it.
Kelle, have a great time in New York. What a great city!
Having a really down night and thought I’d read your blog and link to some older blogs you have listed. Your outlook on life is so inspiring…I’m trying to grab some of that inspiration right now….new business venture, husband, 5 year old, house to take care of, etc., blah, blah, blah. Just not handling life really well right now, but thank you for your constant encouragement!
I live in NJ…I would have loved to get together and met you!!
Have fun!!!
Your mission? Wish I knew!! Have fun (and good luck?!)
XOXO,
April
PS – While Tammy & I were doing some late-night canning tonight, we were talking about you and your upcoming trip … just guessing what it was all about!
Ohhh…how fun!! How much dancin’ in the streets are you, Poppa, and Nella gonna do??!! Please take some video!! Cannot wait to hear about it!
Deanna
Oh my! That last photo of Nella is so cute!
Have a great time in New York, I wish I was there! Instead I am in cold & rainy England lol 🙂
Love this short sweet post! Have a blast! Any Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, who knew?! Love it! =)
Have a wonderful trip! I can’t wait to hear all about it 🙂
Have a wonderful time in the Big Apple Kelle and Nella and Poppa!
Look forward to hearing all about it and seeing some fabulous photos. x
I hope you have a great trip 🙂
Hmmmm yea so does the NYC posse get to meet you? No crazy lady here, just an avid reader, admirer, expert in special needs, hobbyist photographer, blah blah blah
so cute!!! i love the hoodie and sunglasses!!! you could be a baby model fashionista!! Have a great trip!! I ADORE NYC! /and I can imagine you’ll be as hot as any Sex in the City scene!!
Welcome to rainy NYC! We seriously have had so little rain all summer and it’s raining for your visit. Hope the skies clear and you have a blast.
I am suspect…could you be going to visit friends AND also maybe some exciting business stuff (i.e. A book or even something more exciting)??? Either way I can’t wait to hear and see the pics. Be safe! 🙂
Ooooh, welcome! Have a great stay!
we were just there. with all three kiddos.
be thankful you only have one with you.
i’m not kidding.
ok that’s it! i have never posted a comment but i cannot refuse on this! I love NYC and the picture of Nella in the hoodie with the song! so cute! have fun!!!
Oooooo have a great time!!! I’m just a half hour outside NYC, so I’ll wave!
Have fun!! LOVE Nella in her shades. 🙂
have fun! love this song!
My husband and I were just in NYC for the weekend with my sister and her husband. We got in Friday and left Sunday morning. Stayed at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers on 7th Ave and 53rd. We were there to see American Idiot at the St James Theatre. Just amazing. So fun!
Have FUN!! Hoping this trip brings lots of fun- but some business too- like a book deal or show!!!! Can’t WAIT to see the pictures and hear about the trip!
I think it’s about time I create a bucket list!
Hope you guys have a blast! nella looks adorable!
Woohoo! Have fun. NYC is awesome.
enjoy Central Park, the John Lennon tribute is wonderful….imagine…
Good, I won’t miss much!
I’m off to San Francisco! : )
Bridget
I have arrived and Kelle just touched down with Nella so can’t wait to greet them in the Hotel Lobby and grab the Nellabean from her mother! Light rain out but it doesn’t dampen this City’s wild energy. I did the metro bus and subway…the ladies are doing a taxi! I keep humming “New York, New York!” I am the NY Nanny, what can I say!
Have fun!!!!
new york, concrete jungle where dreams are made of, there’s nothing you can’t do! welcome and have a great visit!
Kelle, I know you maybe can’t read all of the comments you get (I am amazed), but I just wanted to delurk to say “I love your blog” – your photos are amazing and so are your kids.
I am not sure, if you know Conny Wenk. She is a German Photographer and her daughter is about 10 years now and has “the little extra” chromosome, too.
Conny takes wonderful photos in general, but the most special ones are her pictures of kids and youth with Down Syndrom and their families.
She has published several photo books and calendars all promoting “the little extra”.
If you want to, check her out here:
http://connywenk.com/blog/
I want my own pair of glasses just like those!!! Have fun in New York.
I love, love, love reading your blog. Keep up the good work!
Can’t wait to hear about your trip! And I’d love to hear about what Lainey did for the weekend too.
