Ok, I don't have a picture of this but it is a memory I will keep in my heart forever. I was putting Livey to bed and we did our usual books and banter then she turned out the lights. I had my eyes closed almost as soon as they were out but she was being her usual giggly self for a few more minutes. Then I told her to have a good sleep one more time to quieten her down and I opened my eyes and there she was trying to flip her hair up over the pillow above her head like I do (so my neck is on the cool pillow) and then she folded her little hands and ankles just the same as mine. It's so funny to see the things that you do (some of them unconsciously) being done by this tiny little person. Man I love that girl! It also makes you want to be the best person you could possibly be since you know someone is watching that close.

I picked her up early today and took her shoe shopping just the two of us. I felt kind of bad for leaving Dave at daycare but shoe shopping for Livia is just no place for Dr. Destructo. I would do it again in a heart beat just to see her smile when I woke her up at daycare and she asked if I was there to take her to get some shoes. We ended up with three pairs of those little embellished ballet like shoes which were in her words - pink, rosey red and glittery. Heck, they're just ten bucks a piece and most important she likes them. It was pretty funny, I would point out some tennis shoes or brown/black ones and for all my picks she would say "I'll like those one day Momma and wear them then but just not now" :-) Actually I liked her picks and would have died to have them when I was little too!