We had an important milestone today -- Carter participated in his first political event! It seems silly to say it, but mommy almost cried. Needless to say, it's been an emotional week for us all (see previous two posts). Dave had a relatively light morning work-wise, so the three of us (and the dogs) walked to our polling place and voted. I've never been so proud or had such a feeling of destiny and change on the horizon. I voted at this same polling place in the primary, and there were very few people there -- before work no less, when polling places tend to be at their busiest. This time around, we got to our polling location (a junior high school) at 10:00am (the middle of the work day, really) and it was packed! I had to wait to vote and a steady stream of people poured in the door while I was there.
I had this dream of holding Carter in the voting booth while casting our historic vote for Barack Obama, but he had other ideas -- he cried shortly after we got there. Dave thinks it's because he actually knew he was breaking campaign laws by wearing his Obama onesie within 100 yards of a polling place. Mommy didn't even think about it! The result was that Dave had to leave with him and go outside (classes were being held inside and they didn't need a screaming baby in the hallways)...it's like he knew. While my dream didn't really materialize like I wanted, having him there with me still created an overwhelming feeling that I was casting a vote that would matter most for him. We're having an Election Night get-together tonight, and we hope to be celebrating!
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I love Carter's onsie! I vote absentee so we didn't go to our polling place. I like it because it's convenient, but I do miss my I Voted sticker!!!
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