4th of July Weekend

Hey! Sorry I haven't been on here in awhile but I have been very tired and very busy! I know I know no excuses. Anyway, Ava was in this weekend from Wednesday until this afternoon and we had a great time. The weather wasn't that great Thursday or Friday, but this weekend it was great for Ralph's birthday and this afternoon we went to the park to play.

Ava was such a good girl. She is trying to talk a lot and when she says things and makes noises it sounds like it's in the form of a question. Her 4 teeth are completely in and I'm sure there's more to come although I can't say that I saw anything. The biggest news is probably how much she is walking! She is not really standing up on her own yet, but she'll get herself up on a couch, chair, toy, etc. and walk a good bit. My mom took her to the play area at South Hills Village while I was taking care of some things and these two little boys called her "Little Godzilla" because of the way she walked!

Other than she is playing a lot with her toys and understanding what they do, how to play with them, and certain buttons that she should press for songs, etc. Time is flying by and unfortunately doesn't look like it's going to slow down. I have some good pictures from this weekend. We went down to the Regatta for my dad's birthday and had a great time and then I have some pictures from when we went to the park.

I hope everyone had a good, safe 4th of July!!!

Weekend Warrior

I just got done working my first ever Weekend shift! Fortunately, I don't have to work tomorrow because they shut the mine off out where we work at 12:00 a.m. this morning. The only reason I had to work today was because of the lag time with shutting
off the mine still could have had some effect on the streams. Although I will say, I probably could use the money! Anyway, I just finished up and thought I'd show you guys the view from the parking lot! I'm right across from Heinz Field!

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Count 'em

I am just finishing up my day in the office and I worked not 8, not 10, but 12 hours!!! I thought it was bad when they kept us a 1/2 hour longer for football! Oh well, tomorrow is Friday and then the weekend is here...oh wait I'm scheduled to work Saturday!


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ALMOST!

Pirates nearly pulled off the rally! 4 runs in the bottom of the 9th to lose with the bases loaded!!! Are you kidding me!

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Great Game

Pirates are down 2-0! Ava needs to hurry up and get here!!!

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Pirate Game

Right now I'm tailgating in the Heinz Field parking lot for the Pirates game tonight. They're playing the Indians. I know if Ava was watching they would win no matter what, but since she's not they're going to have to play well! We'll see what happens! The Jolly Roger stopped by our tailgate! He's Awesome!!!

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Father's Day Picture's Posted

The pictures from this weekend are on my MobileMe Gallery. Enjoy!!!

Happy Father's Day!

First of all, Happy Father's Day to all of our dad's out there! I had a great Father's Day, even though most of it was celebrated yesterday, today was very special to me! I got my first father's day present from Ava, which was happened to be a...cookie! Unfortunately, since I have to work tomorrow and Alexis was having Ava's birthday party at her house I had to take her back this afternoon. But we had fun in the car making silly noises and eating graham crackers, so it was a nice ride!

Father's Day Weekend!

Today was a busy day, my parents and I went down to South Side with Ava. She got grilled cheese off the Kid's Menu at Pita Pit and she really liked it. Then we took her down to the fountain in front of The Cheescake Facotry to play in the water, she had a blast playing and watching all the kids. After that we went and walked a trail that runs along the South Side and the Monongahela RIver, when we we're turning around to come back we stopped and fed some geese. Silly Ava kept calling them cats! It seems as though every animal on the planet is a cat to her! Anyway, on the ride home Ava was lights out, which was expected, and then when we got home since the weather so nice we went swimming!

I'd say it was a pretty exciting day. Ava is crawling all over me while I'm trying to write this, but I'm sure in about an hour she'll be snoozin'. Look for the album on MobileMe gallery either tomorrow or Monday, but as always I'll make a post when I put it up! Well that's it for now.

Hope you enjoyed the video!

Birthday Album Posted!

The pictures from Ava's Birthday Party are on MobileMe. And in case you've forgotten how to get there just scroll down a little bit and it's on the right hand side under Bonus Links! Enjoy!!!

The Birthday Girl!!!

Ava's is going to be one next week. I'm still in shock! Anyway, we celebrated her birthday here this weekend and there was great weather, great food, and amazing cake (because it was from Kreibel's Bakery). Ava got a lot of great gifts, outfits, and some gift cards for daddy to use :D! The picture above is her eating her "Smash Cake" a cake they specifically make for them too...well smash!!! I will say she was getting a little cranky towards the end of present time. She let us know how tired she was when I tried to give her my gift, a 3-in-1 Trike, last and she screamed when we tried to put her in it. She eventually got in it and now she loves it, which makes dad happy :) As usual I'll be making the album soon and putting it up on MobileMe.