Dr. Daddy

Joe defended his dissertation today, so is now officially known in our house as "Dr. Daddy." Okay, just for today . . . or maybe the weekend.

Nicholas is really excited about this development. Not because he has any understanding of Joe's accomplishment, but because Katie and Alice came up this evening to celebrate with us. And Nicholas really does adore "Allie," as he calls her.

Nicholas is also really excited that his grandparents are coming in for the weekend to help celebrate. Now that he knows they are coming he keeps wanting to go over to their picture on the bookcase.

See, Joe, all those years of work paid off--Nicholas gets fun visitors. ;)