Papa's Pinning Ceremony

Today was a big day - it was Rob's Pinning Ceremony where he was officially promoted to Chief Petty Officer.  The ceremony was about an hour, which is a long time for a 15-month-old boy.  At first RJ was a little overwhelmed by how many people were at the ceremony.  But then, as he recognized the friends and family that were seated around us, he warmed up and became excited.

What made him even more excited was when he finally saw his Daddy.  He was so happy to see his father and thought it was so cool that his Papa was leading the group.  All you could hear for a while was "Papa!  Papa!" 

His godsister, Ate Ava, was seated next to us too.  She was super cute because every time the audience clapped, she clapped too and exclaimed, "YAY!"  What was even cuter, was that when RJ, Rob's mom, cousin Phil (who was there to hold RJ while I put the pins on Rob because he woud not have been still for his Lola), and I went up to put on Rob's pins, Ava was cheering "RJ!  RJ!  RJ!" 

Highlights from today:

- Seeing all of our family and friends at the ceremony (who were early - wow!) 
- Seeing RJ get excited when he saw his Papa enter the room with his fellow Chief Selects
- RJ got to hang out with his Kuya Raiden, Kuya Kason, Ate Ava and Teyla
- RJ and Ava shared their first kiss (on the mouth - gasp!) 
- Watching Rob transition from Petty Officer to Chief Petty Officer, it was a very nice ceremony
- Hanging with my BFF and Ava during the ceremony
- Hanging with the Girls and their families at lunch afterwards and reminiscing about our BU days
- And most importantly, the overall love, support and pride that we felt from our friends and family today!