Can’t wait to hear about your trip! And I’d love to hear about what Lainey did for the weekend too.
I´m jalous. Have an ever so fab trip to the big city 🙂
Oh, Poppa, I love you. You are so loving, kind, and always ready to help your beautiful Kelle. I want you to adopt me, but I’m old enough to be your favorite auntie! You must have been through some tough stuff in your journey, but you still look for the best in people, even to the few who are rude and close-minded on this site. Kelle and Nella are giving our children with “extra magic” such a gift in educating the general public in how delicious our “babies” are. Our almond joy (thanks for that wonderful nickname, Kelle)is 52 yrs old and a joy to us every day of his life. He has taught us to be so much better than we would ever have been without him. He is so funny, sweet, and loving and thinks we are perfect! Poppa and Kelle, thank you for your incredible writings and for teaching the world to love…with tenderness and humor.
Ahh NYC – I love that place!! Have an amazing time with your Nella and Poppa at your side!!
not sure where you are staying but if you are up for a GREAT coffee place, check out http://www.rohrs.com/ It is on the upper east side. They have AMAZING coffee in every possible flavor:) Thanks so much for emailing me today! Nanny Poppa….we look forward about your time there, too:)
Have an awesome time!!!
Love the last picture.
Have a good trip to NYC
Awww, SUSANNADANNA, I think MANY of us here agree, we love Poppa want POPPA to adopt us, regardless of our age! ha.. And POPPA, as you say you are the NY Nanny – and a better NY nanny, there never was (or a better nanny ANYWHERE, than you). Have lots of fun, you three!!
I heart NYC like ten fold 🙂 enjoy it girl and with your babe so special
i just got married on saturday – were going on our honeymoon with our 7 month old babe and it may be NYC
I saw the people on “Today” this morning all holding umbrellas. Doesn’t bode well for your picnic in Central Park.
I listen to your blog at work, love your music choices, though i am a tart and just today realized that the top song goes with your post…..DER!
I would love to be “behind the scenes” during the making of the sunglasses pic yet you make Nella look like a perfect angel behind those shades.
I was trying to get a photo of my 7 month old in a hat and all I have are 10 different poses of a boy being tortured by his momma!
Have fun in the city that never sleeps!
YOU ARE IN MY HOOOOD!!
That photo of Nella made me grin from ear to ear, just like her!
Can’t wait to see pictures from this trip. 🙂 I love new york!
Oh yay! Have fun!
Any chance you’d stop in VA on your way home, or are you flying? 🙂 Missin ya pretty badly, Aunt Jenny
WELCOME TO MY FABULOUS CITY!!
Wish I could meet you here!
Rania in NYC 🙂
OMG, She is so cute! ADORABLE!!!!!!Have fun!
Hope NC is loving NYC! And you and Poppa too. Lovin’ all the speculation as to what you are doing there – I think you are in negotiations about film rights to a movie of your life! Hope all going well in any case. Sx p.s. My friend is off there on Saturday too – am positively green with envy! New York, New York! Best get back to work. Sigh! p.p.s Please have some blueberry pancakes for me!
I just missed you.
Signed,
Your bestie Heidi’s blogging buddy Brooke
ooooooooooooh, what are you doing there?? =)
You have the best NY nanny with you hehe…
Can’t wait to hear what the trip was all about!
I say picnic in the rain! Because what a special thing to check off that bucket list! Enjoy the best city in the world!
Can’t wait to hear all about it! And see some beautiful pictures! I’m definitely feeling your “braveness” and am thinking I should plan a trip with my own kiddies to NYC.
Kelle-I cherish looking at your blog. Amazing. You are so inspiring – Seriously, looking at your blog makes me want to be a better, more fun mom to my two girls!
I work on Marco Island as a Wedding Coordinator, and the moms in the Food and Beverage Department introduced me to your blog. I fell in love instantly…the writing style, artistic details, and beautiful stories of everyday life as a mom that I hope one day to share. I have been busy lately and getting back to work today, my Monday, I needed some inspiration as everything is a bit slow. No traffic on the way to work, no red light for voice messages, occupancy is low travelers back to reality…..with school starting and a rainy day it’s a different day filled with silence….something I forgot existed at work. So I have to say THANK YOU! I needed some inspiration today, and your blog did just that. As a hopeful future bride/mother/event planner thank you for opening up your world so I can have a peak at what my world maybe like one day! Filled with a JOURNEY OF HAPPINESS that will one day be my present!
