It’s been too long since we were last in Pittsburgh, so while I was sick with the flu, Kate and Blake hitched a ride with Alyssa and the kids for the long drive out east. Though I was finally able to fly out to meet them a couple days later, I did miss Blake’s second birthday shindig. The trip went by too quickly, but we did manage to have some quality time on the playground and took a day trip to Cucumber falls.

Crazy how time flies. We had a fun, intimate, family birthday part with cake, backyard pool fun, and hot air balloons.

Gardner was the hot stuff for a couple days this year with our annual balloon festival. Here’s some shots from our first night there with Kate’s extended fam.

For you Blake fans out there…

On mothers day Blake started walking. Like for real walking. We were skyping with my parents for about 45 min and mom was trying to coax Blake to walk, but he wasn’t into it. Five minutes later, this is what happened:

Spring has been a pleasant change from a long Midwestern winter.
This weekend, we had a family picnic at the park where Blake practically had a whole burrito by himself. That little oinker.

The majority of Kate’s family was in town for Easter, so we had a laid back Sunday of tons of food, egg hunting, and kickball (no picture of the latter… I was too busy winning).