little rippens: July 2008

quickie hooding

Thanks to Linda, we have photographic evidence of our presence at my doctoral hooding. Notice there's no one around Royce Hall: we dashed out of the hooding ceremony early to catch a flight to Atlanta.

That's the Yeh-Rippens way: knock on wood, we always "catch the last train" (a-mah's words). That also went for finishing the dissertation. (There's thematic coherence for you in the narrative of my life from UCLA student to alumnus!)

So here's a blurry but treasured photo of our little band with smiles that are as much expressions of mania as of slap-happiness. And I was very happy to have Marty and Rilo and Owen there to share my first moment in full regalia. It was a tough road and they were the ones that always gave me joy.

June faces

Georgia

The family went to Georgia for Rosanna a-yi and Uncle Andrew's wedding. While the newlyweds were honeymooning, Rilo had tons of fun with cousins Tristan and Maya. Maybe Owen did, too. It's hard to tell.

See TristanandMaya.blogspot.com (or click on the pictures below) for more pictures of Rilo and Owen with the Georgia family.

April travels (and a bit of May)

The family has seen a lot of people and been traveling a bit in April. Owen, at one month old, is a well-traveled baby. He's been to the Bay Area and to LA, and he flew to Chicago. In June (those pics are forthcoming, but see his cousins Tristan and Maya's blog), he went on his second plane trip to Atlanta. As parents stressing over traveling with babies and babygear, we welcomed the privileges that sporting a baby affords: e.g., the short line at security! That saved us from missing our flight out of Chicago. Both Owen and Rilo are growing up so fast. Rilo's talking a lot now and learning how to be a silly kid.

Awwww...

Rilo fell for Sadie!

Owen's first trip to South Pasadena to meet the family

Chicago. Rilo stayed with the grandparents in South Pasadena while we went to the Windy City with Owen--his first plane ride. Owen did great, slept through most of the trip. Here are some pictures at Millenium Park.