Sunday, April 26, 2009

Animals with Grandma Marilyn and Grandpa David

A couple of weeks ago, Grandma Marilyn and Grandpa David made a last minute trip to see us. They wanted to spend Grandpa David's birthday with us, which was also the anniversary of Aunt Diane's death. It was not an easy day for anyone.

Over the weekend, we saw a lot of animals. First we went to our local museum, which has some animals outside. Livia LOVED seeing the sheep. She went up to it and said, "Baa, baa." We tried to see some other animals, but Livia ran back over to the sheep and screamed, "BAAAAAAAA, BAAAAAAAA!". She even put her leg through the fence. The sheep just looked at her and didn't say anything.



The next day we went to the North Carolina zoo. Unfortunately, we didn't take many photos of the animals. It was a long trip out there, and Livia was very cranky. She shrieked whenever she didn't get her way, and she threw a category 5 temper tantrum when I did not let her pick up a piece of garbage in the food court area. We later realized that she was getting sick and her eye teeth were also starting to break through. Thankfully the shrieking stopped once she started feeling better. We look forward to returning to the zoo when Livia is in a better mood, and hopefully we will get better photos. We did have an unexpected encounter with Melanie, Kevin, and Malachi. Livia had one of her best moments of the day when we stopped to talk to them and she said, "Hiiiiiiiiiii". She also enjoyed a brief trip on Dan's shoulders.


The next day we enjoyed a brief romp in the backyard


Cassidy gives Grandma Marilyn lots of kisses

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Hat!

Livia is 18 months old! In the past few weeks, she has started talking a lot more. She now has 20-25 words, including "hat", which is one of her favorites. Sorry that this video is sideways, but we figured it was better than nothing.