Saturday, September 5, 2009

My trip back home to Pittsburgh

We all took a trip to Pittsburgh at the end of August and, as always, I had an absolutely wonderful and incredibly FUN time!! I just wish I had enough time to see everyone I wanted to see but that never seems to happen. I did SO much within the 6 days we were there so there is no way to document and show every little thing we did...but my pics below will give you some highlights of our trip. I wish PGH was closer because I would go home a lot more. Every time I go I feel like I'm picking up where I left off. It's like I never left. It'll always be "home" to me.

It was great to spend time with my friends and I already cant wait to go home to see them again (and touch base with the ones I didn't get to see.)

Here are some pics of our trip.....


These are some pics of my girls night out with some long time freinds!! We met up at the Cheesecake factory at the Southside Works and had such a great time!! Our waiter was a little goofy ("E" I'll NEVER forget what he did with your drink!!) The night went too fast but it was so nice to catch up!!! Dee...you are coming next time!!! We missed you!!!

Me, Amy, Jen, Kim, Erin, Jenine and Chris! All the girls!!

Amy, me and Jen

Me, Jen, Erin and Chris


Some pics at my mom's house.

Gabs making cookies with Nonna


WE SPENT TWO DAYS AT THE POOL!! FUN FUN FUN!!!

Bob and the kiddos at the pool!! They had SO much fun!!

Dante enjoying splashing in the water

Gabs and her new friends



NICOLE AND TIM'S NEW HOUSE!!!!
Nic showed me her AWESOME, HUGE new house!! It's unbelievable!! I love it!!


Kelly, Nic and Gabs on the way up!!!

Model home of her house but it's going to look just like this!! WOW!!!!

Nic in my favorite place...the kitchen!!!!

One of the bedrooms. I absolutely LOVED how it was decorated!! This will be Gabby's
room someday....:)

WE SPENT ONE NIGHT WITH MY OLDEST FREIND TINA

Cute pic from Tina's visit....the kiddies loved her....of course!!!


THE PITTSBURGH ZOO!!

Gabs and Dante at the PGH zoo!

The animals are in there natural habitat...it's amazing!!

A blue lobster???? Wild....

I wish you could see this. There are 2 of these underwater tunnels. One is for polar bears and one is for sharks. You literally see them above your head. It's awesome and the kids went crazy over it!!!

Polar bears above us in the tunnel!


Like I said....there is SO much more than this and I wish I could but it all on my blog...but it would take too much room (I took over 120 pics!)

I'll be back in PGH when we go to the Superbowl in Feb...ha ha!!

That's all for now!!!

Friday, August 28, 2009

Silly Dante!!

Just some cute pics of Dante I'd thought I'd share.....


Cheeeeeessssseeeeee!!!

His morning cup of coffee.....:)

Gabriella's 3rd birthday party

So, of course, with every toddler birthday comes a big birthday party!! We were so fortunate that ALL of our friends could make it and Nonna was here for it too...so it was very special for Gabby. This was the first time I've rented a bouncy house and I was a bit concerned of whether it would fit in our backyard or not...but thankfully it fit just fine!! The kids LOVED it and I even had to drag Dante out of it!! It was a GREAT time and to see how happy Gabby was that day made all the hard work worth it!!

Thank you to all our friends (and Nonna!) for celebrating Gabby's birthday with us!! WE LOVE YOU!!


The princess bouncy house

Gabs Princess cake! It was sooooooooooo good!!

Dante having a good time in the bouncy house! Look at my little man go!!

Some of our freinds and Nonna mingling

Jacob enjoying a snack

Morgan LOVING sitting by the princess cake! She is so funny!!!

Joey just being as cute as ever....as usual....

Gabs and Ellie enjoying the bouncy house

Time to sing!!

...and blowing out the candles!! Good job Gabby!!

Post bouncy house fun with Daddy!! They had the BEST time!!!

Friday, August 21, 2009

HAPPY 3rd BIRTHDAY GABRIELLA!!!

I can't believe my first born is 3 yrs old. Honestly, time is going too fast. This year was very special for us because my mom came in from PGH for Gabby's birthday and she was SO excited to see her Nonna!! It was exciting for all of us!! So Gabriella woke up and got to do whatever she wanted to do that day and, of course, she wanted to go to the zoo. Not surprising and luckily it was a beautiful day out!! So the zoo it was and we all had a great time!!! This was just the begining of her birthday week!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY SWEET GIRL!!! WE LOVE YOU!!!!


YEAH NONNA'S HERE!!!!

Watching the Lemurs....Gabby's favorite animals!!

Gabs got to brush the goats! She was lovin' this!!


Daddy, Nonna and Gabby

Dante eating....as usual!!



THESE ARE PICS OF GABRIELLA'S BIRTHDAY MORNING!!

Here are just a few pics of when Gabby woke up her birthday morning and opened her presents.

All her birthday gifts!!

Gabs on her new Princess bike

A new pink scooter from Nonna

Roller skates!!! She wore them all morning...ha ha!!!

Cake #1

Cake #2!! Cinderella!!!

Gabs blowing out her Cinderella candle

Happy Birthday Bob!!

Ok so I'm WAAAAAAY behind so I'll try and catch up . First off, I totally spaced out and forgot to add Bob's birthday which was on July 1st!! It was a weekend of family fun and we had a wonderful time. We went for a run and had a picnic at Ruston Waterfront in the am. Then we took Bob out to Anthony's restaurant for dinner. It was a great time!! Happy Birthday Bob!!! We love you!!!

Happy birthday to you!!!

Dante having a snack on at the waterfront

Dante on the phone at Anthony's

The view from our seats....absolutely beautiful!

Daddy and his girl

Gabs lovin' the complementary chocolate cake...:)

Dante being Dante!! So freakin' cute....