When I was growing up, we spent every Christmas with my mom's family in Pittsburgh, PA. Christmas anywhere else just wasn't Christmas! I loved seeing my grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins during this annual trip. Post-college, the tradition began to fade, and all the sudden, it had been 5 years since I'd visited Pittsburgh. We decided 2010 was the perfect year to head to the Steel City so that Avery could have her very first Pittsburgh Christmas! 
We arrived in Pittsburgh at lunch time, so headed to the Penn Brewery for some libations. Pierogies are my new favorite food, but Avery plans to stick with ketchup with a side of French fries.
Though Avery enjoyed meeting all her 2nd cousins, she really took to 13-year old cousin Shea, and wanted to do just everything Shea was doing.
Christmas 2010 was definitely the year of Elmo. Avery got an elmo etch-a-sketch...
...a new "Guess Who, Elmo" book....
...and an Elmo Pla-Doh set. We are in Elmo's World, all right!
Ellen and Uncle Dwight got this baby stroller and doll for Avery. She quickly discarded the baby doll in favor of her new Olivia doll and made a few laps around Dwight's house in this pink cruiser.
Thanks to Santa Claus for restoring the order to our house with this gift. I just hope Avery is not too brainwashed from "Hello Bucky!" and "Go Pack Go!" to appreciate this fine sampling of UNC propaganda.
On our last day in Pittsburgh, we took Avery to the Western Pennsylvania Train Museum. Avery was excited to see the choo-choo trains and we all enjoyed the elaborate and detailed scale model of the railways of Western PA.
Of course, getting to play with the trains in the kids' area was an added bonus of our visit!After having so much fun, we headed home with many wonderful holiday memories having had a very Merry Christmas!
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