Dana Daily

My sister delivered her second baby today. Anthony Joseph (AJ) was born at 1:21pm and weighed 7lbs 9oz and was 19.5" long. We are all so excited to have a new little baby to love. I love that William, her oldest, is right in there age-wise with the girls, and Seth will have AJ to hang out with as they get older. Initially I thought this baby would be a girl, but his heart rate was inline with where Seth's had been, much slower than the girls had been, so I wasn't surprised to hear she had a boy. Here he is just a few hours old. We popped into the hospital briefly just to meet AJ, but plan to return on Monday when I have the girls so they can see him. I'd like to visit longer once they're home, but vacation will be over soon so we'll have to see how that works out. Inevitably everyone asks if holding him makes me want another, and I can honestly say, no. I love newborns, I love the squish, their sweetness, and just holding them for hours, but I am perfec...

To celebrate our third anniversary, Sal planned an evening out in Pittsburgh. He wanted to start with a tour of The Frick , but they had overbooked their 4pm tour so we had to come up with a Plan B. We had dinner reservations for 7 so we had about three hours. I looked up Heinz History Center , but they closed at 5 so that didn't fit our time frame. Sal suggested Phipps Conservatory . We didn't realize that they have their candlelight winter flower show going on right now so that was a sweet treat. There was no street parking so we coughed up $10 for valet parking, which ended up being worth it. It was cold and the valet parking is at the entrance and they set up huge heaters for those waiting for their cars. We arrived right around 5pm so it wasn't horribly crowded yet. By the time we left, the line was out the door. We hadn't been to Phipps in a couple of years, and never to the Christmas show. It was beautiful, and warm. A win/win in my opinion. We were able to...

Today is Sal's birthday so I stopped at Walmart to pick up a cake (have you had their to-die-for icing), and we ordered pizza for dinner. I know, fancy. Seth thought all the candles on Sal's cake were pretty cool, and in just a couple of months, he'll have his own when we celebrate his second birthday. I have Sal a shaving cream set from the Art of Shaving. I get this for him every year for either his birthday or Christmas. Both of us had gone to work so our evening was kind of rushed, but we have a date planned for this Saturday which will come us some much needed us time.