Latham's Birth Announcement

Did I really forget to publish this? 2013 will certainly be the year of trying to record, document, publish, and clean up my digital life!

Well, here are some adorable pics taken by Laura Copeland (she's great! and my sister-in-law!) when Latham was 7 weks old. Umm, he's nearly 9 months now. OOPS!

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Babies For Obama!

Latham and I have been lucky to meet Kia and her son, Chase. Kia and I have a lot in common, including our interest in re-electing President Barack Obama. We also both like to assume that our babies will follow our particular political views. (This may not be a smart assumption, as most of Latham's extended family happen to be for the "other side." Adam and I are proud outliers--informed outliers, of course--but, still, we have different views than our parents. Let's hope Latham doesn't follow that trend!)

Anyway, thinking positively, Kia and I purchased these adorable onesies for our adorable babies. We hope that the pictures can somehow, someway reach the Obamas in the White House. We love the Obamas, so it would be AMAZING to have the Obamas respond to our enthusiasm. If there's someone you can forward this to in order so that someone else can forward it and it can eventually reach the Obamas, please do so!

Without further ado, here's a Babies4Obama photoshoot!

People *aren't* voting for the President! It's shocking!

Friends and political allies for life!

Biden on the left, and Obama to the right...no gaffes in between!  :)

Every hair on my head supports Obama!

This hat brings the outfit together.

Chase rocked the hat!

Chase rocks the vote!

In the end, these friends love chatting about Obama, listening to their moms cheer on Obama & Biden during debates, and.....

trying to steal each other's shoes.

Well, they are babies after all. :)

GO OBAMA! We are in the Shenandoah Valley (Harrisonburg, to be precise) in Virginia, and we are voting for YOU! Please send some love to our Obama Babies!

When I need to laugh...

So, we all have somebody/something to turn to when we are in need of a laugh. Usually my husband, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, "Twelfth Night", and "Much Ado About Nothing" do the job quite well. But some days require a little more. And on those days, I have two go-to You Tube clips.

The short funny is the Grape Lady. I can barely breathe because of my laughter at the end. Oooww, ooowww. And those reporters barely holding it in and the end...oh, tis perfection.

The long funny is the literal version of 'Eclipse of the Heart." The original You Tube of the actual video with literal lyrics on top has been taken down, so you have to watch this one with the cat border. But it's still hilarious, so zoom camera under this arch...

These may not be your cup of tea, but I hope everyone can find a little something funny somewhere for their day today!