Maigan, I am sympethetic to your reasons for not voting. My grandmother was in tears after the 1996 election. She voted in the evening and she got in the car and turned on the radio and they were already anouncing that Clinton had been re-elected. She was upset because even though she knew her vote wouldn't have changed the outcome she felt that her vote didn't count for anything. On another note, the girls look so cute. I really love the dwarf costume.

Sarah, I think it is great that you voted no matter who it was for. I was dissapointed in 2000 when he wasn't the Republican candidate. Sorry to hear you were in the hospital. Not sure on baby names, but I recommend the site behindthename.com. Lots of history and information on names.

Marystarr, Good for you having found such a great midwife (I peaked at your other blog as well). Best of luck to you on the homebirth.

Vivian is thrilled with her costumes for this years dance recital. The studio is doing a Disney themed recital. She will have a mermaid costume and a sailor costume. She also gets a Snow White one for the father-daughter dance (optional, but Ron said he might never get the opportunity to do something like this with her again).