Dale and I have had a name for the baby picked out for a while now, but today we started discussing other name possibilities. When we asked Livi for suggestions, her first two were Love and Cinnamon.

This morning when I woke Livi, we cuddled in her bed for a bit and I talked about how we were going to see my doctor. I told her I was going to have an ultrasound and we'd get to see the baby. She asked if the baby was going to come out now, and I said, no, not for a few more weeks. Then she asked if Les and Linda are going to be there when the ( Read more... )

I just heard myself tell Olivia, "whatever you're doing, you probably shouldn't be doing it, so stop."

I had a pre-natal appointment this afternoon. As usual, I was kept waiting a ridiculously long time - I wasn't even called back for the vitals check until 40 minutes past my appointment time. Then, after they did get my vitals and had me pee in a cup, I was told a room wasn't ready yet and sent back to the waiting room, with Olivia ( Read more... )

Last weekend, I let Livi pick out a little travel-sized set of dominoes. Uncle Mark actually bought them for her though. Earlier this week, we opened up the package and I read the brief set of rules, then I explained to Olivia how the game is played. She proceeded to win three games in a row. Later in the week, we played a few games with Mimi, ( Read more... )

Olivia is playing Animal Crossing on the DS right now. She just said, "all the dinosaurs are gone." I looked, and she was wandering through the empty museum. Oh. I didn't know she ever visited the museum ( Read more... )

For a little while now, Olivia's been playing with our Nintendo DS. Her first game was Magnetica. Sometimes she'd actually clear a level. Then I showed her Animal Crossing Wild Word and we made her her own character. (I even played through the intro stuff for her so she'd be free to play how she wanted.) Then we bought her Nintendogs, and now ( Read more... )

Olivia was brushing my hair this evening. Here's what she had to say about it.

I like your hair.
It's... brown.
And comfortable!

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Olivia's 13th month update has been posted to her blog (a couple of days late).