Accomplishments

Because Tabria was born before I was done with school, we had to bring her to campus. Luckily I only had two classes, so my schedule wasn't too strenuous. My schedule (and therefore Tabria's schedule) went something like this: Send dad off to class, get ready for the day, go to school (where Nick had the hour off work so he could watch Tabs while I was in class), and then go back home again. It really worked out pretty well, and for the most part Tabria was great at school.

Just getting home after her first day at school with mom and dad.

One funny story about the first time we took her to school - while I was in class and Nick was watching her, she had quite the explosion - which not only got all over her clothes, but Nick's as well. Fortunately, we had a change of clothes for her in the diaper bag. Unfortunately, Nick did not have a change of clothes and had to go to his last class of the day with baby poop all over his shirt! Luckily he had a jacket to hide the mess under!

Another long day at school with mom and dad.

During the semester we saw Tabria develop in many ways, such as holding her head up (she was only two weeks old when we went back to school), smiling, rolling over, and increasing in her ability to grab onto things. It has been so fun to watch her grow and develop and become her own person. I can see her personality forming already . . . and I think she'll be a stubborn one, but full of personality and full of life!!!

Caught her smiling!

Tabria was blessed February 1, 2009, and it was a marvelous day. We are so grateful that so many of our family members could make the trip. We just wish we lived closer so we could see them more often!!!

Blessing day - February 1, 2009

Our beautiful angel

We all survived my last semester of school, and finally - the day I had been waiting for for many, many years had come - GRADUATION!!!

The Dixie "D" I walked through for graduation - May 2, 2009

I was super ready to be done with school, and I was lucky enough to have Nick and Tabria at graduation to support me. It was also fun to have my parents and Nick's parents down for the weekend, and we are grateful that they all made the trip down to share that time with us. Thanks grandmas and grandpas!!!

The building in the background is the Udvar-Hazy building . . .

where I spent my last few years finishing up my accounting degree.