I realize that it's already January 8th and that we're *well* into the New Year, but I wanted to take this opportunity to wish all of my Ümla-fans a Happy 2013!

If you've been following my Instagram pics on my Facebook page, you will probably have clued into the fact that I recently took a trip to New York City with my family. With October, November, and December being absolutely crazy busy, it was a much-needed family getaway. We left on January 1st, and returned on January 6th. Although it was a short trip, it was lots of fun. It was the first time that we'd taken my daughter to a non-resort destination for a vacation, and boy, was it worthwhile! I plan on doing a more detailed blog post about it very soon. I got to take lots and lots of pics (thereby driving my husband insane, as I wanted to document EVERYTHING). I should point out that I left my big, hefty DSLR at home for the trip, and instead opted to snap some shots with my trusty point-and-shoot, the Fuji X10 (awesome little camera, by the way), and my iPhone, for those stealth subway photos. Just goes to show that you don't need a big, fancy cam to take cool photos.

For now, I will leave you with a couple of teaser shots.

This one's taken atop the Empire State Building at sunset. It was a total fluke that we got there at sunset, but boy, I couldn't have asked for a better time!

Looking up at Rockefeller Plaza (we were standing just by the skating rink).

No trip to NYC is complete without paying homage to John Lennon at Strawberry Fields in Central Park.

Stay tuned for a more complete post about our NYC adventures with our 4-year-old!

I also wanted to let you know that I will be updating some of my product offerings. I'm still ironing out a couple of details, but stay tuned to the blog to see what's new for 2013! I look forward to an amazing year with you guys! Keep on being awesomely-Ümla!