I’ve lastly completed unpacking my luggage and doing my final load of laundry from the journey. I used to maintain my baggage sitting on the ground in my closet for days earlier than unpacking, however watching Kyle instantly unpack and do laundry after a visit impressed me to do the identical. Plus, I can’t let my husband be extra organized than me. Now that every little thing is completed, I can sit down and write about our weekend journey to New Jersey! 
I wakened on Thursday morning brilliant and early to prepare for the airport. My telephone began dinging, which I believed was unusual because it was solely 5 am. Who may very well be texting me? It was United Airways telling me they canceled our flight and moved us to a brand new one at 6 pm. I used to be so unhappy as a result of we had matching pajamas and plans to go on the Polar Specific Prepare Trip with our niece.
Later that night, we lastly made it to the airport, grabbed pizza and salad at 1897 Market (the place I at all times seize meals earlier than a flight), and hopped on our airplane to Newark. It’s solely a one-hour flight, so touring to see Kyle’s facet of the household in Jersey is very easy.
We had essentially the most unbelievable time catching up and seeing our little niece for the primary time for the reason that wedding ceremony. It’s unbelievable how a lot youngsters change every month, and that’s why it’s so necessary to absorb all of the little moments. We had initially deliberate to spend a day in NYC doing all of the Christmasy issues, however we didn’t wish to spend anytime away.
I liked our little mornings watching CocoMelon and constructing magnetic blocks! We even bought placed on babysitting responsibility Friday evening, which put our abilities to the take a look at. Kyle realized the way to change a diaper, and now he’s prepared for his personal!
I’ve lastly defeated all meals aversions and am again to having somewhat espresso. The unusual factor is that I can solely tolerate it with cream now, which was not the case for a few years. I be sure to maintain my espresso consumption very low and go for decaf whereas visiting cafés. 
On Saturday afternoon, we headed to the American Dream mall. It’s essentially the most unbelievable mall within the U.S. by far! Sorry Mall of America, however you’ve been outdone. The mall has an ice skating rink, waterpark, rollercoaster, mini-golf, dwell music, an aquarium, and an indoor ski resort. I couldn’t recover from the entire issues to do! This might have been a dream world as a child.
After doing a little Christmas buying, we stopped to have lunch at Carpaccio. I’ve by no means had such high-quality eating inside a shopping center. We crammed up on home bread, calamari, meatballs, pizza, pasta e Fagioli, Caesar salad, and extra! We had been all rolling out of that restaurant stuffed. It was the most effective pasta e Fagioli soups I’ve ever had, and I want I had the recipe. I extremely suggest making an attempt out Carpaccio if you happen to go to the American Dream Mall. 
Later Saturday night, we headed as much as Hackettstown, NJ, to spend the evening at Kyles dads home.
We had essentially the most scrumptious prime rib dinner and watched certainly one of our favourite Christmas films, Nationwide Lampoon’s Christmas Trip. We had been up brilliant and early taking part in with their canine, Mayor, within the yard. He’s the sweetest labradoodle ever!
We headed to the River Star diner for breakfast early Sunday morning. I’ve been on the most important bacon and french toast kick! We headed again to Kyle’s sisters later Sunday and spent the afternoon consuming pizza and doing extra blocks!
Kyle and I had a couple of hours to kill earlier than heading to the airport Monday morning. After packing, we bought bundled up and headed to Washington St in Hoboken to seize breakfast and store.
We determined to have breakfast at Bluestone Lane. It had my identify written throughout it!
We each began with some cafe drinks. I ordered the beet latte, a shocker as a result of I hate beets. The colour type of persuaded me, and beets are so good for being pregnant. It had dehydrated beet powder, steamed almond milk, and cocoa on prime. It wasn’t horrible, nevertheless it had that earthy beet taste, which some individuals LOVE. I used to be stunned that Kyle loved it.
He ordered the draught flat white. It’s chilly brew, oat milk, and infused with nitrogen to make it silky! I used to be obsessive about this one. If I weren’t pregnant, I’d have ordered 5 of those to go.
The MUST-ORDER from our breakfast was the gluten-free cinnamon donut. WOW! It tasted like a snickerdoodle cake. It was the right deal with to go together with our drinks.
I ordered the Brekkie Board. It had scrumptious multigrain bread topped with avocado smash, goat cheese, tomatoes, and a facet of Greek yogurt with berries and collective granola. Kyle had the breakfast bowl with added rooster. It got here with sautéed kale, cherry tomatoes, feta, avocado, heat farro grain topped with a poached egg. We additionally ordered their seasonal roasted carrots as a result of I’ll by no means flip away from roasted carrots.
Our meal was scrumptious, and it was such a stunning cafe! I normally choose a restaurant 70% based mostly on the meals choices and 30% on appears to be like. That is going to be a must-go subsequent time we go to.
We spent the following hour strolling down Washington St and choosing up a couple of presents within the retailers.
Earlier than we left, we stopped at certainly one of my favorites from our final go to, Bwé Kafe. It’s the CUTEST espresso store, and if I may open my very own at some point, I’d need it to seem like this. I ordered a decaf oat milk cappuccino and a number of baked items to take again to Kyle’s sisters. 
We love visiting the waterfront as a result of it’s the very best view of the NYC skyline.
We headed to the airport at 3, had a late lunch (turkey burgers and fries!), after which hopped on the airplane to go again to Charlotte. It’s at all times unhappy saying goodbye to household, however the subsequent time we see them, we’ll have a child, and it’s going to be so particular seeing the cousins collectively! I can’t wait.
