Our Party of Five: Yankees for a weekend :)

We traveled north of the Mason-Dixon line this past weekend for an overdue visit with my extended family. Both of my parents are from West Middlesex, PA which is a very small town about 1.5 hours north of Pittsburgh. This is where my aunt Wendy, uncle Bill and their girls- Danielle and Jessica live, along with my great aunts and uncles not to mention lots of extended cousins, etc. It is so great to get to see them all again and catch up since we don't get to do it very often. The last time we were up there or got together was for Mom's funeral last March. It was so great to get to introduce them to Lucas! We also got to see my aunt Jean and uncle Gary whom we have been so lucky to get together with several times a year :) They love Lucas to pieces and spoil him rotten. Plus Grandpa (my dad) and uncle John, Karen, and Justin were there too! Kind of a mini family reunion...

We were nervous about the trip up and back (~8 hours with several stops included) but Lucas did pretty good. He got a little fussy and anxious to break free from his seat but I can't blame him, I felt the same way!!! Don't know that we will take Todd's car again on long trips just to save gas money, there just isn't enough room for all of us and our stuff, even without the doggies :)

After a long trip we went out for a quick bite to eat and Lucas got his first taste of spaghetti, needless to say, he LOVED it!

Think this is his way of telling us to BRING ON the REAL FOOD! We all had a good time laughing at his eating antics...

The next day we went to visit with Wendy, Danielle, Jessica, & her boyfriend Seth. Jess has a new little kitten that looks just like one I used to have and they even have the same name "Snickers" ;) Lucas loved her and the feeling was mutual, I have never seen a kitty PLAY with a baby, but she did it!

Later that evening we ALL got together for dinner at Quaker State and Lube (GREAT wings, if you are into them :) Needless to say there wasn't much Lucas could dine on here, so he seemed OK with baby food and a few graham crackers...He loved the atmosphere though, all kinds of cool stuff to gaze at and people to play with!

Aunt Wendy, Uncle Bill, Dad, Aunt Jean, and Uncle Gary stuffed after dinner :)

Jess, Seth(Jess' boyfriend), Chris (Dani's fiance), and Dani :)

Lucas playing with Aunt Wendy :) I remember when it was her girls that were this age! I am so old!!!

Then we ventured back to Dani and Chris' new little apartment. She had this little rocker there that used to be hers, it fit Lucas like a glove and he enjoyed having his own little seat. He was worn out a crashed each night. We all slept great!