Even though J graduated in December, he chose to still go ahead and walk in May, so it would feel "official." With him starting back to work literally the very next day we warned our families that if they came out for the graduation, our time with them would be limited. At the very last minute Sherrie and Josie made the trip out! The landed at SFO airport at 10:50 am and the Graduation Ceremony started at 11:00 am! Maya and I decided to just take the MUNI (subway/bus) downtown since it was being held in the famous Civic Center and parking would have been a nightmare. She did really really well during the 2.5 hour ceremony! I inevitably had to nurse her once but, we have got the whole disguised nursing in public thing down pat now! Grammy and Josie met up with us mid-ceremony to proudly watch J receive his well-deserved diploma. We were assuming he would be at the end since our name ends with an S, but to our surprise he was all of a sudden walking across that stage! We were all shocked, so our cheering was a little delayed. Afterwards we got the opportunity to meet Vaughn's family (J's best friend). We have heard so many great things about his family it was awesome to get to finally meet them in person! And let me just say that they have some serious height in their family! Jason is almost 6 feet tall and most of them still tower over him!
The Smith Family:
Jasmine (Vaughn's GF) Vaughn, Mrs. Smith, Niles, and Mr. Smith
Best buddies
so.so.happy
As we were all leaving the Civic Center, you could tell that J and Vaughn were so proud, because they marched right on outside in their caps and gowns! We literally got across the street when J finally decided to take them off! But, it made for some really awesome pictures so I was pleased.
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After the ceremony we were headed back to our apartment, but along the way we briefly walked through the downtown farmer's market. We could smell the sweetness of the kettle corn in the air, so we had to stop and buy some to take back home with us! Grammy was getting a phone call from Kyle and trying to show J how to answer her blackberry....can you tell J was ready to go home! He didn't want Maya to have a melt-down in the process of going home since we were going to be taking the MUNI. Before long we were on the subway heading back to our apartment. I couldn't help but take a few pics of Maya sitting on J's lap just looking and examining Grammy's face! It was so adorable! She is just becoming more and more aware....she has to inspect and examine those around her now! And of course she caught a glimpse of her mommy from afar!
What a whirlwind start to Grammy and Josie's visit! more first day pics to follow....
The pic with you three across the street...priceless!!! She is so beautiful! Just like Mama! :)
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