Sam had an eventful day. Matt was reading a book to her and she kept pointing to all the letter A’s and saying “there’s a little ‘a’!” We were amazed. Her very first letter. She also used the cell phone to call her daddy. I programmed the voice dial with her voice and showed her how to activate it. She did it all her self and had a nice chat with daddy on the other end. She was so tickled with herself. She kept trying to get the regular phone to dial daddy. She’s pick up the handset, press a button and say “Matt, Matt, Daddy, Matt cell” I say Matt cell when I call. Makes me realize just how much she really listens to what I say. Am I the only one who is reminded of the scene in Star Trek, the movie where they stay in San Francisco to fetch a whale to the future, and the engineer is talking to the computer, “Computer” and the guy shows him the mouse and thinks he is nuts? I’m old enough now to have seen some major leaps in the way we use technology. For instance, she uses Tivo so what she wants to see is always there, taped and waiting. I can also fast forward through all commercials.

Sam decided she wanted butterscotch for dinner, so we went to Brighams where she ate a whole grilled cheese sandwich and two bites of a butterscotch sundae. She was pretty funny, trying to tickle me, asking: What does the Lady bug say? Hello, Ladybug! What does the Giraffe say? Hello down there! What does the elephant say? Pthhh! She is incredibly adorable when she wants to be.

We walked through Harvard Yard today and sat at the fountain next to the Science Center. Everyone loved Ella and gave indulgent smiles to Sam. One woman with an Eastern European accent came up to me and held onto my arm. She said “you have such a beautiful dog and a beautiful daughter too. You are truly blessed!” This was such a nice change from the, “Oh boy, have you got your hands full there!” I told the nice lady that I was indeed blessed and I was very happy to have them in my life. You meet the neatest people in the Yard.