After a quick stop for lunch, we headed towards Pittsburgh for the beginning of our trip home. We stopped at the Pittsburgh Zoo. Penny LOVED the Zoo. She got to see giraffes, elephants, a polar bear and even penguins.
We loved watching the elephants eat their hay. 
And we thought it was so cool to see just how big a baby elephant can be. Thank goodness Penny only weighed in the 7lb range at birth!
We posed with a polar bear statue before we watched the polar bear eat his snack.
And then we went inside their aquarium. Penny loved seeing the fish!
And we even found someone to snap a family photo for us.
Penny had fun checking out all the different kinds of fish. She like the seahorses and the bright colored fishies. Her absolute favorite exhibit were the penguins!
After the Zoo, we stopped over to visit cousin Samantha. 
She grilled us dinner and Penny loved playing with Samantha's cats. I think Penny chased the cat's ball more than the cat's did.
We loved watching the elephants eat their hay. And we thought it was so cool to see just how big a baby elephant can be. Thank goodness Penny only weighed in the 7lb range at birth!We posed with a polar bear statue before we watched the polar bear eat his snack.And then we went inside their aquarium. Penny loved seeing the fish!And we even found someone to snap a family photo for us.Penny had fun checking out all the different kinds of fish. She like the seahorses and the bright colored fishies. Her absolute favorite exhibit were the penguins!After the Zoo, we stopped over to visit cousin Samantha. 
She grilled us dinner and Penny loved playing with Samantha's cats. I think Penny chased the cat's ball more than the cat's did.
After dinner, we started our drive towards home. What a great trip! Thanks so much to everyone who hosted us and made this trip such a great one! We have so many amazing memories from our quick visit :) Can't wait to see everyone again soon!
A jumperoo! How fun!
Our little miss ate an entire blueberry muffin, fruit and a yogurt. She loves everything about breakfast- milk with a straw, a waitress to smile at and other diners to flirt with. Major highlight of the trip for her. Other mornings she ate an assortment of waffles, raisin bread, english muffins, fruit and yogurt. Yum! While we got ready for the day, we discovered another one of Penny's loves- the mirrored closet door. She entertained herself while we got ready! 
We headed East, towards Aunt Susie's. While we were there, we got to see Everett play a soccer game. Penny absolutely LOVED the game! Now that we've been home more than a week, she is still telling us "Everett fast!" and "Everett kick soccer ball" and she's right- he is an amazing soccer player! We wish Everett all the best this season!
Penny LOVED swimming with daddy & Pa.
She had an audience :) We are so happy that Becky, John & baby Addison and Nancy & Henry were able to join us.
Here is Addie with her grandpa Tom.
And Penny with her Pa.
Thank you Tom & Laurie!
Sweetest cousins!
Penny was shivering and we still had to wrestle her out of the water. Here she is with Grammy, trying to warm up. 
In the meantime, Daddy and Pa tried to swim a few laps. They had a cheering section!
Penny had a blast with everyone during her visit! 
After lunch, we went to Malley's for some ice cream. 
Girlfriend doesn't like chocolate, so we got her clown without. She LOVED it and ate the entire thing.
Yay ice cream! She used her cone as an extra spoon to scoop it all up.
She showed Tommy all of her toys and kicked the soccer ball around the family room with him. 
