Back In Town

We are back from our wonderful vacation. Thanks again Steph and Matt for letting us stay with you guys!  We enjoyed our late night chats and comradery (even though Livi made us have early mornings.)  Thanks Aunt Gail for the endless Anya creepiness, and Uncle Merle, not quite sure what value you added, but I guess it was ok that you were there.  (P.S. Mine is……. oh, never mind…)  Mom and Dad thanks for the great rib night, dinners, lunches and the Livi watching as well as rides to/from the airport.  We had a great time.

Olivia picked up a few new words while on this trip.  Bicycle which is “bikosee” (actually she picked that up right before we left because I moved my bikes as we were leaving town.) There were a few bicycles in Matt and Steph’s garage and Olivia would occasionally walk up to someone and say “bikosee” in a begging sort of way, and that meant she wanted someone to carry her into the garage to see the bikes.  She also seems to have lost the word “dogo” for Stephie.  It is kind of sad to see that word go, but it is for the best.  Now if she can get the “Auntie” in front of the “Teffie” I think we will be good.

Livi also became a daredevil on the stairs.  No longer does she want to land both feet on each stair before taking the next one, she now has to go down like a big person, one step per foot (while holding our hands of course.)  Going up she still will take one step at a time though, and will do it that way when going down alone also.

As for the trip home, the ride to the airport was uneventful thankfully.  We could tell Livi was tired and knew we would be skipping her nap time again, but had no choice in the matter.  We got to the airport, said our goodbyes and headed to baggage check-in.  Unlike the trip out, there was nobody in line and we walked right up.  First stroke of good luck.  After baggage, we headed to security.  Very small line at security and we made it through with no incident.  This was very different from our security experience on the way out, in a good way.  After security, we went to Chili’s and had lunch.  Olivia ate some ravioli, chips and french fries.  She was very good through lunch.

We let Olivia run around after we ate so she would get all her energy out.  When boarding was called we waited until the end and were close to the last people on the plane.  We got situated and gave Livi her lollipop for takeoff.  She was a good girl for the whole flight (except for the gummy centipede that she put in her mouth, then spit half of it out between the chair and it ended up on the floor behind us.)  I don’t think the people behind us noticed the wet half centipede lying back there and luckily their bags weren’t stored under the seat or they would have had a sticky little passenger when they pulled it out.

We landed, got our bags and I brought the car around to load up.  On the ride home Olivia fell asleep right away.  We picked Zoe up from the place she was boarded and Livi was very excited to see her doggie.  Thanks Livi for being good!!