to the 'burgh and back

jesse, the kids, and i just returned home from pittsburgh, where we spent a week visiting with friends and family. it seemed like we didnt stop for a minute. even when the kids napped, there was always something to do or somewhere to be.

saturday we spent the day celebrating gramma mclane's birthday. we were joined by aunt michal and cousins ryan & lindsey, who travelled from state college, pa to spend the day with us. uncle kevin and aunt brianne were also there (taking some great pictures of the cousins!)

gramma, lindsey, and kate

jacob and ryan

sunday we spent the day relaxing with jesse's family- gammie and pappie, uncle josh & aunt heidi, aunt joey, aunt rachael, and great-gramma "Gi-Gi".

jacob, pappie, and uncle josh

the pié family

monday we ventured to the pittsburgh zoo with aunt joey, my cousin emily, and her kiddos silas and phineas.

kate and her 2nd cousin, silas, who is 1 month older than her

tuesday, aunt brianne treated us to a day at the pittsburgh children's museum where they had a special Bob the Builder display (aka jacob's dream world). we couldn't get a good picture of jacob, we was moving so fast from tractor to tractor!

aunt brianne and kate

kate enjoyed bob the builder too!

jacob, trying to steal a tool from Bob

jacob obviously doesn't know how to read yet :)

tuesday evening we enjoyed a chaotic dinner with high school friends- 6 kids under the age of 6, and only 6 adults, 3 of which were trying to cook dinner! it was good to see you all- as crazy as it was! and delicious fajitas, julie! :)


on wednesday (the highlight of the week for jesse and i) we left the kiddos with gammie and pappie for the day and headed up to cook forest state park. we went on a 10 mile canoe trip down the clarion river with jesse's brother and his wife heidi. it was such a peaceful, relaxing day. we had a wonderful time with josh and heidi. thank you guys for being such great hosts! i was so mad at myself for not getting my camera out even once that day- it was so pretty there. :(


thursday and friday were more relaxed days, but we still kept busy. we went to the playground, had lunch at chick-fil-a, and visited uncle kevin and aunt brianne's warehouse, 80stees.com (where you can get great t-shirts for the kid in us all! and if you want 15% off your order, just enter the coupon code cjp121980).

even though we had a great time in the 'burgh, it is good to be back home. jacob proved himself capable of napping in a real bed while we were there, so tonight we switched his crib over to a toddler railing. we are anxious to see how he does. so far, so good.