The first month on the year done and gone already. I promise the older I get the faster the years seem to come and go. January is always one of my favorite months because it's my oldest little sister's birthday.

The one and only reason for going to Hoboken New Jersey was to go to Carlos Bakery. Hello how can you be that close and NOT go there. We all love the show and wanted to experience being there. The line wasn't that bad. Maybe 15 minutes. They had a door guy which we thought was a little humorous but made sense once it was out turn to actually go inside. HOLY CHAOS! talk about a New York subway experience. There was no room to move around. People were packed in this small little shop yelling out orders as their numbers were called. $145 later on some souvenirs and tons of pastries we squeezed our way out of there. Sad thing is, I'd do it all over again!

Ground Zero wasn't on our list of places to see either but we ended up walking by it. You see and hear about it on the news and it effects you to a certain degree but nothing like actually being there to see it in person. I didn't realize how big of a space the buildings occupied when they were standing. I unfortunately never got to see the buildings when they were standing. It was sad and weird standing there thinking about everything that had happened on those very streets I was walking on. I was trying to imagine what the streets looked like then and nothing in my wildest dreams could of compared.

We also stopped in the memorial building to. They had this video playing of people telling their stories. At one point I had to walk away because I was getting teary eyed listening to them.

Seeing all of the aftermath was something I'm glad we ended up doing. If you've never gone down there and you live in NY or plan on visiting I recommend this as a must on your things to see and do.

Pizza! Pizza! All we wanted the whole time we were there was an amazing slice of pizza. We googled, I called my dad, we asked friends .... where is the best place for pizza. Everyone answered with Grimaldi's in Brooklyn!! When we got there, there was a line of people standing outside in the freezing cold just to get in. We walked up right in time and got right in. THE MOST AMAZING PIZZA EVER! The pizza was so good that 2 tables down from us the guy bought an extra slice of pizza from the table next to us because they finished theirs and he wanted more. That place is a must from now on!

Our last stop that night was Serendipity. This was the one place Kahlin kept talking about she HAD to go to. We were all s stuffed from the pizza that we barely touched any of this, which we knew was going to happen. We just went for the experience.

I love this game! GAME DAY! Knicks VS Suns! This was Kahlin's actual 24th birthday!! woohoo! This was supposed to be her surprise but I can't keep a secret for my life especially when I was just excited about going to this game as she was. Shouts to my friend Darnell (@darnellenrique) for helping me pull this off <3 We ended up getting suite tickets for this game. I would have even been happy in a standing room only section thats how bad I wanted to go to this game hahaha Kahlin was rooting for the Suns because she loves Steve Nash. And me, well, GO KNICKS.....At least that day anyway. Magic fan forever!

After the game we went to grab something to eat before we had to go back and pack our stuff up to head to the airport. Darnell ended up meeting up with us since I didn't see him the whole time I was up there. LOSER! :)

Good bye concrete jungle. Back to the sunshine state!

Complete topic switch. At one of my treatments Allie (@allieerickson) told me that one of her coworkers just had a keratin treatment done on her here. Those of you who know me personally see me with straight hair on a day to day basis but have no idea what goes on behind the scenes to get my hair straight. I've been looking into treatments on my hair for years to straighten it and I've always been afraid. Well, have no fear. Keratin is here! Ladies this is where you should get excited. The next couple of pictures are of my hair in its natural state. Meaning I washed it and let it air dry with no product except leave in conditioner.

This picture is right after I just had the treatment done to my hair. I had to wait 3 days before I could do ANYTHING to it. The 3rd day I washed it and let it air dry and my hair dried flat and straight with a few sections that have some wave to it. My only complaint about the treatment is since it straightened my hair out my hair is flat now. I LOVE BIG HAIR! Other than that, it was worth every penny and I'm satisfied. I would recommend it.

Since I was away from my little sisters and didn't get to spend much time with them we decided to go to Islands of Adventure. I finally broke down and bought a Harry Potter scarf and shirt. I know. I know. What a nerd. I can't help it. I love the Harry Potter movies.

Out of all the times we've been there my sisters have never experienced the wand shop. It was a cute concept. Don't get your hopes up because not everyone "gets chosen" by their wand.

Girl Scout cookies. I had to add this in this blog because I know everyone who reads this from my Facebook is so tired of hearing me talk about Girl Scout cookies. This picture below captured my little sisters FIRST door to door Girl Scout cookie sale. Would you believe I got teary eyed when I was taking this picture?! Oh by the way, both of my little sisters ended up selling 323 boxes of cookies which means they both earned their Goal Getter badges! Thank you to everyone who placed orders with them!

My friend Shanon (@Shannon__Nicole) had a Princess Party at her house. I eat out 99% of the time so I really just went for support and to see her daughter Sophia that I love! This little girl is a trip!

Universal. My second home. My mom and step dad decided they wanted to go to a Magic game so they asked me to find them court side seats. Since they were off going to the game I decided to take both of my little sisters and my little big brother and spend the day at Universal. I love when we have sibling days like this. They mean the world to me. Plus who doesn't enjoy going to the theme park on their older sisters dime?

This stuffed animal picture has a story behind it. My sisters asked if they could play one of the games to try and win. Well they didn't. My brother and I decided we were going to try and win for them, which we did, just not the largest stuffed animal they offered. I don't like to lose so a few games more and tons of money later we finally ended up winning them the one they wanted. yaaaaay! NOT! bad idea winning that when we still had half of the park to do. We couldn't take it on the rides and the lockers weren't big enough. We ended up have to do a baby swap but witht he stuffed animal. hahaha lesson learned.

January was good to me this year. I was able to see things I've been dying to see for years. I hope everyone else has had a smooth start to their 2011. Stay Positive. Stay True. Stay Blessed.