* I will be writing another post entirely, with respects to clothes shopping and the unfortunate state of what is supposedly currently fashionable. For now, I will tell you that it took me all of 5 hours on Friday to find and buy a single outfit for Saturday’s events. (insert gun in mouth). Oh yeah, I will also be writing another post about the evening portion, spent in the middle of Somewhere Pennsylvania.
Anywhoo.
Saturday afternoon, I attended my nephew, Baby Mason’s Hebrew Naming Ceremony. Ya’ll know I can never get enough of my ‘Family Functions’. (Or take enough pictures). This was also the 1st Family Function wherein I brought a ‘date’ in over a year and a half. Even though Danny (a.k.a. “Certain Bald Guy” or “C.B.G.” for short) has known most of my family from our prior history, he was noticeably nervous. As was I. We went to the event fully aware that C.B.G. would be eyeballed by my protective Italian family members such as the two silver foxes and one shiner. However, it wasn’t too long before Danny stopped sweating (Ha! This time he was the one sweating) and felt comfortable with my family. I also have to hand it to my family. No one really eyeballed him. In fact, things went perfectly smoothly. There were no ‘huge defining moments’ or drama of any kind.
Sorry to disappoint.
The ceremony was beautiful. Mason’s mommy, my sister in law Traci is positively glowing. I mean just look at these photos and you can see why I am so in love with that baby and my family.
It was wonderful to spend time with my brothers, and it was especially super cool to see my favorite cousin in the world. C.B.G was pleasantly surprised with how much my brother Adam remembered while they were catching up. My father was his usual hilarious self, and my mother looked awesome in her killer boots while hanging out with one of her favorite cousins.
We ate, we drank, we laughed, and we celebrated as a family. Towards the end of the day, the infamous Gramma Evelyn and my Aunt Irene had me in stitches when dropping the-ever-so-subtle-hints to my Uncle Rick, they wanted to leave.
I had a GREAT time. I just love my family.