Grad Dad

This was a big weekend for Daddy -- he graduated with his MBA from Northwestern.  And not only that, but he finished in the top 10% of his class and graduated with honors!

Ok, so technically he won't get his actual diploma until August because he still has 1.5 credit hours to finish up over the summer, but that is just a drop in the bucket compared to everything he has already accomplished over the past three years.  It really is pretty amazing how far we've come.  He took the GMAT and applied to schools when I was pregnant with Jill, and walked into his first class when she was just 4 months old.  He started out as one of the only people in his class who had more than one kid, and then we had another one along the way!  In fact, one of my favorite stories is when he went to class the morning after Danny was born because Kellogg is right across the street from Prentice Women's Hospital in the Northwestern complex downtown.

It certainly has been a wild ride-- I know someday we'll look back at this stage of our lives and wonder how on earth we did it -- but our family makes a great team.  And we are so proud of Daddy!

Daddy accepting his Beta Gamma Sigma award from the dean at the special honors ceremony the night before graduation.

A few family shots on graduation day, just before the ceremony.

So proud of this guy!

Superdad

Like father like son

Taking selfies in the stadium to pass the time while we wait for the grads to arrive

Can't wait to cheer for Daddy!

Here they come!

Do you see him?  Do you see him?

There he is!

Aaand now he's lost in a sea of purple.

It was a long ceremony, with a series of speakers, so the littles spent some time running around in the concourse while we waited for Daddy's name to be called.  In fact, Aaron got a little impatient at one point when yet another speaker took the stage and asked loudly for all to hear: "Is it time to graduate yet?!"  The surrounding crowd thought that was pretty funny.

Daddy walking across the stage.  Right when they called his name, Jill shouted out: "Yayyyy Daddy!"

After the ceremony, Daddy thought the celebration was over, but then he walked into his surprise graduation party!

It was fitting that this weekend was also Fathers' Day, so we got to celebrate Daddy even more for his three other great accomplishments:

Happy Fathers' Day and graduation weekend to the best dad ever.  We love you and are so proud of you!