Our new President of the U.S.A.- OBAMA!

What an incredible night! I am so proud of our country and our new president. I am so excited that Patrick will have this opportunity in the begining of his life. So amazing.

Patrick sported his "babies for obama" shirt for the election party that we went to this evening.

Here is the whole family sporting their "obama" gear at the party.

Allison and kids joined us as well.


The second best part of the night is that Patrick graced us with a full nights sleep!! He went to bed late about 9:30 then woke briefly so that he could hear Obama's speech, then back to sleep until 6am!!! We were up around 5 just to check on him and make sure he was still breathing. Such a gift after staying up way to late. So our new bedtime routine will now include a party with friends, staying up late and falling asleep to Obama, President-elect OBAMA!!!

I VOTED!

If I haven't said it already...

GO VOTE!

oh, and if you are confused on who to vote for? pick the guy with the funny name.

VOTE!!

You have a choice tomorrow... just this time, please pick the smart one.

Patrick learning about the issues.


also check out the great video over on Miles page

A number of firsts

Ok, did you figure out the hints?

Here is the first evidence of "GI Patrick"

Yes, that is right, our little boy has begun to Army Crawl this past week, although just looking at the video you can see that the real crawl isn't far away. Yikes! Any guesses on how much cat food he may eat in the coming months??

And it is now official. Patrick has a tooth! You read right, a little sharp white tooth has sprouted it's way up. We asked his Dr. a couple weeks ago what we should be looking for as far as teething was concerned. Being the smart a$$ Dr. that he is, he replied "look for little white things" Gotta love a Dr. with humor.

As soon as I can capture a real picture of the thing, I'll be sure to post it!

Laughing in a box

Having a bad day? Just hit play for a good laugh!


yes, you saw right, that is a nummy bowl of chocolate ice cream in the background!

Trick or Treat!

Patrick, Ryan and I enjoyed our first Halloween together. We handed out a little candy, took some fun pictures and enjoyed time with some other little cuties that we know.

Posin' for the camera.

Sliding around on the floor with Cleo (who was too cool to dress up this year!)

Hanging with mama.

Enjoying all the other little costumed cuties
Left to right:
Kim, Kina, Nora, Patrick, Emmerson, Miles and Sophia. Now that they are more mobile a group picture is much tougher!