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Family Update

Poor Olivia has been sick since Wednesday night. One minute she was dancing around the house eating a piece of chocolate because she told us she had to tee-tee and went successfully on the potty, and 30 minutes later, she was throwing up and had a fever of 102. Poor baby. I thought she was all better yesterday, but just before bed, she threw up again and the fever came back. So far today, she's a little whiny, but other than that, no symptoms.

I love how she's playing with her curls. I find myself twirling them all the time. Even strangers come up and play with her hair, which sometimes is kind of creepy, but most of the time it's cute little old ladies who can't resist. :-)

I didn't blog about it, but last weekend, my parents and I took Olivia to a local farm. James was actually on the plane coming home while we were gone. It was hot, and being so pregnant, I felt kind of miserable walking everywhere and smelling animals, but Olivia had fun. She wouldn't ride the ponies, but she did ride a little train, taste cotton candy for the first time (she said it was fuzzy), and she ate 2 hotdogs (w/o the bun)!

I think one of her favorite things was dancing on the stage with the other kids to various songs. This was her first experience with a hula-hoop. I think I might need to get her one.

We think Olivia might be a super smeller. She has an excpetionally sensitive nose. Even as a small infant, she'd gag if I boiled eggs or if the dog breathed in her face. She told me she didn't want to go inside the petting zoo building because the animals were too stinky and she would gag. As we walked by the building, she gagged and gagged and said that she didn't want to see the stinky bunny. Ha!

As far as the pregnancy goes, I have had lots of BH contractions off an on. On Wednesday, my sister and I went to Target and I had some really strong ones. My sister (who is an L&D nurse) felt my tummy and said she could tell some of them were strong, but they never got regular or really painful. They seem to come and go. Some are low, some are higher up. I'm hoping to go at least another week without a baby, especially since my newborn cloth diaper stash isn't yet complete. Yeah, I'd better get going on that. I plan to have everything on its way by the weekend.

I have a shower this weekend. It's actually a family shower, so kids and hubbies are included. It'll break my heart if I have to leave Olivia home with James because she's still sick. :-(

Posted by Hannah at May 16, 2008 11:43 AM