Here's to you President Obama

History has unfolded today and it is with excitement, gratitude, exhilaration, honor and humility that I am proud to call myself an American. Political stances aside, I would venture to say that we were all able to feel a bit of chill watching President Obama take the oath just a few moments ago. Listening to his Inaugural speech as the camera panned to the millions watching on the National Mall gave me goosebumps and the thought of the billions more around the world tuning in to watch this man make history was a very powerful moment to me.

And because I document things like my Christmas wish list from Anthropology, our weekend plans and my favorite Ben and Jerry's ice cream, I think it's only appropriate to document some of this important day in history.

Here is the passage that touched me most from President Obama's speech:

Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. But those values upon which our success depends -- hard work and honesty, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism -- these things are old. These things are true. They have been the quiet force of progress throughout our history. What is demanded then is a return to these truths. What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility -- a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation and the world; duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task.

This is the price and the promise of citizenship.

This is the source of our confidence -- the knowledge that God calls on us to shape an uncertain destiny.

This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed -- why men and women and children of every race and every faith can join in celebration across this magnificent Mall, and why a man whose father less than 60 years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath.

Although this may not be the most 'professional' picture of The President, it's certainly one of my favorites. What a classy wife he has - and his girls are just too cute!

I hope you all have a wonderful Tuesday!