Da 'Burgh

Here are some pictures from our recent trip to Pittsburgh.  It was a very entertaining weekend!

The cooks in the kitchen!

New type of beer?  We don't have that in New Jersey.

Here are 2 of Charlie's grandsons with our boys.  They all really like playing together.

We took the boys to play in the water at PPG Place.  They went wild!

Then we had ice cream for lunch.

Nathan and Grammy split a banana split.

Ryan ate all of his...shocker!

Nathan had a hard time finishing his.

Then a few weeks later, we took the boys to DC to see Mets vs. Nationals.

Brothers hugging it out pre-game.

Nathan started jumping off the diving board at swim lessons.  He is growing up too fast!

Baby You're A Firework!

This was one of the best 4th of July's ever.  We had a long 4 day weekend and we did fun stuff the entire time.  We started the weekend off by going to the Adventure Aquarium in Camden.

Nathan is riding a gigantic turtle.  Ryan would run as soon as we let him out of the stroller so we had to  contain him.  Poor guy.

The aquarium has an awesome view of Philadelphia.  Nathan is such a tough guy.

Here are the boys riding the hippo.

And here they are playing some drum.  I'm not sure what this has to do with sea life, but....

Nathan even pet a starfish.

Later that night, we went to see fireworks in Collingswood.  As you can tell, Ryan wasn't that interested in it.  

We had been wanting to get the boys Crocs and we finally found what we wanted.  Ryan is rocking some Yo Gabba Gabbas.

And Nathan is stylin' in his classic blue style.

On Friday, we took Nathan to the movies to see Monster's University.  It was a really cute movie.  We went to a theater that has reclining chairs.  It was quite a unique experience.

Then on Saturday, we spent the day lounging around Pap Pap and Nonni's pool.

What is Uncle Bobby doing?

Summer wouldn't be summer without popsicles.

Nathan jumped in the pool about 100 times.

We have a fish on our hands.

We also had to convert Ryan to his toddler bed this weekend.  He had been crawling out of his bed so we were forced to convert.  It was a little early in our opinion, but he is doing surprisingly well.

He falls asleep every night on the floor next to his door.  Then we move him to his bed and he sleeps fine for the rest of the night.  Hopefully, he'll realize that the bed is much more comfortable than the floor.

The Graduate!

Robert Paul Anthony is officially a high school graduate!  I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.  We are so proud of him and can't wait to make a few appearances at Penn State to visit him in the coming years.  

Love you Bobby!!!!

Kicking Off Summer!

This is going to be a fairly long post since it's been 6 week since you've heard from us.

Randy and I had a night away from the kids and went to Atlantic City.  We stopped at a winery on the way down.  It was a super cute place that gave us an LM discount.  Can't beat that!

I almost got arrested cause I was taking pictures on the gaming floor.  Oops!  Here we are at dinner in Revel Casino.  It was such a fun night.  Thanks Pap Pap and Nonni for babysitting.

Our little bug is growing up so fast.  He is so cute I could just eat him up!

These are my Mother's Day pictures.  I couldn't get a good one of them together.  Oh well.  Nathan loves wearing his Pens jersey even though they are not in the finals...bummer!  Note that blue doggy is in the picture.  He still loves that dog.

And Ryan has his own special item.  He loves loves loves his pillow.  Pillow was actually one of Ryan's first words.

Grammy - what are you doing to these kids???

Here Nathan is listening to "snap, crackle, and pop" for the first time.

You may recall that my friend, Natalie had her son, Austin less than 24 hours after I had Ryan...and at the same hospital.  Ryan loved seeing Austin again and getting to play with someone his own age.

Then came Randy's birthday.  We celebrated in style by going to swim lessons, then Arby's for dinner, then home for cake.  Who could ask for more?   I did have a birthday, but no pictures were taken at the event.

 We hosted a small Memorial Day party.  Pap Pap did his signature move on Ryan.  No small children were hurt in the making of this picture.

Our friends Steve and Caitlin came as well and brought their cutie, Amelia.  She's a few months older than Ryan.  What a diva!

I must say that these boys LOVE each other to pieces.  They hug and kiss many times each day.  They really enjoy each other's company.  As a mom, I could not ask for anything more.

We went swimming at Nonni and Pap Pap's house a few weeks ago.  Nathan had a blast swinging on the hammock.

And Ryan had a blast playing in the dirt!

So, this is the end of this post, but I'm posting another one right away of a very special occasion for the family.