Another Trip to Pittsburgh

At the beginning of this week Emma and I took a short excursion to Pittsburgh to visit Aunt Abby and Sam (Uncle Andrew is gone every night of the week working on his MBA and with training at the bank right now). It was so much fun to see Sam. He is just the most precious little boy and both Emma and I are so in love with him. He is getting some new teeth and didn't feel his best while we were there, but he just smiled and squealed and growled and talked and loved on us. We miss him so much already.

Emma is now eating blueberries and is studying them intently in this picture. Giving Emma food and buckling her into some apparatus was really the only way Abby and I could have a conversation.

Sam was so tired at dinner time. While Emma ate her blueberries Sam just sat like this for a good while. And then...

He fell asleep...bless his little heart!

Emma sure enjoyed exploring all of Sam's toys. He was just so excited to see her and was flailing his arms and she bypassed him for the toys.

Sam and Emma did very well sharing toys. They passed toys back and forth and squealed at each other.

Sam figured out that Emma does not like to have her duck taken away...however, Emma precipitated the duck taking by grabbing toys out of Sam's hands...oh the things we have to look forward to!

Emma has started grabbing the duck with her right hand while she is sucking her thumb. That frees up her left hand to help her move about while holding her ducky.

Sam kept Emma under control though! Quiet but mighty!

For the first time EVER, the weather was beautiful for the entire trip to Pittsburgh. Again, we had to tie Emma down in order for us to talk. The kids enjoyed looking for squirrels and at all of the American Flags.

Another trick was to put on Baby Einstein. Neither child ever watches TV so this was a huge treat. Emma sat like this for about three minutes and then decided she would rather play with the toys.

We packed both kids into Aunt Abby's car and drove to Carson Street! One of our favorite places to go in Pittsburgh. It was amazing the amount of effort to get both kids there between their different eating and sleeping schedules, but it was well worth it! Again Emma was restrained so Abby and I were able to have an adult conversation.

This picture is difficult to see, but it is Emma and me at the Milkshake Factory!!! It is my FAVORITE place in Pittsburgh (of course after Uncle Andrew and Aunt Abby's house). It is a family owned chocolate shop with AMAZING milkshakes. When you walk in it smells AMAZING. I was very excited to take Emma there, but as you can see, she was asleep. She woke up at the end and loved it!

Emma very much enjoyed playing in Aunt Abby and Uncle Andrew's grass. It was so soft and she just crawled around and picked at it. She looked like a lion on the prowl.

Uncle Andrew was home on Tuesday night and Emma got to play with him. I came into the room and the three of them were playing ball. It was so sweet!

Thank you so much Aunt Abby, Uncle Andrew and Sam. We hope to see you soon!