Graduation Weekend!!

Ruth enjoying a bag of crackers at one of the restaurants we ate at. 

Long day for such a little one:)

But she was still her sweet happy self!

Vet School Hooding Ceremony!

Our family!

Tom's girls!

At least one of the programs was put to good use!

As Daddy walked by...

Both sides got to come for the big weekend!

She wasn't too thrilled about this thing.

Grandparents love feeding Ruth!

And Ruth loves playing with napkins (anything paper, really).

At Graduation. Ruth and I had to leave our seats in the bleachers and found some nice people to sit with outside. 

See him listed?

I love this picture!

What an awesome grandpa!

Grandparents took turns taking Ruth for drives and babysitting. This was a trip to the park!

Ruth quite enjoyed playing with her aunts' technology:). 

CU Graduation...crazy:).

Playing with butter with Grandpie...

enough said. 

My gift to Tom...all of our favorite places in Ithaca!
(a shout out THANK YOU to my friend for her help!!)

Not sure why this picture is not turning correctly. One of my friends made this for Tom's graduation dinner! It was a lovely cake and was super yummy! Everyone enjoyed it!!

The gang the night of graduation

Ruth loves this little bag of her Granny's.
PS For those of you with upcoming graduations from CU. We ate at the food court at the mall for lunch one of the days. Lots of choices for a big party, good food, and no large crowds (at least when we went). 

Tom and two of his vet school buddies.
Ruth really does like them. :)

See the waving palpation sleeves?

And again! We missed this part...the vet school crowd walking into the stadium:(.

See them?

Can I get a WOOHOO!

Ruth and I happened upon one of our friends after we left our seats. 

Aw!

30 weeks!!

Thank you to those who helped us set up!!

Our open house that we held at our church...we wanted to be able to say good-bye to our dear Ithaca friends!

We got to say good-bye to my work friends, too!
The cake was yummy and the spread was lovely! Getting to see everyone was even better!
THANK YOU!

Ruth, of course, loved the attention!

Tom and I even got a break for a bit;).

Thank you, CBE!!! I will surely miss you guys!

My work friends had a shower for Ruth and I later in the week. Ruth had a great time! Can you tell?

Ruth and one of my friends with Clover in the background (one of Ruth's new calves from the shower:)). 

Not sure why this picture is not flipping the correct way, but aren't these so cute?
These were the favors! Haystacks and cow chocolates!!

Quite the spread!!!

Adorable decor and yummy cow cupcakes!!

At the Senior Gala!

 Buddies!

Tom received an award that night!

On our way to see our family in Washington D.C. for a few days!

Ruth enjoyed quite a few of her Veggie Tales DVD's.
Thank you, Granny!

Nighttime routine with Granny and Papa. 

Playing in D.C.

I think this was due to a pickle:).

Getting her Uncle Ben. She had fun playing with him!

Ah!

This is Ruth's take on shopping in a hardware store.
I like how she thinks!

Ruth's baby cousin is only a few weeks away from joining our family. Can't wait to meet him or her!

 We drove a few hours while in D.C. to meet up with some of Tom's mom's side of the family. It was special to get everyone together!! I had never met any of them.
We met at McDonald's so that the kids could play!

 Have I ever mentioned the trick that Tom and Ruth like to do together?
This is it. Yes, he is balancing her on one hand. I'm thinking about submitting it to a circus:).

All the brother's together! We had a great visit with our family!