Swimming in Miami and NYC tomorrow!!!

Well, tomorrow we leave Miami with clean laundry and caught up on rest (well, mostly). Today we hung out at the pool and it was Sakari's first swim in the big pool - she loved it...and by that I mean, she LOVED it!!! We put her in her floatie and we played and played! She loved the splashing and especially loved it when she hung onto Momma and I swam underneath her and tickled her feet...we did that over and over and over! Notice the swimming pics and then notice the pic where she fell asleep on the bed while drinking her bottle. She was exhausted...in the afternoon I took Toni to the airport as she heads to Panama to facilitate a team there and this evening we had dinner and hung out with our good friend Johanna, who is also our travel agent - she's amazing! Then it was back to the hotel to put Sakari down to sleep and we are packing and watching a movie...as we prepare for Sakari first trip to the Big Apple! We plan to hit places like the Bronx Zoo (supposedly one of the best zoos for kids in the US), Toys R Us in Times Square, Children's museum...but just because are parents doesn't mean that we no longer are doing "our thing"...which entails shopping, going to SoHo and the Village, shopping, eating, shopping, eating...oh, eating at our favorite restaurant in the world - Perilla! We went back in September and we just have to go back - check it out at www.perillanyc.com We will post pics as much as possible while we are in NYC...on the 19th, we meet up with our team that is going to South Africa and get them all together and sent off to Johannesburg. Then on the 20th, we are taking a train up to Walpole, NH to visit my Mom's side of the family and also the Steiger and Laughner families (AWAA Ethiopia adoptive families)...the Steiger's sweet baby girl, Jordan, was one of Sakari's roommates at the transition home! So this post was kinda random and all over the place...welcome to my crazy, tired and slightly scattered world at the moment...after sleep tonight, the brain should be recovered and ready for fun in NYC!