The Best Thursday in a Looong Time

Yesterday was a great day. I woke up at 4:30 am, loaded Abby into the van, and drove to Pittsburgh, PA. I know, I know, it doesn't sound that fun. But this is what made it all worthwhile:


Abby and I haven't seen Olivia since the last time she visited, which was, oh, last March. That's too long. So when we heard that she was going to be passing within a 5 hour drive of Ann Arbor on her way back home from Rhode Island, we jumped on it. (Sadly, Alex couldn't come, what with all his wasp rearing responsibilities.)

We spent the day walking around Pittsburgh, getting lost driving through Pittsburgh (several times), ogling birds at the Aviary, eating delicious pierogies at a church-turned-brewpub, and watching crappy tv at midnight. Guess what? The picture you see above and the one below are all I have to show for it!*


Olivia, we miss you already.

* Don't worry mom, we actually have hundreds of photos, but they're all on Olivia's camera ;-)