Graduation

That's right, I finally graduated!! It's hard to believe I'm finally going to have to change my tag line of "musings from a law student" as well as change my profile description on the right. I started this blog when I started law school, and it's crazy to think that almost three years have gone by!

Even though I've shared some of these photos on FB and Instagram, I wanted to reshare them here as well:

the "hooding"

"hooding" continued

the "handshake"

proud mother

dad's law school photo circa 1996 

namesake of the law school

"class gift": the dedicatory prayer

the fan club 

my biggest fan

Rhetorically,

Rebekah

100th Day Celebration

Today was Dash's 100th day celebration, or "Baek-Il" in Korean.  In Korea, on the 100th day after a child's birth, the family celebrates the child having survived the most vulnerable time in their life (physically). The family and friends celebrate by eating traditional red bean rice cakes, which symbolize the hope of longevity and happiness.

We were thrilled to have family in town to celebrate this special occasion for Dash. We had them draw pictures and write small notes to him that he can look at when he is old enough. Besides the traditional rice cakes, we also ate Korean Sweet Pancakes. Usually the baby will wear traditional Korean clothing, but since we don't have any for Dash, we decided to wear ours!

We also did a traditional Korean ritual: The child is seated before a table (in our case, a blanket) of various foods and objects such as thread, books, notebooks, brushes, ink and money. The child is urged to pick up an object from the table, as it is believed the one selected first will foretell the child's future. For example, if the child picks up a writing brush or book, he is destined to be a scholar. If he picks up money or rice, he will be wealthy. If the child picks up the thread, it is believed he will live a long life.

Although we don't necessarily buy into predicting the future, we placed the following objects in front of Dash: a pencil (scholar), money (wealth), a hymbook (musician), a missionary tag (RM or General Authority), a football (athlete), a shoelace (long life), a lion (animal lover), and a phone (engineer). As you can see from the picture, Dash ended up picking the phone. 

Rhetorically, 

Rebekah

Baby Blessing

Since Matt's family was in town for his sister's graduation, we figured we would bless Dash while they were still here. We were so grateful for all our family members* who were able to make it!

Baby Blessing Brunch

Lund Grandparents

Lund Great-Grandparents!

Hiatt Grandparents

Hiatt Aunts and Uncles

*Not pictured is my lovely cousin, Ally, as Dash was worn out and I didn't want to post of picture of him crying with her. 

Rhetorically,
Rebekah

Highlights from Rexburg

While in Rexburg, we enjoyed good food, graduation, and family time. 

Pizza Pie Cafe

Waiting for the most recent Hiatt grad.

Yay Jenny!

How you watch graduation with a baby

Costa Vida celebration lunch for the most recent Lund grad (Yay Megan!)

Dash was jealous I was holding James instead of him

But then he forgave me

Rhetorically,
Rebekah

Roadtrip Tips

Lessons learned from Road Tripping with a Baby:

• Bring more bibs
• Make sure you have some sort of stiffer cover (not cloth) for the carseat so baby doesn't get stifled or sunburned
• Be prepared to stop in obscure towns or rest areas every two hours
• Be prepared to be exhausted
• Expect blowouts and protect the carseat and yourself accordingly
• You won't have room for anything else in the car other than yourself, the baby, and all the baby's things
• Bring a book to listen to (we had "Daring Greatly" on audio)

Rhetorically,
Rebekah

Dear Dash: Three Months

Dear Dash,

At three months, the most common questions I get about you are: "Does he sleep at night?" And, "Is he a good baby?" The most common comments is, "He is tall/long!"

You do sleep very well at night--which I'm grateful for every day. You are now in the 85th percentile for height and the 5th for weight, which probably accents your length even more. You are becoming more cheerful and wiggly every day.

I did my best with the photo shoot this month, but every time I sat you next to the giraffe, you did this:

So we stuck with an aerial shot.

Rhetorically,
Rebekah