Baby's First Election

Yay Obama!

Regardless of your views on politics or your political party alignment, one thing is certain. Yesterday was a day where history was made. The first African American president was elected and won the majority vote. The racial divide of the country has been shifted. No matter how much you may or may not be affected by this, it is a major event in our daughters life. One step closer to knowing that race is not everything, one step closer to knowing that she can and should be judged on who she is and what she has accomplished, one step closer to knowing that she can do anything she wants and pursue any career she wants. Hopefully he will do a good job and be a positive role model (yes I realize he is still a politician!).

What most of us don't realize is that we grew up seeing white people in powerful positions. The president has always looked like us, most of the actors have looked like us, most of the newscasters looked like us. All of these things gave us the confidence to know that we could be anything we wanted when we grew up. It never was a question of if we could, but did we want to. There was always a positive white role model in whichever field we wanted to work in. These things shape us and teach us where we fit in. What an amazing thing that the first president our daughter will remember will look like her.

Ok, enough politics (Yuck!)....

Tuesday night we went to an election night party at our friends house. It was a good time (minimal politics were discussed) and the babes got to play and destroy and rearrange poor Katrinas house. Ok well I was the one who spilled my pop but the kids did get saltines all over! (Sorry about that Kat!) Here are a couple pics of the Kiddo's.

Photo Disclaimer: This post represents the views of one baby and one baby only. All other babies in the photos may have thier own political views which may or may not have been represented.