indydentalduo: GRADUATION!

Monday, May 10, 2010

GRADUATION!

The day has finally arrived (and passed)... we graduated from dental school on May 8, 2010! I remember thinking 2010 was AGES away! I cannot believe it finally came! Mark's Mom, Dad, Annie and Brayden, and my Mom, Angie, Ryan, Brent and Catherine all flew out to be with us for the occasion. Ryan got to "hood" us, which was really neat. Mark and I started the tradition this year for IU in having family member hooders. It was really cool to have Ryan up there with us, rather than just faculty members. It was a LONG ceremony (assisting students and hygiene students graduated along with the 100+ dental students), but we can now call ourselves "Doctor." Here are some pictures taken throughout the ceremony, thanks to Annie. I can't believe Mark and I forgot our stinking camera!

Here's Boston chillaxin' with my mom during the ceremony. Apparently, my mom and Angie kept him quiet throughout the entire two hour hoopla by feeding him Ritz crackers. What a cutie!

Here we are after the ceremony with our "diplomas," AKA empty cardboard tubes for "show" which will soon be replaced with our diplomas.

And here's the three stooges! Me, Mark, and Ryan Pini... it seems SOOOO long ago that the three of us used to stay up all hours of the night at our house studying for bi-weekly exams back in first year! Holy crap! It's finally over!

And here's Mark with his proud parents! Yea for Drs. Simkins! But Mark still has three more years for perio... haha, glad it's not me!

2 comments:

Bonnie R. Paulson said...: Oh wow! congrats! cute baby and great doctor parents! wish we could've been there! Miss you!; May 11, 2010 at 5:24 AM
Nicole Sue Taylor said...: Congrats! It was fun to find you...; May 15, 2010 at 1:00 AM

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Quotable Quotes

The other day Boston and I were at the church for a little singing play group. He must have been getting sick of it, because half way into it, he runs across the room, drags over the diaper bag, hands me the strap, and says, "Come on, mom. Let's get outta here!"

Today I go to get in my car and open the door for Boston to climb in. He runs over to Mark's car and says, "No, mommy! I wanna my daddy's car!"

After asking Boston if he wants a cheeseburger... "No! I not cheeseburger! I nuggets!" We go through this everyday, as he usually wants nuggets or a hot dog, no matter what I'm offering.

Getting Boston ready for bed... Me: "Boston, do you want to wear your Mickey Mouse pants?" Boston: (squealing) "Yes! Hot Dog, Hot Pants!"

Today Mark is eating a grapefruit, and Boston (thinking it's an orange) wants some. Mark puts a small piece into Boston's open mouth... Boston looks at Mark with a look of deepest digust, spits it out, does a full-body shudder, and says, "Ucky, be-be! Ucky, be-be!"

The other day Boston tells Nikki, "Mama, I wanna nugget!" He later tells me, "Mama! Mama! I wanna coke!" Lovely.

Me: Boston, what does a doggie say? Boston: Arf, arf, Pluto!

The other day, Boston was watching Mickey Mouse (as always) and I told him we were going bye-bye. He turns to the TV and says, "OK, bye-bye, see ya, Dedo (Pluto), Daisy, Mmmm Mouse!" This kid is so dang cute!

This afternoon I asked Boston if he wanted some fruit snacks. He got a huge grin on his face, said, "Yeah!", followed me to the kitchen, and when I handed him the pack, he exclaimed, "Ooooooh, deg-nuh (thank you)!" Too cute.

Mark talking about how much he has been taking care of Boston (and thus changing diapers) the past month... "I'm getting so good! I changed a really stinky one the other day, and I only gagged once! I was proud of myself!"

Mark singing to Boston, who is fussy with gas, "I'm gonna push that poop right outta my butt... I'm gonna push that poop right outta my butt... I'm gonna push that poop right outta my butt, and send it down the drain!"