One Big Day...

Sunday night, June 1st, Jimmy casually mentioned that we would leave the house around 10 am in the morning. I, somewhat confused, asked why. Apparently, I had been informed weeks ago that our attendance had been requested, by Jimmy, at his swearing in ceremony. This was news to me, but I was happy to oblige.

All of my clothes were either packed or dirty. I decided to wear the outfit that I wore to church. Of course, I didn't look at it until Monday morning when I put it on. There were baby stains everywhere. So, I tried on the only other black shirt that I had, which has always looked horrible; back to the original baby stained shirt. Here I am chiseling the baby food off of my sweater on my way to a function sure to be filled with lawyers and other "important" people in freshly dry cleaned business attire. The day was off to a great start.

Anyway, we got to the office and had a little time to spare, so Jimmy showed us around. Jackson just loved the view from the office. The view includes a peek at Canada (beyond the water on the right), but Jackson was more impressed with the puddles on top of the shorter buildings.




We met lots of his co-workers who were all very nice. (And, might I add, wearing clean clothes. Seriously, the women there were so put together. I wondered if any of them had ever been in "mommy mode.") We went on a short walk to the courthouse where he was sworn in.




The person to the right of Jimmy is his boss, the US Attorney of Michigan. The man to the left is the Judge and the other man is co-worker who was also sworn-in. The ceremony was in a beautiful courtroom. I have to say that I was very happy for Jimmy. It was great to see him achieve something that he has dreamed about for so long.



A reception was planned for three o'clock. So, we had only 4 hours to kill!!! Luke had already missed his morning nap and I just wasn't sure how we would make it. We decided to walk down to the Hard Rock Cafe for lunch where, in my eyes, the most important part of the day took place.



(J/k, Jimmy) I had my first soda in almost 8 weeks! Oh, the divine nectar! (If you have read the My Obsessions post from April, you will understand.)

After lunch, Jimmy went back to the office and Jackson, Luke and I spent a couple of hours exploring downtown Detroit.





Ok, really we just checked out this fountain and hung out in Borders, but they were both in Downtown Detroit.

After, the reception, we were walking back to the car where Jackson took a spill and had a really hard time getting over it. Over the next few hours he mentioned several symptoms that sounded like he might have a concussion. After a bit of debating we decided that he would be ok and just needed to go home and end a very long day. Unfortunately for him, we had one more stop to make.

We finished the day by picking up our new (used) car.



We got a great deal on it and I think it will last us a long time. It is a Buick Rendezvous and was one of very few choices that had a third row. We weren't out looking for a particular car/minivan, but were pleased with what we got. I thought it was a pretty unique vehicle until Jackson and I counted 14 of them as we drove the 3 miles to the library and back today. I guess they are a great value or they are just trying to get rid of them...only time will tell. Right now, though, we are enjoying the space and freedom of having a car while Jimmy is at work.

And, thus, ended quite an eventful day.