DC Baby

Grant has flown for the second time in his life; it only took me twenty years to get above 10,000 feet above sea level.

The family is in DC, really Alexandria, VA, tonite. Coming into the airport, we could see the Capitol, the Washington Memorial (hard to miss), and the Jefferson Memorial out in the distance.

Our recent poll ended in a tie. 7 votes to keep Grant 4 months old and 7 to let him grow up to be his own man. I believe the poll reflects the push and pull in all parents to take a snap shot of their child and keep it fresh, but still let that kid do the work of life.



Tonite, our 5 1/2 month old sleeps in his little crib in our hotel room. Kelly and I can say we have spent the last week taking snap shots of him, to keep his growing up fresh in our minds and hearts; unfortunately, the courts dismissed our application for emergency temporary restraining order for lack of jurisdiction.



Incidentally, there are a ton of McCain and Obama (p.s. spell check offered Obediah and Alabama as correct spellings of Obama!) t-shirts out here, if anyone wants a hook up. I've got a conference this week out here, but Kelly and Grant will make up for my lack of fun.

Thanks to the Mahlmann Family for providing Grant's new best bud, Christopher's, response to our Get to Know Grant post. Please see their comment to our post listed below or click on the link provided. To get to know Sarah, Lucy, and Christopher Mahlmann, please see their blog here. Thanks!