It's a tradition in his research group to open a bottle of champagne and toast the new PhD. The new grad then writes their name on the cork and hangs it from the ceiling of their group office. It's a big moment! So proud of him!
This is the white board outside his office. Earlier it read " It's almost over Justin!"
Oh yeah, this was sparkling grape juice.
Nonalcoholic for the pregnant and Mormon :)
Dr. Cooper!!
Update: I took Justin to Ruth's Chris steakhouse to celebrate. We even dressed up; it was so fun! FYI- they are the place to go to celebrate. We told them Justin just defended his PhD and we are expecting our first child. Our waiter was awesome, the food was perfect, and they gave each of us a free dessert.
Congrats to Justin for graduating!
And congrats to me for getting pregnant! Let's be honest, that's the hard one ;)
