Visit to Bloomington

My little brother Warren graduated high school a couple weekends ago and I was lucky enough to get home to help celebrate the occasion. It's always nice to leave Boston, but especially nice to leave for the homeland (Indiana).

Warren-dog's graduation; Warren, me, Alex

While I was home, my mother threw a shower for me -- on top of throwing a graduation party for my brother the very next day. She did an awesome job and somehow convinced relatives and friends, and even friends who've never met me before to drive some distance to attend.

shower invite

Everyone was so incredibly thoughtful that I think I'm set for all things baby-related, probably until our little girl is a year old or maybe older.

I've decided that baby showers and other events where one person is the center of attention are awesome, because you get lots of cool stuff, but also kinda overwhelming because there are lots of people you'd like to catch up with and what you end up doing is just getting maybe 5 minutes with each person  (if you're lucky).  So, I've decided that for future events either for myself or Sean, I'll make a mental note of inviting over all those people in attendance for a proper 'catch up' session at a later date.