Samantha's Trip

Just like Addi, we loved spending so much undivided time with Samantha. Over the past month she really seems to have lost the "baby" side and more and more is turning into her own independent person, so it was really amazing to just see how her mind turns, day after day.  Before we left, Jay asked if I thought Sam would do OK for eight days, away from all of her dolls, and I figured we'd be so busy she would hardly miss them.  However, I really wasn't surprised when I found her on the second day of vacation, patting a toy shark and gum wrapper to sleep.  She really should go into the daycare business someday.

Even though a lot of the bigger parts of the trip (like SeaWorld and Disneyland) were geared more towards Addi, I know that in her own way Sam had a blast too. I think it’s pretty obvious from these pictures, she’ll remember this trip for the rest of her life.

She'll remember eating Pringles poolside...

And Teddy Grahams at Disneyland...

Diet Coke at a local ice cream shop...

Fish crackers with her cousin at SeaWorld (Irony at it's best)..

Chocolate milk on the pier...

And orange after orange after orange in the condo.

OK, OK... she probably won't remember it.  But those memories are burned into my brain for life.