this was micah's first time in a pool.

he loved it, to say the least.

erin's graduation party. i think the picture speaks for the night. note the empty yeungling box in the background. note the red party cup. note the expression on erin's face. i love my family/adopted family.

i know that this picture is blurry but i think it compliments my brother's choice to put his hood up on his graduation gown. he graduated with highest honors, but they failed to mention that when calling his name. i'm proud of my brother and am now harboring a grudge against rutgers.

i took micah to trader joe's and the farmers market at surburban square. we did a lap around the farmers market and were not impressed by their produce. we're going to hold out and go to the overbrook farms farmers market this saturday. they are only open on saturdays from 10-2. stephen said they were set up last weekend, so i am eager to see what they have.

we went to trader joe's and picked up some groceries. it seems as if they are getting in on the yo gabba gabba craze as well...
and now that i have posted that, i will sing myself to sleep.

i picked up a quart of trader joe's brand of soy cream. i couldn't help it...it was mango vanilla!!!
i decided to throw in one more of my favorites: penguins. i loved this ice cream substitute. i usually have trouble finishing small containers of soy creams, but that will not be a problem this time. the vanilla half didn't have an overpowering soy taste and the mango half was perfection. it was a wonderful ending to my day.

we went down to baltimore to attend my friend's wedding. this was the first official meeting of lily, samara, and micah. it was great getting to see kristen, chandler, and erica. i hate that i have such great friends in texas that i never get to see anymore. i realize that we will eventually get on a regular schedule of visiting my in-laws, but since that hasn't happened yet, i feel like we are never going back to texas. :( and it was great seeing kat and dan as well. there isn't an excuse for us not to see each other on a regular basis since we live within two hours of each other. i totally didn't believe it when i googled it, since i have only driven to baltimore from south jersey (having to drive north to get south adds quite a bit of time to the trip). luckily they like sonic (i miss sonic and still don't understand how i haven't been to the one in millville yet.) and have made trips to lancaster just to go there.

i realize there was a bit of rambling in there, so to wrap things up...
lily has really girly mannerisms.
both girls are absolutely adorable.
micah isn't the only flirt in the bunch.
micah is only 5 weeks older than lily(center) and 7(11 adjusted) weeks older than samara(right).
my son is huge.
and he hates the grass.

today i went to north jersey with my parents, jess, and micah. we arrived shortly before rodney presented his senior thesis. his was by far the most interesting and well supported presentation and i do not say that with bias. his was the only presentation that micah clapped for. after the presentations were over, we went out to eat at stuff yer face. i got a stromboli that tasted just like eggplant parmesean. we then went and got bubble tea (i miss tempest tea in dallas) across the street from there. we took rodney and john back to their apartment in rahway and left shortly after. rodney's graduation is in less than two weeks. i'm so proud of him. matt and lauren are coming down the weekend of his graduation and we get to be reunited for the first time since christmas. i love my siblings a ton.

and this is what micah does now...