First part of our Holiday Vacation

Joe and I spent almost a week up in New Jersey visiting with his parents. It has been a busy week but we also have had some downtime! Although the baby is still in my stomach… Joe was so very excited to bring the baby up to NJ for his/her first visit! He is too cute!

We stayed at my parent’s house on our way up to NJ. It helped breaking up the drive; especially since we will be driving for almost 2 weeks so breaking it up was a good idea! I took a cute picture of my Dad and Marilyn. I had to post it!

While we were in NJ, Brittany was in the musical “Nine” at school. Joe and I went to go see it Friday and Saturday night. Saturday night, Joe’s family joined us and we had a lot of fun! While in Philly on Friday, Ash, Joe and I sat at the local Starbucks and while we were there… some man sat next to Ash and started to clip his fingernails and comb through his hair. She and I were thoroughly grossed out… can’t you tell from the look in her face!

The show was great! Joe had a hard time following it but the second time around he picked up on a lot more! After the show we went to this Chocolatier Restaurant. The food was pretty good but the best part for me was the Hot Chocolate Chai. The pot they served it in was so great! You set it on top of your cup and it drained from the pot into the cup… hard to imagine and it’s too bad the picture really doesn’t do it justice but there it is anyway!

Saturday, Joe, Marian and I went to go visit Grandma. She goes every Saturday and we were in town and wanted to make the trip to visit. It is always nice to see her. I was able to get a photo of her with her hand on my belly. I think she enjoys the idea of the baby in my belly.

Today Joe and I went to NYC. I got my exercise in today which was great. I have never actually been to the city during the holidays so I was having a great time! We got to see the windows for Macy’s and Lord & Taylor all done… SO FUN!!!  We walked by Rockefeller Center and got to see the ice rink all set up. If we had more time and if I had my skates I would have been on the ice faster than a pregnant women eating a hot dog! Owell… maybe next time! The tree was still covered by all the scaffolding so I didn’t get to see it in its full glory but that day will come!

Tomorrow morning we leave for Beaufort. It will be a long day of driving but it has to be done.  We plan to leave here around 7am so we shall see how close we get!