With 2 weeks until Election Day

Jackson wants to remind you to vote!

Now let's think about this, which would you rather have encouraging you to vote?

This:

Or anyone of these adorable pictures:



I also thought this would be the perfect way to tie in some pictures from our trip to Washington D.C. An all around patriotic blog post, you know!

What do you do when your toddler falls asleep and you are in Washington D.C?

Why you pose for cheesy pictures with the Capitol building and the Washington Monument in the background with your sleeping toddler in the picture, of course!



When we were in D.C., we stayed with Jeff's brother, Jerry, and his wife, Julie. On Sunday, we went to the Washington Monument and went all the way to the top which was a lot of fun and we also went to the World War II Memorial, which was a really neat memorial.

Flags at the Washington Monument:


Family picture at the World War II Memorial:


Julie and Jerry at the World War II Memorial:


On Monday, we rode the metro to D.C. from Arlington (many thanks for the borrowed stroller go to Andrew, Courtney and Benjamin), and while in D.C., we got a great tour of the Capitol building through Senator Lugar's office. We even got to sit in the gallery at the Senate and hear some debates on the floor. I got to listen to Jeff's favorite Senator, Tom Coburn, speak, and he was really jealous because he was sitting with Jackson during that time (children under 6 are not allowed in the gallery). We also saw Nancy Pelosi right after the first bailout bill failed to pass in the House. A pretty exciting day, really, but we didn't take too many pictures.

Jackson at the Capitol building:


The view of the Capitol building from behind, near the Supreme Court:


The Supreme Court:


We had a great time in D.C., and we're glad we got to visit with Jerry and Julie! We also got to see some of Jeff's friends, too, which was nice. We'll have to go back soon!

Finally, Jackson really would like to endorse a candidate in the 2008 Presidential election. All the newspapers are doing it, so he wanted to as well. If you know Jeff and me, you know we enjoy politics, and we hope Jackson will feel the same way as he gets older. He's going to go vote with me on November 4th and will be wearing his stylish voting t-shirt that was pictured on the blog today. Since we want Jackson to be involved in politics, I decided that he should pick his own candidate to endorse, and not be swayed by my opinions or Jeff's opinions. Since he really doesn't get it yet and can't tell me who he'd choose, I had to use special powers of reasoning to figure it out. So here you go, Jackson's endorsement for President of the United States, and how I arrived at the candidate he's endorsing.

As some of you may have seen in the past, Jackson has some super cool aviator sunglasses he likes to wear, and we call him "Maverick" when he wears them.


The nickname Maverick comes from the movie Top Gun:


This picture is sort of similar to this one:


Who happens to be this guy, who is running for President:


And all of that leads to this:

He is clearly the cutest Weepublican ever, but all Jackson and I care about is that you get out and vote on November 4th!

And maybe one day soon I'll get around to posting all of our beach vacation pictures! :)