Trip to NJ

Right after our ultrasound on the 26th I got on a plane and headed to NJ for the week. The main reason for my going home (NJ is still home to me) was to spend Halloween with my three favorite munchkins....my two nieces and nephew. Halloween was a lot of fun! Nicolette was a vampire princess, Frankie was Batman and Ella was Tinkerball. It was an amazingly warm day on the east coast with the temperatures in the high 60's. After about a half hour Frankie looked in his basket and was so amazed by all the candy he got that he asked to go home. We trick or treated for about another half hour before we went home and the kids got to dig in to their goodies:O)

The rest of the week included visiting Natalie and her girls and Francesca and her adorable new little guy Connor. The visit was also very productive as my mom and I visited numerous baby stores in multiple states. My mom and sister-in-law helped me start my registries, which was so overwhelming. Much more so than for our wedding. I also spent days searching for bedding for our little girl....I guess I am being very picky.

Baby girl H also got her first dress and Yankee outfit curtesy of grandma Carolyn!!!

Grandma also bought her bows for her hair (hopefully she will have some) and a cup with her name on it!!!

I also did some shopping of my own and bought some maternity clothes for myself at the Gap.

As you can see from the pictures I had a lot of fun with this. The Gap has fake bumps in their dressing rooms so that you can see what size you will need for when you get further along in your pregnancy.

My mom and I both did so much running around that week (we had to fill the car up with gas three times) that we both needed a vacation at the end of it, but it was so awesome to be home :O)