September 24, 2012

Monday, September 24th

It was an eventful day. The best part about it was that today Olivia is nine months old. This meant that we had some celebratory items on our agenda. First, however, we had a couple of chores to attend to, not the least of which was finding a cute outfit. I'm getting ahead of myself, though, so let's start from the beginning.

Olivia & I slept until Daddy came home for breakfast. Daddy is so nice, he runs home and quickly makes Olivia something tasty instead of making himself breakfast. What a great father. Daddy went back to work and Olivia & I played in the living room. She had fun dumping puffs all over. She loves the picture of the apple on the lid of her snack container. I half think that she dumps the puffs just so that she can play with the lid! She's been trying to say 'apple' for days; it comes out as 'bap'. What does a big girl need when she's got snacks...a book to read, of course! She chose some good ones, including A Chair For My Mother by Vera B. Williams which is one of my favorites. I was first introduced to this book on Reading Rainbow, of course. When I saw which book she had chosen, it inspired me to see if Reading Rainbow is available for purchase. There are some collections available, but what was more interesting to find was that Reading Rainbow now exists as an iPad app! So cool!

Olivia wore a new outfit - in 12 mos sizes! - today. It was a little long in the sleeves & the pant legs, but other than that it fit nicely. I can't believe how big she's growing! She did not want to take a nap, and instead played with me in my bed while we waited for Daddy to come home for lunch.

After lunch, we dropped Daddy off at Troop and brought all three dogs to Raven Vet. Paula & Eagle needed rabies vaccines and check ups and Dr. Olsen took a look at Sophie's incision (which is healing nicely). What was especially cute was that Olivia kept grabbing the dog leashes as the dogs walked past her. She would shake them, like reins to a toy pony. Once Sophie even pulled her and she slid across the slippery floor provoking peals of laughter! Oh those silly puppies!

Once we were finished at the vet's, we went to Value Village for some more books! We are book gluttons! We found some great ones - including an old favorite (that I couldn't believe was there!!) A Garden for Miss Mouse by Michaela Muntean. What luck! I think that Daddy should read this cautionary tale...

After we picked up Daddy we went to Once Upon A Child to get Olivia a special present, to the liquor store to get some cheese-making supplies for Daddy, and to the grocery store for dinner. I couldn't resist giving Olivia this little  heart-shaped balloon, which she wielded like a wand.

Olivia's special prize was a Sesame Street activity table! She wants to stand up all the time, so I thought this would be good fun for her. We found a used one, only missing a removable phone - no big deal, for $12! It needed a good cleaning, but we're good at that! It was a big hit! Happy 9 months Olivia!