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olivia’s first movie

erin

Sep 30, 2018 — 1 min read

Braden and I used to go to the movies at least once a week before we had Emma. Now we only go every once in a while, and we’ve never been as a family... until today.

It’s hard to believe only a couple hours before that picture I was at the ER. Emma shut Olivia’s finger in the door and Olivia wouldn’t stop crying and saying it hurt “really bad”.

After a couple x-rays she was cleared to go home with no fracture or bone chips.

After that eventful morning we planned a family outing to the movies to see Smallfoot. Olivia was so excited! Can you tell? ❤️

She did great! Sat through the whole movie and ate a lot of popcorn and candy.

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