Ahhhh, sleeping baby

Sleeping baby equals sleeping parents, which was a nice luxury after not much sleep the first night.

A few more pictures from Bennett's (Ben's?) first day

Here's some proud Dominick grandparents. Stay tuned for pictures of equally proud Allen grandparents.

New Allen

May I introduce Bennett Michael Allen? He came into the world at 9:49 am, weighing 7 lbs, 6 oz, and 20 inches long. More pictures to come....

Heading home

It's been great to have so much time with family this week. Here's a few last pictures of them before we get on the road southward:

Pittsburgh fun

Although planting grass seed was plenty of fun, Nathaniel had an even better time over the past 24 hours as we went to a a children's museum (where he met one of his favorite celebrities)...





AND went to an amusment park (a.k.a "big, big, big, big playground). There were only 4 rides he could go on, but from his excitement about them, they probably ranked about even with flying the space shuttle:

Busy

Nathaniel continues to have a lot of fun on our trip, though I'm not sure he understands the meaning of vacation. As you can see in the pictures, he's occupied himself today with earthmoving, garage-cleaning and landscaping, and all of that before lunch.

Great friends

Here's a few pictures of our gracious hosts from our time in State College: the Horners. These friends housed, fed, and entertained us, in addition to giving up a lot of their time to just hang out with us. We were sad to leave them on Tuesday.