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Whew - what a crazy past few days!



Wow, I'm still coming down off my high from the VP announcement yesterday. I don't want to turn this into a political debate, but I'm so excited about the prospect of a possible female VP who happens to have a baby with Down syndrome! Just knowing that she could bring some much needed change to Washington, making like a little bit easier for Ethan and so many others like him makes me so happy! Plus, anyone who is willing to challenge their own party for what they believe is right is OK by me. Anyway you look at it, this year's election is historic. I can't wait for the debates!!


We had a lovely visit on Thursday with my cousin (3 or 4 times removed - I can never get it straight!) and her new son, Alex, who is 11 months. He is so sweet and the boys loved playing together. They used to live here in Atlanta but moved to Boston just before we moved down (and are now moving to California). Luckily, she comes down often to visit all her friends so we have gotten quite close. I'll miss her when she moves but hopefully they will still come back to visit now and then.
Christmas came early for us on Friday. I'm hosting a Fisher Price House Party (www.houseparty.com) and all the goodies came yesterday. We got them all put together and can't keep Jack away from them. Even Ethan has gotten into playing with them. I'm hoping these will help stimulate him and encourage him to start sitting independently to play with all these goodies - maybe even crawl soon.





With just one week left to go before we head off to England for two weeks (Jason and I are beyond excited about this trip) I've got lots to do with getting all our cool weather clothes out and packed, getting the house clean, and all those last minute items bought (toys and art supplies to fill Jack's backpack)! And now with Hurricane Gustov barreling down on Louisiana, Jason's National Guard unit is on call for a possible call up to help out (never fails). We're hoping it hits a little bit more to the west.

I hope you all have a great holiday weekend!

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