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# Upstate NY/CT
- URL: https://cutelittlepaperblog.com/upstate-ny-ct/
- Published: 2025-06-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T18:02:22.000Z
- Author: Katherine Leung
- Tags: US & Canada

Casey and I joke that May this year was our social season. But it actually was, because we kicked it off with a fun friend reunion and a playdate with Elise’s cousins. We drove to Fairfield County, CT first.

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Driving with a baby isn’t easy, so we stopped in Holyoke, MA for gas and Puerto Rican food. If you didn’t know, it’s a Puerto Rican enclave and the downtown has about ten Puerto Rican restaurants all within walking distance.

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Elise is in-between baby and toddler now. It seemed like between 14 and 16 months she grew so much. From April to June she blossomed, like the spring.

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We spent a night in Connecticut. Elise got to play with a three year old there. Then in the morning we drove to Dutchess County, New York, just an hour away.

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She finally got to meet her cousins for the first time. They absolutely loved playing with each other.