It's Official!

Karl gets "hooded" by his Dissertation Advisor, Robert Inman, on Sunday evening.

Shake and take.



Proud parents!

The Wharton School PhD class of 2008...well, those who came to the ceremony.

One of the speakers advised the grads to be like LedZepplin: Loud, Confident, and Wrong.

It was a fun reception, complete with sushi, fruit & cheese, and dessert.



Karl with his son and the city he studied in his paper.

Karl's parents threw him a party beforehand.

Adam and his Aunt Steph at the party.

"LiLi" and Adam (Grandpa Mac in the background)

Our friends Retna, Gus, and Peter attended.


So did Heidi and Andrew! (and Kristen, too, but I didn't get a pic of her. Oops!)



the cake


future Wharton grad?

Mother's Day

Karl, Adam, and I drove up to Lancaster on Friday night to Celebrate Mother's Day with my mom. It was a short visit (less than 24 hours!) but a fun one. My Aunt Terre and Uncle Randy were also visiting, so we had some nice family time together.

Does Adam want to be a dentist, like his Uncle Randy?

Or maybe it's just the beard that's so fun.

Having fun with Great Grandpa and Grandma Eberly

"I like this place! Can we come back?"

Milestones

Adam's little brain has been working on overtime !

He's become an expert crawler.

He learned to crawl up the step between our den and living room. So proud of himself!


Then he promptly started pulling himself up to standing position and cruising furniture.


This is how we find him after naps:


He's mastered the pincer grasp so he can feed himself fun things like cheerios! And did I mention that he has four teeth now? I can't get a good shot of them because he's very protective of them--but they're there! Crunch, crunch!



One of his favorite toys is the extra oven rack that Mommy keeps between the fridge and a cabinet. He goes to it first thing every morning.


He's taking piano lessons. No, not really.

He likes showing off his diapers:

And he's just a lot of fun! For some reason he thinks it is funny when I cough, so we made a video of it.

Adam meets Aunt Mary Lynn

A few weeks ago, my father and his sister came to visit us for the day. We had a great time together!