My Weekend

What a great time we had!! We left our house around 8:30 Friday night so we obviously got to Brick way past Shayla's bed time. She was in a great mood and didn't complain at all. We let her stay up for a little while so she could visit with everyone and we got her in bed a little after 10pm. She slept pretty well - woke up crying once around 4am but she tapered off and went back to sleep pretty quickly. She woke up Saturday morning whining "no, my shoes, my shoes" - haha! I said only my kid would dream about her stupid shoes.

Saturday we ate breakfast and played for a little while and then it was time to leave so we could get the train. Shayla was being extremely cranky so my parents put her down for a nap right after we left. She slept for 2 hours - good girl! Our train ride was uneventful - we basically spent 2 hours doing crossword puzzles. We got to NYC and started walking around trying to find the Kwik E Mart for Paul. After walking for blocks and blocks and blocks we finally stopped to ask a police officer. They had no idea what we were talking about but they knew there was a 7-11 on 42nd so we decided to try and walked back in that direction. We finally found it and yes, it was the Kwik E Mart - yay! We went inside and stepped into the world of the Simpsons. They had pink frosted donuts, buzz cola, and cutouts of the characters all over. It was interesting - probably moreso for Paul then for me ;-)

After that we took the subway to M&Ms place. MA met us at the station and showed us around their neighborhood before we went into the apartment. It was a great neighborhood - what a wonderful place to raise a family! We went into their apartment and sat in the living room while MA was finishing up dinner. Paul was being a typical dad and telling MA everything they were going to have to babyproof in the next year. What a brat! Then we sat down with M&M and MA's brother for a wonderful homecooked dinner. It was great - I wish I could eat more right now, I would have gobbled it up! After dinner we went to see a show. It was really good - made me laugh and brought me very close to tears at the end as well.

After the show we realized we could make the train an hour earlier than we had planned. But I told Paul - I was having a good time and didn't want to rush my time with M&M. We all decided to walk and just keep on walking - the night was beautiful, the city was beautiful, and I don't think any of us wanted the night to end. We wound up walking over 30 blocks - we stopped at the Lincoln Center, we stopped to get ice cream, and we talked alot. Finally it was 10:30 and we had to get to the train station - our train was at 11:07 and we couldn't miss it - the next train that had a connection where we needed it wasn't for 2 hours after that. We got on the subway and said our goodbyes before Paul and I had to get off at Penn. It's so corny but I didn't want to leave. I love spending time with M&M - we had such a great day - I didn't want it to end!! But it had to - I had to get home to my baby girl. We grabbed the train and took the obnoxiously long ride home (ever notice it seems to take longer to get home than it does to get there?). Unfortunately we got stuck on the train with a lot of very drunk people and had to deal with yelling, singing, and everything else you could imagine. We finally had a time when it was quiet so I laid on Paul's lap and took a nice little nap :-)

Shayla slept through the night and didn't get up until 10am on Sunday - wasn't that nice of her? She knew we didn't get home until almost 2am so she slept nice and late for us - good girl that she is ;-)

Sunday I finally broke down and went to get maternity clothes. I couldn't take it any more - safety pinning my pants, having all of 4 outfits that still fit me, etc. So I went and got a pair of jeans, black slacks, olive green slacks, a white shirt, and a pretty green and pink striped shirt. Ahhh...it feels good to be wearing pants that actually fit - haha!!

So that was my weekend. It was a great weekend and I can't wait to spend more time with M&M. Although I will be seeing MB tomorrow for our last clinic appointment and ultrasound. Of course I will update Wednesday and let you all know how it went. :-)