Samantha is 27 inches. She is big, but my arms seem to have caught up, so she feels little again. I have to move fast now to get her before she reaches Ella's dishes. She loves having water all over the floor. We went to Mahoney's today and stood in front of the birdcage for a while. They have four different breeds of songbirds, mated pairs, in the very large cage. They look very happy and are very pretty. We'll have to go visit again soon. Samantha seemed content to watch.

She woke up at 5:30 this morning. I hate that. I just don't function well. We went back to sleep at 8, and slept until 10am. That helped a lot.