Kayaker

We took Andrew on his first Kayak trip on the Allegheny River this past weekend. He sat between the 2 of us in a tandem boat and we were out for an hour admiring the Pittsburgh downtown skyline. He "helped" us paddle :)

Summer Fun

Evolution of a Smile

One Second Later

New Friends

Being the social butterfly that he is, Andrew easily made new friends here both at camp in the neighborhood. Here is the list - Mia, Finn, Eli, Sydney, Trey, Taegan and Landry. With all these creative names taking hold, we have yet to meet another little boy named Andrew! 

Hi there!

Just popping in front of the camera to say hello to you! We have 3 weeks left here and still so much I want to see. The first week of August, Andrew will be attending Farm Camp (aka hanging out with nana and pop pop) while we take a vacation. Destination unknown, to me at least. Shawn has the whole thing planned but wont tell me a thing about it. Hooray for surprises!

The Reading Couch

Andrew decided the library in our (huge) house needed to be used. We barely occupied it since moving in. So he arranged the pillows for optimum comfort and enjoyed an hour of quiet togetherness. 

Family

Great-Aunt Nina and Great-Uncle Michael paid us a visit from Florida! Nina grew up here in Pittsburgh and married here - it was the first wedding I ever attended. The last time they were in town was our wedding here - 10 years ago tomorrow!

Green Thumb

Tomato, cilantro, basil and Dill. Courtesy of gardening week at camp. He waters (and tastes samples) daily.

Look, Mom!

Andrew wants to do all the things that he sees the big kids do in the neighborhood.  

"Look, Mom!" I'm riding standing up!

"Look, Mom!" I'm swinging leaning back!

New Favorite

Fourth of July weekend

Finding buried treasure in the sandbox at the Farm. Pop pop supplied all sorts of odds and ends.

Three generations of Lawsons - Dining al fresco, watching the World Cup.

And of course celebrating Erin's big win! She is recovering nicely, such a treat to see her. Curtis too - he was so kind and patient with A :)

More Visitors!

Nana and Pop Pop spent a relaxing weekend here watching the World Cup.

Our Lawson lefties each enjoyed a Klavon's sundae. It's very cool confectionery that we'll be taking more visitors to I'm sure. Its a 1920s soda shop! Ice cream comes from the Penn State Creamery. You get to watch them make your sundae behind the counter which was fun too. In a strange part of town, but hey, what do I care if they make my belly happy?

He was so hyped up on sugar, Andrew skipped all the way back to the car. We are excited to visit them at the Farm this holiday weekend!