Back to reality

We are back home from our 6 week vacation to Hawaii and LA.
I go back to work on Monday.
Samantha goes back to daycare on Monday.
One thing to look forward to:
13 weeks until baby #2!
We still haven't thought of a name yet. Eeeps!

And we're back!

In Los Angeles, that is.

We are on Kauai!

We got off the plane at 7:30 last night. Samantha was immediately surrounded by the attention of 2 uncles, 1 aunt, 1 great-grandma and 1 great-grandpa. When we got to her great-grandparents' house (where we will be staying for the next 3 weeks), she was loved on by 2 cousins and 1 more aunt. She is so lucky to be loved by so many!

Gorgeous

Samantha has been walking around saying, "I gorgeous!"

Thanks to Aunty Rebecca who would say "Hi Gorgeous!" every time Samantha walked into the room.

More Hilo

Rainbow Falls: The best time to see it is during sunrise. We went during sunset. It was very backlit and I couldn't get a good picture.
Volcano: Lots of steam! Samantha wouldn't pose for a picture.But she loved playing with this pile of rocks out in the parking lot.
Zoo: A great little zoo with lots of rainforest plants and animals. See?

Emotional

Stupid pregnancy hormones make me cry about the silliest things!

While we are in Hilo, we are renting a vacation home with our friends, who have a 2.5 year old daughter. Samantha and Ana get along very well and have played together nicely. Yesterday, Samantha offered Ana her stuffed Ernie (from Sesame Street) doll and Ana pushed it away, saying, "I don't want that." Now, Ernie is one of Samantha's prized possessions, and she couldn't understand why Ana didn't want it. She looked at me with tears in her eyes, and asked, "Why?" "Ana didn't want it." And all I could say was, "I don't know, maybe she doesn't like Ernie," as tears streamed down my face.

Silly.

Hilo, Hawaii

On Thursday, we flew out to Hilo, Hawaii to meet up with some friends who were also vacationing here. We didn't time our flight very well, and didn't have time for Samantha to take her afternoon nap before we had to leave for the airport. By the time we got to the airport, she was out like a light, but only slept for 40 minutes because we had to start boarding. Once on the plane, she was in a pretty good mood, but just wanted to walk around...which is pretty hard to do on a crowded plane. We tried to entertain her with books, drawing, new toys, and movies, but she didn't want to settle down to do any of that stuff. Three hours into the flight, she finally fell asleep, but only for an hour. We still had an hour to go when she woke up, but she was content sitting on my lap for that time.

Hilo has been nice. The weather is beautiful during the day and rainy at night. Ron bought a new ukulele. We found a nice playground downtown. Samantha tried her first Loco Moco...loved the eggs and rice and gravy, but not the meat. We went to the farmer's market today and got some fresh fruits and veggies. Yum!