Well, I have two stories about coming home outfits. My first is that I bought my sister's daughter a newborn coming home outfit in Paris (France). I paid way too much money for it, but it was over-the-top cute. They didn't know the sex, so I had to go the generic route. It was a sleeper with feet, but it had little yellow duckies all over it. Of course, since it was from Europe, it was the most delicious fabric. The baby came a month early, so she was really tiny. My sister rolled up the sleeves of the outfit and brought her home in it.
My other story involves my own adoption of an infant (a year after my sister's baby was born). We live in KC,MO and our daughter was born in Oklahoma City. We got the 9am phone call that a baby had been born the night before and we had to rush to get there. So, because of this, I had no coming home outfit. In the meantime, my mother had gone to purchase a coming home outfit for me, one complete with hat & matching blanket. She & my Dad arrived in OK City two days later when we took physical custody. When we were handed my daughter in the hospital, she came to us in a darling pink outfit. We all agreed at the hospital to leave her in it. I asked the nurses how it was that this baby had this darling outfit? They said that a previous patient had left it. Not knowing the sex of her baby, she had bought a girl & boy outfit. She had a boy, so left the girl outfit for a baby who needed it. My daughter was the lucky recipient! So maybe you could do the same for someone else...bring a couple outfits, and leave one for a baby who needs it. Just a thought.
Have a wonderful journey with your baby. It is a great ride!