the graduate.

my baby brother graduated this past friday - that means no kids in college anymore for my parents! w00t! i bet they are very excited about that. well, until i decide to go back to grad school or law school or something. heh. higher learning 4-evaaaaaah!

momma at graduation.
my mom is a dean at the college my brother went to, so she got to give him his diploma. pretty cool, huh? j had no idea she was going to do that - and then my mom cried and my brother was probably embarassed and crap i can't believe i missed such a precious moment. meeemooooriiiiiies!

my brother is the pimp, second from the left. too cool for school, obvi.
and in conclusion, congratulations bubby! now get a job.

little baby's all grows'd up.

my baby brother is twenty-one years old today - awwww yeah, he's finally legal! i am simultaneously overjoyed and terrified b/c this means that i have a 21 yr old brother and i can recall where i thought i'd be in my life whence he turned 21. oh wells.

i guess my mom & garry took him out to dinner tonight and garry ordered him a beer & my mom was like "ooooh, your first beer!" - haha, yeah right! moms are funny.

me & the bub. so precious.
jay has looked 21 since he was 15 so it's not like this is a big deal for him, but at least he's actually, certifiably legal now. i just got off the phone with him and he was at a pub in marietta, getting ready to watch the ohio state game - but actually quite responsibly said he wasn't going to get wasted because he has a test tomorrow. (!?!?!) how mature. which is exactly how i was when i turned 21 too. yep, totally. uh huh. what?!?

in any event, i can't wait to go booze it up with him - because what's a little brother for, if not to get drunkle with and embarass in front of all of his friends?!?

exactly.

happy birthday bubbalicous! i love ya, kiddo! xoxo