A bridge

You can't go anywhere in Pittsburgh without crossing several bridges on your way. I'm not sure exactly how many bridges Pittsburgh has, my very scholarly research (googling "bridges Pittsburgh") claimed anywhere from 450 to 1900. So lets just say there are a lot. Some of them are stunning, my favorite is the Smithfield Street Bridge (I know everyone was just dying to know that tidbit!).

Proclaimed "the only city in America with an entrance" by the New York Times, the city skyline and rivers of Pittsburgh pop up out of nowhere as you enter the city via the Fort Pitt Tunnel, and onto the Fort Pitt Bridge. I've been meaning to get back to this bridge for a good 7 or 8 months now to take pictures, and I finally did. Don't be fooled by the bright sunny pictures. It was about 20 degrees. I took these pictures from the city side of the rivers, so I would like to get a good one sometime from the other side of the bridge, of the in your face city-scape you see through the Fort Pitt Tunnels.

Original photos

This is why it's taken me so long to come back. I was a little uneasy going to this spot on my own, and these little signs are exactly why. They look like the same person wrote them, so maybe this is some homeless person's regular hangout, which is both sad and unsettling to me. Hence I have made sure to only go here with a big man by my side.

I took this picture from the same spot back in July, but with a cruddy point and shoot camera. I wanted to recreate it with my good camera, but now in comparison, I see I didn't quite get it right. I should have looked at this picture before hand or brought it with me. Oh well, I have either 449 or 1899 bridges to try and get one that's just right!

Baby A

I took some pictures of my friend Megan's little girl. Isn't she beautiful? And I am coveting that pink flower headband. I am still bummed that my little girl learned to rip her headbands off so young!

We had a hard time getting a picture of her in her tutu because she was trying to eat it the whole time. I gave in with this picture, but I like it still. Imagine that instead of eating her skirt, she's being coy and sassily peeking out at us!
Again, pretend she's smelling the flower, not eating it!

Really, such a cute baby! And I love her little bracelet too.

Just playing with some textures here. This is the baby's blessing dress, which has special meaning because her mom was also blessed in it.

I'm in love....

Now don't run off, this is NOT a recap of all the cheesy lovey sweet nothings that my spouse and I surprised each other with for Valentine's day. It's about a new infatuation in my life...FABRIC! For someone who really doesn't know how to sew, I am quite obsessed with fabrics and now own yards and yards and yards. My friend Amy recently wowed us with a diaper bag she had made so several of us girls are on a quest to make our own. Since this project is way over my head, I've directed the time and energy that I could have used to learn more sewing skills towards picking the perfect fabric.

Little did I know, there's a whole world of cuteness out there. This are just some of my favorites of the hundreds of swatches I looked at.

After days of pondering and consulting with friends, I finally ordered this fabric in corduroy for this diaper bag that may or may not actually be made.

So if you do want a recap of our Valentine's day, here it is. Zach spent the day on several guy dates, first a gun show, and then a basketball game, then some ping pong with his friend, while I shopped craft stores and attempted to sew, then unpicked everything I had just sewn. Then around 10:30 that night Zach and I finally got together and watched a movie. Actually Zach fell asleep and I watched the movie. What can I say? We are just a pair of hopeless romantics.