People around the country seemed to be very excited about the inaug- uration of Barack Obama. I mean, excited to the point that they were actually flying into town to be there for the event. Excited enough that they were willing to pay $1,500 to stay in someone's apartment for the week. (Now, I can't actually confirm that anyone actually paid that amount, but I happened to be looking for a new apartment before the inauguration and saw hundreds of people trying to rent out their apartments for such ridiculous rates.) Most of the Virginia/DC/Maryland natives that I talked to were not so excited. In fact, many were flying away for the long weekend to avoid the crowds. Justin and I were not planning on going anywhere near downtown until we got a call from our friends Nate and Ashley Morris on Monday night offering us their tickets to the event the next morning. How could we possibly pass that up? We couldn't. So despite the fact that I did not have the day off, we went downtown and participated in history. And then, we walked home on the HOV lane of 395. It was pretty sweet. Thanks Nate and Ashley!! And good luck President Obama!!!
We were pretty darn close to the Capital. (About 20 feet behind the reflecting pool.)
Way closer than all those people back there...
And on the way home, we took a couple lovely pictures from the side of 395. It is such a fantastic view of the Jefferson Memorial, but there are usually cars rather than pedestrians on this part of the road so this particular shot is not normally available.
Coming in July, this little kumquat will no doubt take over everything. We are very excited to announce the expected arrival of baby #1 sometime around the 26th of July. Wahoo!!
