This week I'm going to New York for the Daytime Emmy's on Friday. I'm so excited. Kristian (Hope), Dee (Marlena), Drake (John), Peter (Bo) and I are all going to be presenters in the award ceremony. It's going to be such a fun weekend, first because I love New York City. It's such a fun place to visit. Second, because it's so great to catch up with all the actors from other shows. We meet at events like this, and on Personal Appearances and such, so it's really fun to have an occasion to get together and visit.
Also, I have family in Connecticut, and it's going to be so great to get to introduce them to Ben!!! He's 12 weeks old already... can you believe it? My cousins and my aunt and uncle are looking forward to seeing him in person - all those digital photos I've been sending I'm sure have overloaded their inboxes I'm sure!
I'm going to be signing autographs at the NBC Experience store on Saturday (May 21st) between 12 and 1pm. If you live near New York, I hope you come down to say 'hi'!
We've been shooting these group scenes in the last couple days and as always, when a bunch of us are together in one scene, hilarity ensues. Eric (Rex), Bryan (Lucas) and I were chatting about our weekend plans, and Eric said Bryan, do you have Will this weekend? Bryan just looked at him - and Eric asked again!? Do you have Will with you this weekend? And Bryan, totally deadpan, responded My son's name is Gabriel. It was so funny. Eric finally realized that he had been saying our character's child's name - it just sounded so natural to him that he didn't catch on right away! We called him 'Rex' for the rest of the afternoon to tease him.
Today, I brought Ben out on set to say 'hi' to everyone. Days is like a big extended family - everywhere he goes people are saying "Ben's here!" "Hi, Ben!" It's so cute. . And when I brought him on stage, he was so serious at first, looking around at everyone. The camera guys shot close-ups of him, and recorded it. So while we're working, rehearsing dialogue and stuff, the Technical Director will bring up his face on the monitors. He was laughing at Bryan, so it's the cutest shot of him with a big smile on his face.
It has definitely been a long week for me - with very little sleep I might add! Staying up late with Ben, and then having to head off to work at the crack of dawn has taken it's toll on me... I'm off to take a nap.
xxoo,
Ali