Dude, have a blast.
We get to tag along a work trip w Leeor in the fall . . .I will be the crazy mama alone with two kids on the plane and it will be so worth it bc there’s no better city (I told Avi and he suggested we go *Right now.!*)
Brit Girl, films are generally negotiated in Los Angeles, not NYC. I say it’s a book trip. And I think her agent would handle selling publishing rights to her story, not KH herself. But editors usually need to meet authors in person. Or maybe she isn’t lying and she really is just visiting friends. Can’t see Poppa tagging along for something so mundane, though.
I’m thinking eating hotdog vender fare under brightly colored umbrellas while paused in Central Park might be just as exciting as having a picnic/
I am a new follower. You take GREAT pictures! Have fun in NY. 🙂
Coming to my neck of the woods. have a fantastic trip and cannot wait to see pics!!!!
I hope you’re having better weather there than we’re having in Southern CT!! The past couple of days have been miserable! Hopefully the sun will come out tomorrow so that you can picnic in Central Park! Enjoy! It’s an amazing city! Hit Virgil’s BBQ (right by Times Square and Toys R Us!) on West 44th. They have some amazing food not to mention the “knock you off the front porch lemonade” that is out of this world!! Can’t wait for the next post to see the pictures!
Poppa you are the NY “manny”:) I’d be honored to have you watch after my little ones. Live it up like we all know you will.
Ooh, have fun girls!
(And that last picture of Nella is just too much. A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E!)
– Kayla.
Anon a few posts above is jealous jealous jealous! Save it for your own ranting blog sweetie. Yes Kelle is writing a book. It’s awesome that she’s getting her story out there. Your jealousy, however, is not awesome! This is Kelle’s space and we love her. You won’t get any kudos here for accusing her of lying or attacking her appearance just because she puts herself together and can rock it out as a mom. Seriously, go lame it up somewhere else.
Just had to tell you that my 10 month old thinks she and Nella are the best of friends…I usually have your blog open on my laptop while Im making dinner (because I love your playlist so very much), and I put my little in her highchair because she likes to ‘help’, and everytime she sees the pictures of Nella she smiles and waves. Last night she was loving the pic of Nella in the New York hoodie!
Awww, cannot wait to see pictures!!! 🙂
Nella knows how to represent! I laughed when I saw that last picture. Just wanted to let you know that I totally ripped off your term that you use “The Bus”
But I gave you credit –
http://martismoments.blogspot.com/
Dear Baby Nella,
Thank you for always making me smile.
Your biggest fan-
Crystal
🙂
your blog if awfully boring when you are gone. COME BACK!!!
Have fun with Nella in the Big Apple!
Dear Anonymous,
I wrote that Kelle may be in NY negotiating film rights to a movie of her life as a joke – unfortunately it seems my humour got lost in translation! Also, as someone who has worked in publishing for many years, I’m well aware how the book process works. But thank you for taking the time to explain it for me!
And Kelle? If you choose to tell us about your NYC trip when you’re ready, I will hoover up every word!And if you don’t, that’s fine too! Looking forward to your next post -whatever and whenever it may be!
Hey, BRIT GIRL..Hope you are having a great day. No worries; I didnt read any ill intent into your original post. There’s been much speculation about Kelle. But I just hope, as I’m sure everyone does I’m sure, that she and Nella Bean and Poppa are having a great time in the Big Apple. And Lainey and Daddy and the boys are having fun back at home. Like you, I look fwd to Kelle’s next post and pics from the trip..Take care.
Can’t wait to see all your photos of NYC!!! I live in Queens and I know your take on NYC will be awesome! Enjoy!
Have fun!
I left your website up while I was doing other things around the house and while I was gone my husband was looking at the pictures. When he came back he told me that Nella was the most beautiful baby he’d ever seen.
Now, he’s not exactly one to ooh and ahh over babies, but he was very struck by your little ones (he thought Lainey was adorable too!)
Just thought you’d like to know. 🙂
are you kiddin’ me with the sunglasses pic? DYING! dying from cute!!!!
How do I contact you? you have isnspired me!! My son is too DS, he is 2 mos. old so my journey has just begun!!