The McGann Family: Are we there yet?

This past week I had an appointment in NY and decided to take Stella with me for a fun day in the big city! We took the NJ Transit in and the entire way there she kept asking if we were in the big city yet. It was adorable. I thought I had years before I would hear cliche phrases like, are we there yet and he's looking at me mom. I am sure the other passengers were grateful it was an express train. Actually, she did great and it was so sweet to see her excitement grow as we stopped at each station on the way. When we finally arrived and made our way up to 7th avenue She was totally awestruck and just loved riding in the stroller watching it all go by. We took the subway to Union Square and met my good friend Jennifer. She sat with Stella during my appointment and Stella was such a good girl I had a couple of surprises for her..... so off to midtown we went.

Here is Stella with Jennifer in Times Square. It was very chilly!

Mommy and Stella with her new West Side Story souvenir program. I have mentioned a few times that she LOVES West Side Story so her first surprise was to go to the theater and buy a program. She loved seeing the huge pics of the cast outside the theater but I don't think she quite understood it all. Here we are braving the wind in Times Square with the new program.

After that we went to Toys R Us and rode the ferris wheel. She had never ridden a ferris weheel and pretty much just stared in amazement. I have a cute pic but I need to scan it. She loved her surprises and after a nice lunch we headed back to the train to go home.

Here is my pretty girl on the train excited to tell Daddy and Jacob about her fun day.

There is almost nothing I enjoy more than seeing Stella's imagination at work. She spent the whole train ride home telling stories about the Jets and the Sharks and Maria and Tony and a ferris wheel and then she would stop and gaze out the window.