The Incubator: East Coast Tour,Third Stop: New Haven, CT

Baby J and I continued onto New Haven Connecticut after our lovely Ottawa visit. The whole family of 3 took the Amtrak Adirondack from Montreal to New York City. The train is a great deal at $60 one-way. The ride's a little long at 11 hours, but the train is always roomy. The baby was pretty good on the train. I was more annoyed by the Romanian grandmother-daughter next to us that chattered on the entire journey in Romanian, loudly as they knew no one would understand. The grandmother drove me crazy. I had to give up my cushy four booth seats to escape her. Daniel said Susie and I would be just as bad. But I don't think so.

After a night and day in New York at my old friend and fellow new mama, Alice's apartment in Brooklyn, baby and I met Clararose at Grand Central Station to head to my mom's house in New Haven.

Baby J and I stayed for a whole week. We had a great time in the guestroom that was specially set up for our visit with baby things. Susie hosted a baby brunch so everyone could see our new baby. Luckily, Joaquin was very cooperative with all the cooing and patting of the excited guests. I did enjoy showing him off and having a great excuse to leave conversations- 'oh he needs his diaper changed'.

A great Boehm family picture

My visit to New Haven was the best I have had in years. My mom and I have so much in common now- Joaquin. Joaquin, whom she calls Biggie, loves his grammie. We heard him laugh for the first times during our visit. Joaquin is also very lucky to have many fun aunts and uncle.