The hubby packed the suv while I pulled all of the bed sheets off and placed them in the bathtubs (what instructions said to do). I went around double checking the home and wanted to make sure everything was clean and we weren't leaving anything behind like the last family. 

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I went up to Sakari's room and found that she had left the remnants of her baby blanket behind. GASP! She would have had a fit. If anyone remembers one of my previous cruise reviews from when she was younger, she carries this blanket with her everywhere and especially on vacation. She usually couldn't sleep without it and there was one vacation that she had left it at home and I was really worried she wouldn't stop whining about it. But, in the end she did well. 

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So the story behind the "remnants" of the blanket. I made this blanket for her when I was still pregnant. It is crocheted. She's had it since birth. Well about 3 years ago, we were leaving to go somewhere and she ran back into the house to put her blanket up and just threw it on top of the dogs cage. Well, when we returned, he had pulled the blanket into the cage through the small slats in the cage and it was shredded to pieces!!! She was heart broken. We actually had to cut the thing out of the cage because it was so intertwined between the slates in the cage and pulled tight. 

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Well, there's a very small piece left and yes, you guessed it....she still sleeps with that small piece and takes it with her on vacation. 

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Here's a picture of us on the plane and she's holding it for comfort.  (I had to sneak this picture...she's at that age where she's "too grown up" for things like this and I just let the world know about it oops lol):

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