Aunt Abbie is Here!!

My sister has been itching to get to the Burgh to meet her newest nephew since he arrived on June 26th.  Thankfully she didn't have to wait too long as she already had plans to come North from Texas for a friend's wedding in Princeton, NJ last weekend.  From there she visited friends in NYC and then took a bus to get here to Pittsburgh to be with us (and we get her for a whole week and a day!).  Koen and Tavin have been anticipating her arrival basically since we returned from our Florida trip in March.  It was no let down when she arrived yesterday morning (she actually got here before they woke up, so it was really fun to have them wake up and say that Aunt Abbie was waiting downstairs!).  The boys haven't wanted to part with her since she got here.  Koen had a super fun-filled day with her yesterday.  After some playtime in the morning post-breakfast, he headed out on his scooter with Ab on foot and they went to his hair cut appointment.  

I've been needing to get him a trim for a month or more.  It was great to finally get it done!  Poor guy was looking quite straggly.  Thanks for taking him, Ab!  

Next they headed to the library to wait for Doug.  Why?  Because Doug had tickets to the 12:30pm Pirates game for all of them!  Koen is becoming quite a Pirates fan and is learning the game and getting more intrigued by it every time.  The seats they had yesterday were amazing.  

After all that excitement we had a nice low key evening just enjoying all being together.  Abbie is like a special extension of our immediate family.  The boys adore her, she's one of my best friends and she and Doug have a great relationship.  A real blessing.  Today was much more chill than yesterday.  We just stayed around the house and backyard.  Here's a picture from this morning.  The boys were so happy to have Abbie around they agreed to do a nice picture (as long as they could do a silly one too).

Stay tuned for more posts on lots of fun with Abbie!