This last week we have been in Hawai’i, and Sam has been enjoying
himself.  It was fun to see him enjoying the beach, the waves, and
also spending time with my parents.  He is really developing a
better grasp of langauge, and his sentences … both requests and
statements.  He is getting better at explaning things, and is
amazing at creating all sorts of random sentences.

Today he started to sing a little song that sounded like “Too bad, too
bad, too bad, too bad.” … it was funny to hear.  We weren’t
really sure exactly what he was singing about.

So far this week we took him out in the ocean where he enjoyed playing
in the waves, down in a submarine to look at fish, and over to the
Hilton to see all of the various sites there.  He really liked the boat and train rides at the Hilton.

This week he has also been sleeping in a bed next to us, and he scoots
around all night seeming to “feel” for the edges … which aren’t
there.  Overall, I’ve really enjoyed the time he has spent with my
folks … he woke up this morning asking for “Grandma”.  Very cool
…