We miss you 310.

Nicholas, Drew, Katie, Katelyn, Gabi and Colton

Drew and Katie were so excited to have their friends from our old apartment building over to our new apartment for a big playdate this past Tuesday.  Our playdate consisted of 6 kids and 3 moms: Betsy and her kids Katelyn and Nicholas and Kika and her kids Gabriela and Colton.   Our old apartment building housed all of the orthopedic residents from Andy's residency program.  We lived there for five years during his residency and we loved it!  The housing was subsidized and therefore VERY affordable, the building was in a great location and the apartments were huge. We also had a subsidized on-site parking garage that was accesible from the lobby where I could get in my own car, hit the garage door opener, and just drive-away!  For those of you not in NYC, this is extremely rare.  The best part was that we had lots of built-in friends with common interests. It was like living in a dorm in college except everyone had jobs or kids or both.  Drew's best friends lived down the hall and downstairs.  My closest friends were their moms and the other residents and their significant others. It was everything you imagine...lots of spur-of-the-moment playdates,  many late-night chats, frequent borrowing of eggs and sugar, and tons of just plain hanging out. It was also great to start my adventure as a new mom with lots of other moms around for advice and to share in the joyful and not-so-joyful moments of being a mom. Plus everyone was a doctor or married to a doctor or in a relationship with a doctor so we all understood the crazy lifestyle.  When Andy finished his residency and took a fellowship at another NYC hospital, we had to move out of the housing, but I know that we made some friends for life.  Even though we love our new apartment, sometimes we miss what we had at 310.  


Katelyn and Drew playing with the garage.



Gabi and Katie playing with the barn.

The kids had so much fun playing together and Betsy, Kika and I loved getting in some quality girl talk. Although we have played together with them many times since we moved, this was the first time all the kids were in our new place and Drew and Katie were excited to show them around, have lunch and of course take out and play with every toy in the apartment.