Three Graduations and a Baby Shower!

Happy Memorial Day! Like most people this weekend, we had a busy memorial weekend. We enjoyed it all the way though! On Saturday we had to meet with Abe's sisters and Mom to finalize plans for our rehearsal dinner at the Hilton in White Marsh. It will be August 9, from 1:30 to 4:30. Our rehearsal itself is at the church starting at noon I believe. Then we came home for like a second before heading out to Owings Mills to attend a graduation party for Three grads! Jenny from Towson, with an M.S. in Early Childhood Ed., Ryan from UMBC with a B.S. in Bio/Chem/Pre-Med, and Gabi from Franklin High with a High School degree! It was a lot of fun and Alex got to meet a lot of Jewish people.LOL. We had a great time. It was so nice to see Jenny and for her to see Alex. She snapped a picture of her boyfriend holding him, and joked that now she has proof that he can. LOL. She told me we have to wait 5 years to have another one, because that's when they'll be ready and we have to have kids together! Not sure if we can wait that long, or if we want Alex to be that far apart from # 2. We'll see where life takes us though. I am so proud of Jenny earning her Master's. I can't wait to start on mine. I took a much needed break from schooling, but I think I'm finally ready to start again next Fall or Spring. I have a lot of options for my Masters,but I keep coming back to Administration and Supervision, so we'll see. Moving right along--On Sunday, we attended the baby BBQ for Baby Dove in Pasadena. Our new little niece or nephew will be here around July 18, and we are all very excited to see whether it's a boy or girl! I'm thinking Girl, but I thought Girl with Alex, so only time will tell. I think we'll all just be happy to get another healthy baby added to the family. It was beautiful weather though. And everyone was able to eat some good hamburgers and hotdogs and spend some time outside. We went down to Lake Waterford, and Dylan, Daniel and Aaron fished using hotdogs as bait! LOL. Needless to say, they didn't bring back the catch of the day. We put Alex in his snugli and the poor little thing was so exhausted that by the time we got  him back to the pavilion he was slumped over asleep in the snugli! He slept all the way back home. Then today, we went down to David's Bridal to get Maria's dress, but they said there had been a fire, and we weren't allowed inside! So we came back to Abe's Mom's and ate Quiznos instead. Now all that's left to be done is some laundry and some dinner and then it's back to Middle School for me, back to UMBC for Abe, and back to Ms. Thresa's Daycare for Alex. 12 more days of school left...*SIGH* Some pics follow for your enjoyment!

Alex in his special graduation outfit!

Alex in his special baby shower outfit!

A family shot

Matthew posing down by the lake

Me, Mary, a sleeping Alex, and Baby Dove

And he's out...

Ms.Medy (Abe's Mom) and Ms. Kathy (Dave's Mom)

Daniel and Dylan trying to catch some fish

The three amigos

Alex resting in his swing after his big weekend!