Yeah, June has the advantage in all kinds of ways. I don't know if I'd feel so nervous about traveling at 7 months pregnant in the summer, but somehow in February, it just seems like asking for trouble. And there are no direct flights from Nashville to Hartford, so that's a total of four flights that could be delayed or cancelled due to weather. And I really don't want to have to spend the night on an airplane floor (or pay to spend the night in another airport Comfort Inn) in my third trimester.
This sounds totally reasonable, and once you explain it to your mom, I'm sure she'll understand.
People are really excited to buy stuff for babies, I think. Or at least, I am.
Tim's niece is expecting her first baby at the beginning of January, and there was a shower this weekend where the hostess asked people (it was all family) to bring family stories to share, ideally written down (she provided paper in the invitation) so that they could be saved in an album for his niece (and, eventually, the baby). It was really cool.
I keep wanting to buy wacky shit for the baby, like a onesie I saw that said "I can't go back to prison!", but Tim keeps nixing them.