Trips and Travels

So much has been going on in our little family of late. Well, really, not THAT much has been going on, but I feel like it has! I made it back from Pittsburgh without any huge disasters and Caleb was an angel. He slept the entire flight (all 38 minutes of it). I'm excited to get my pictures back from the trip so we can scrapbook! (Pete is laughing at my good intentions... he knows that scrapbooking is talked about more than done). The flight attendants all loved him. And we were able to get a picture with one of him for his theoretical scrapbook.

Caleb was able to meet so many people during his trip to Pittsburgh. On Monday, we were able to meet up with two of his cousins, Makayla and Sam, and Aunt Christen. We went to the Carnegie Science Center, which was way over Caleb's head, but completely entertained Sam and Makayla. I loved this Science Center when we lived in Pittsburgh, so it was great to go back and see the displays again. My dream job would be working as one of the demonstrators at the Science Center. How cool would it be to do science experiments for little kids all day long? Anyway, Sam was able to see the trains and Makayla and I made a fish and dinosaur out of Kinex. We had a great day!


Most importantly, he met two of his great-grandmothers and one great-grandfather on our trip.

While in the Pittsburgh area, we were able to celebrate my Bala Reddy's 91st (yeah, that's right) birthday. She looks fabulous and is doing well. She'll tell you that no one sees her on her bad days, but I tell her that no one sees me on my bad days either. The whole family was able to get together and celebrate the life of this amazing woman. It was great to see everyone and take some time to catch up!

He loved being held by so many people who love him and wanted to spoil him. They, however, did not have to deal with him for the week after we came home. He threw a fit every time I put him down. He's starting to get back to normal, but normal for a two month old still requires a lot of mommy time.

Another exciting part of the trip was getting to meet his cousin, Dean Matthew Cammarata. Shayla and Sean had their baby while we were visiting, which I thought was very nice of them. Caleb slightly over-shadows Dean, considering he is about 5 pounds bigger, but I think they have the potential to get in a lot of trouble together. Shayla and Sean are falling into the parent role well and I'm so excited that they are going through this at the same time we are! Caleb was able to try out all of Dean's toys and swings and crib before Dean joined us, so everything got a trial run! Even Norm (the dog--who was, by the way, an excellent dog with all the babies) was able to try out having a baby at home. It worked out well.

Tracy and Hanna are expecting at the end of March, so it'll be great once everyone can get together again. I can imagine the face of the hostess when all of us walk into a restaurant with our babies... We'll bring a sympathy card with us.

Phew... that's not even all we got to do while in the 'burgh! Last, but not least, I was able to catch up with two great friends, Bethany and Gina while in town. Beth is working as an assistant manager at Pearl Vision and is thinking about becoming an eye doctor. She is doing really well and is pretty dang brave to have a real job! Gina is finishing her degree at Duquesne University in May and then starts a Doctorate in Physical Therapy program this summer. Their big plans make having a baby seem easy! We were able to go out to eat before I left town and they had a chance to meet the kid.

Caleb and I had a great time on our trip and we can't wait to go back to visit all our friends and family again.

Wow, this post was long... sorry about that! We love you all and hope you are enjoying our stories.
-Amanda