Seth kissing his image in the mirror

Sis and bro

the best princess in the world.

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! We are hoping Samantha's Valentine's will be extra special this year. Weather permitting, she will be visiting Princess Belle, at Magic Kingdom, next week. To my surprise, my daughter is the quintessential "girl" and loves anything to do with princesses. Her obsession started with Ariel, the Little Mermaid, then transitioned over to Tinkerbell, from Peter Pan. Tinkerbell is still in the picture but her absolute favorite is Belle, from Beauty and the Beast. To my wonderment Sam has a "Princess Radar". We will be in a store or be looking at a catalog and she'll see something "Princess" across the entire store (and Walmart is huge) or she'll see something "Princess" 2-millimeters high in a catalog. She doesn't miss a single "Princess" item! And, the tutu you see in the picture above. OMG, she keeps it in the bed with her while she sleeps, as well as holds a Princess Valentine card in her hand. CRAZY!

Update on Seth's self-soothing skills: Some improvement. He's fallen asleep on his own a few times, but approx. 10 days ago I developed a cold. Due to feeling like absolute crap I've resorted to nursing him to sleep. Not always, but most of the time. Oh well. Life goes on.

Samantha continues to amaze us with her vocabulary and communication skills. She is also eating like a champ. I thought our eating battles with her would last forever. Hooray for Samantha.

Oh, I wish I got video footage of Seth making out with himself in the mirror. It was hilarious.