Open Mouthed Kisses

As mentioned from today's previous blog posting, we took Samantha Grace to the Georgia Aquarium. I don't know who had more fun today Samantha Grace or mommy and daddy watching Samantha Grace get so excited?!

We thankfully got our tickets for the 10:00 AM hour when the aquarium firsts opens. Therefore, we beat most, not all, of the school groups inside and were able to get front row seats to most of the exhibits. Samantha Grace was completely enthrawled by all the fish and, as most of my readers can imagine, the people. (Samantha Grace is quite the "ham" when it comes to entertaining people.)

When we got to the sea otter exhibit, Oz and Gracie (the otters) were putting on quite a show. As we stood and watched, mommy happened to hear one of the workers say that their feeding time was in 5 - 10 minutes. Upon hearing this, we quickly resituated ourselves for a front row view by the trainers doors. Samantha Grace loved this because she was able to stand up against the glass and walk up and down the glass wall. Definitely helped mommy and daddy keep her entertained while we waited.

After waiting a few minutes, the trainers arrived. This was quite funny because Oz and Gracie knew it was feeding time long before they arrived and kept comming up to the doors. Once the trainers arrived they had the two otters perform some tricks including standing on their hind fins and pray for their fish. After Oz had left the scene to get a "bath", the trainer had Gracie come directly up to the window and stand face-to-face with Samantha Grace and give her an open mouthed kiss. It was so cute because Samantha Grace gave her one right back! Kodak moment definitely!

Overall health wise, I think this short get-a-way was great for the entire family. Samantha Grace's levels have been o.k. with no extremes to be concerned about plus mommy and daddy were able to relax a little bit and have fun. We are looking forward to company this weekend!

We ask that you continue to pray for stability and an end to the Honeymoon phase for Samantha Grace. We are finding that she is being slightly picky right now with eating due to cutting two more teeth, so it is harder to make sure she is eating enough to compensate for the insulin. We also ask that you pray for a friends the Birchfields. I read today that they have precious Hope and as long as all goes as planned should be home Wednesday! Hooray! God is so good!