A VERY Special Visit

The first weekend in October brought some special visitors to Pittsburgh. My mom and dad drove my grandparents from Grand Rapids to Pittsburgh to see our house and, of course, Chloe!
!

Presque Isle--Erie, PA

Saturday we drove up to Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA. Chloe had her first experience of a state park. We walked along lake Erie and had a wonderful time. We were hoping that we would see some great birds...a lot of ring billed gulls, herring gulls, a couple of greater black backed gulls, a cormorant and a kestrel (I saw the hawk on our way out of the nature center). We did see a group of what I assume were small shorebirds swooping around, flying tightly together, but they landed behind the rocks and we never saw them again.

Chloe in October

And now some adorable pictures of Chloe...


A NOT so happy moment (yes, I was laughing as I took this...she has such a funny cry sometimes!)

Our first day away!

My friend Cassie got married this past weekend and John and I went. There were no babies allowed, so we packed up Chloe and she spent about 10 hours with her Gramma and Grampa Kerrish. Here are some pictures from Cassie and Jarrad's wedding.

John and I (I'm having my FIRST DRINK since last Halloween!!)

We sure do like to have fun!

Lori, Cassie and I

This was the view from our table!

It was a beautiful wedding and reception. I wish we had been able to stay the whole night, but it was just too long for me to be away! :)

I know how to scare a firefighter!

Ask one to hold a baby!!

Chloe went to her first Steelers game at the firehall on Sunday. We had a great time watching them game, eating food and sitting in the engine.

A little play time

John and I had Chloe on the mat for some play time on Saturday and we had the camera out!

These are some pictures of her smiling on Friday...

Hi everyone. We are entering the blog world! Chloe is 5 weeks old and growing so fast!

I thought I'd begin with some of my favorite pictures from her first month.

This is her very first picture

And our first family portrait!

The doctor and the nurses all thought she weighed no more than 8 pounds 13 oz...boy were they wrong!!

Although he was VERY nervous about having a girl, Grampa Kerrish pushed everyone out of the way to be the first to hold her! (and is he ever wrapped around her little finger!)

We got a WONDERFUL surprise when Dean, Nancy, Alex and Andrea showed up at the hosptial..."house keeping!"

Then Gramma and Grampa Campbell drove all the way from Georgia (they were at Linda and Bob's wedding!) to meet Chloe. Good thing there were not any visiting hours!

We finally got to take her home on Monday

We had some wonderful guests on our first day home.

On her first day home she had her first babysitters! (Mommy had to go back to the hospital because she spiked a fever!) Grandparents to the Rescue!

On her third day home we found out she had Campbell blood in her! (playing Euchre already with Gramma Campbell as her partner and Mommy holding the cards)

3 generations!

The family

"You can't take her," said Marie. I'd put the quote from Gramma Kerrish in, but I think you can figure it out for yourself! HA!

Labor Day

And her first trip to Grand Rapids! (More of these to come!)