We spent the past weekend in Clinton. Our friends Gus and Courtney got married in Hawaii a couple of weeks ago and they had a reception in Clinton for their Iowa friends who couldn't make the trip to the tropics. It was Ben's first time spending the night away from home and he did very well. The loud music at the reception didn't bother him and he slept most of the time.
Sunday we went to a Hillary Clinton appearance in Clinton. Colleen's cousin works for her campaign and we had seats in the front right by the podium. Ben was great again, which was especially crucial since the Secret Service had blocked all of our crying baby escape routes. Luckily, there was no crying baby. After she spoke, Hillary came around shaking hands, signing autographs, etc. , and we found ourselves being "those" parents.
Me: "Senator Clinton, will you take a picture with our son?"
Hillary: "Sure!"
*Colleen thrusts baby at Hillary*
The doofus sticking his head in the picture in the back is Colleen's uncle. Needless to say, we're working on the photoshop version of this picture for Ben's collection.
He looks a little high in this one, but this was his Halloween outfit. We didn't go trick-or-treating, but we did get a nice bag of candy from day care. Score! 
