Can't get enough

Of this carousel in Oakland (a neighborhood of the city of Pittsburgh, home to the University of Pittsburgh, Carlow University and some of the best hospitals around). I think we've gone to ride this carousel every trip home since April. We also always have to stop to stand in what was once the outfield of the great Forbes Field and stand by the remaining wall, on this day Brady wanted to be "the number 4" so you can't see that it reads 457 feet, one of the deepest outfields ever. I included a shot of Brady standing in this same spot in June of 2007, what a difference a year makes.

MeMa took a turn riding in this silly spinning cup that Brady insisted we ride on
3 of his 4 turns on the carousel.

It's so pretty! And there we are again on that spinning tea cup!

Forbes Field August '08

Forbes Field June '07

Progress

Mike (along with my parents help two weekends ago) finished painting our new house! Every room has a new color of paint, except the bathrooms which will stay as is (at least for now) The colors were wild before and perhaps some of you might think that my color choices are wild too but their my wild colors and I love them! You'll notice that there is no carpet in the house, Mike pulled it all up and new carpet will be installed throughout the whole house next week. We close on the 18th.

Brady's Blue Room

Lucy's Turquoise Room!

The kitchen!

I scream, you scream....

We all scream for Ice Cream!

Enjoying an ice cream cone at Graeter's. Brady insists now on ordering everything by himself, we are not allowed to interfere, he does the talking! So he ordered a "vanilla cone with no eyes please". A lot of the ice cream shops put those little candy eyes on the ice cream for the kids but he does not like them, hence the "no eyes"

Baby Syer's Shower

The Zollars side of the family hosted a baby shower for my sister-in-law, Laura, this past weekend. It was at Mike's Aunt Colleen's house in Pittsburgh, PA. I feel bad because I spent more time chasing Brady than taking pictures. It was so nice to see the family and spend a day celebrating with Laura. The boys spent the day celebrating on the golf course, of course! We can't wait to meet this new niece or nephew arriving in mid-September. Best wishes to Ben and Laura.

The cookie bouquet!

The gift table!

Opening a gift from Aunt Karen who lives in Denver.

The new Mommy-to-be!

My Boys

This is what I saw while I was making stromboli's tonight for dinner. I looked out the kitchen window and there were my boys, sitting together under a tree blowing bubbles together. Happy weekend everyone!

Me....at 22 weeks

So after posting these pictures and viewing them on the actual blog I realize that they are kind of dark and not really the best pictures. Sorry about that!

Fine. Here you go. I've been asked by some of my friends to show my pregnant tummy to the world. So here it is. Mike took these two pics this evening. 22 weeks along, about 8 lbs later. I have been very self concious about this pregnancy for some reason, I'm not very accepting of the changes my body is going through, I know, whine whine whine. Baby Lucy is healthy and I'm healthy and that's what matters most. I am still wearing "normal" clothes but I imagine give me another week or two and I'll have to break out some maternity clothes. By the way, check out my hibiscus tree. Isn't it gorgeous? Today it had 8 BLOOMS!!!! I wish they lasted more than one day! It's the only thing in my garden that is thriving this year. I'm proud of it :)

Lazy Days of Summer

This morning when Brady and I went outside, this may sound strange, but it smelled like the beach. Must have been the heavy humidity in the air. Well Dayton, Ohio certainly isn't anywhere near the beach, much to my dismay, but we did enjoy some fun times outside today at The Activity Park and in our big backyard. Brady finally decided today that he wanted to enjoy the water feature at the park, I can't count how many times we've gone to this park since May and he wouldn't go near the water! It was worth it today to see this happy face.

At The Activity Park enjoying the water!

In our backyard this afternoon after playing in the sprinkler and little swimming pool.