O-Ba-Ma

As you know Ella is a babbling baby. We had tried tirelessly to help her learn to say Obama without success. She has the ba and the ma down, even them together but there was no O. But we still did our part on Election Day to show little Ella what democracy is all about.

We woke up really (really) early and were out of the house by 7:15pm to vote. Ella even dressed up for the occasion. Here is the before:


Ella voted with her dad. Here they are shortly after (no cameras allowed in the polling place), clearly satisfied with their choice:


And here is the curious baby enjoying breakfast with her parents even later:


Now that we know the results and the transition of power is taking shape we are happy that Ella was able to experience this day in history at least a little. Hopefully the next four (or eight!) years will help to shape Ella's life in a really positive way. Her parents are pretty hopeful we will be heading in the right direction. Ella may think so too. She has been praciting a few more words - the other day she said help, but on that day Dad was convinced she said hope.