We got up & ate and spent a lot of time playing on the couch. Olivia was very alert, and no wonder when she slept for so long. I feel like she's shouting at me, "I want to sit up mom!" "I want to look around!"
We got dressed in a cute outfit and packed our bag. Today we're off to get pedicures with Miss Jessica! Olivia cooperated at the nail salon and slept in her car seat the whole time. Miss Jessica got bright green & I got coral. Olivia abstained from getting her nails done this time. She had ducky feet on instead.
After the nail place we went to Fred Meyers. It was Olivia's first time to this shopping mecca. We ate in the little food court and then did some shopping. Olivia was very upset. She did not want to be shopping. She wanted to eat! Unfortunately for her, there's no convenient place to nurse at Fred Meyers, so I held her in a sort of cradle position and once she got to put her hand in my shirt (I got felt up in the store!) she settled down. We finished all our miscellaneous errands and then went home. 
Olivia played with her new puppy from Aunty Kari and we tried out the Bumbo seat. She's almost able to sit in it by herself. She was also a little fussy when we tried it, so perhaps when she's less inclined to 'arch' it might even work better.
We had a Skype date with daddy in the evening and then one with Mimi, Pop & Aunty Kari. Olivia wanted to measure her head to see if it had grown. She's still at 42cm large. After we'd seen everyone, we went upstairs. Tonight I hung up some new multicolored flower lights in Olivia's room. Maybe we will be able to take down the Christmas tree soon, now that we have another source of colored lights. Olivia appreciated them, but was more interested in eating and snuggling. We were in bed by about 10:30.
On Friday we woke up at 5:30! What a wonderful night of sleep! It was nice to cuddle in bed with her in the morning, but eventually we had to get up and take care of the puppies. We waited until around 8:00 to get up and then we saw that the ladies from DENTAC were shoveling the driveway. We got bundled in our snowsuit and went outside to help them, and now the driveway is almost done.(Olivia loves to look at that silly baby in the mirror above her swing!)
Today Aunty Natalie arrives! So we have lots to do to make sure we're ready! First we dropped off a box at Jessica's house. Sarah was all dressed up like a princess, getting ready for a visit from Uncle Kurt. There are just visits going on all over the place! Then we went to pick up Morgan and to get our permanent license plates from Kendall Auto. Morgan entertained Olivia in the car & sang some songs for her. Then we went to the Cookie Jar restaurant because I really wanted a steak sandwich. Olivia enjoyed it there for a little bit, because they had...a ceiling fan! Unfortunately, the ceiling fan lost it's allure and Olivia got so loud that I felt we should leave - so as not to disturb everyone's lunch. We got our things put in a to-go box and booked out of there.
At home, Olivia was fine. We finished our lunch and watched the rest of Downton Abbey. Olivia was just as interested today as she was the other day.
After Morgan went home, I nursed Olivia & watched the new Star Trek movie (it was on tv). Olivia fell asleep cuddling my breast and since we were going to be getting up again to take a trip to the airport, I didn't see a point in moving her. We got ourselves bundled into our snowsuit again and headed out to get Natalie. We got to see Veronica Czepiel while we were there, she got to meet her husband who is home on his two weeks of leave.
Aunty Natalie's flight had been delayed, so she was very tired. She still managed to play with Olivia, change Olivia's diaper and give Olivia presents when we got home. Then we let her go to bed - enough torture for one day! Olivia & I spent a little while in the nursery and then went to bed around 1am. Olivia put herself to sleep again. Hooray!
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