Semper Fi

Full Circle

"So you can make your own lists and name them what you want. Then you do searches and pin them to those lists. Like this," Lizzie said pressing buttons on Olivia's iPad. "And there you go. There's recipes, decorating ideas, book suggestions, fashion tips, everything."

Olivia looked on in wonder and was surprised by how intrigued she was with the site. "So that's it? Wow. I should've had this when I was decorating the baby's nursery."

Lizzie got up from the sofa and put Noah in his high chair. "No, you did a really good job with her nursery. I'm impressed. I was actually going to ask you if that should be my next project."

Olivia laughed and continued to scroll through Pinterest. "Are you sure you don't want to be a party planner or something? You really have been on quite a roll lately."

"Oh no," the blonde replied putting some grapes on Noah's high chair. "It's these darn apps. They make you think you can do anything. I'm telling you Pinterest changed my life Liv."

Olivia sat up straight on the couch and muted the television. "I guess I understand your point. I've been watching HGTV for the past week and I'm convinced I can remodel this whole house for less than $5,000."

"Don't let dad or Dick hear you say that. They were working around the clock on this place. I'm glad it's finally done and ready to go. It's pretty cool," she said looking around.

Olivia observed Lizzie maneuvering around the kitchen. She had been there everyday for the past week and hadn't complained once. Normal kids her age would be out partying for their senior year and going out all times of the night but she was perfectly content staying at home and taking care of her family. For all the ways that she had a lot of Elliot in her, her nurturing nature clearly came from her mom.

It had been six days since Elliot left and a day longer since she went on bedrest and she was going completely insane. All the usual suspects came by to visit her, Munch, Don, the squad and all of the kids but it wasn't a substitute for her husband. She tried to distract herself with television shows but when that wore off she moved on to her iPad, which previously had only been used to look at crime scene photos and emails, and distracted herself with apps and games. Lizzie suggested a bunch of apps for her including Pinterest and she found some pregnancy related ones that were interesting.

"Is it almost time for your doctor's appointment?" Lizzie asked looking at her watch.

Olivia tried to put her shoes on when she noticed the time. "Yes it is. Are you sure you are ok with taking me? I can call Alex or Casey."

"It's totally fine Liv. I would actually love to go. It will be cool to hear about the baby firsthand," she said feeding Noah the last of his snack. "Ill get this little guy's shoes on and then we can get going."

At the doctor's office, Lizzie and Noah came to the back with her while she was examined.

"Well look who we have here," Dr. Wilder said bending down to see Noah who was standing next to Lizzie.

"This is Noah. Can you say hi?" Lizzie asked Noah who was acting shy.

He put his hands up for Lizzie to pick him up before he spoke. "Hi."

Olivia laid down trying to get comfortable and formally introduced the kids. "That's the infamous Noah. And the beauty holding him is my stepdaughter Lizzie."

She glowed at the compliment, "It's nice to meet you."

"Well I can definitely tell Elliot is your father. I'd recognize those blue eyes anywhere," the doctor commented.

"Are you still feeling ok?" she asked Olivia.

"Yeah just bored out of my mind but you will be happy to know I've been staying off my feet and doing a whole lot of nothing," she said rolling her eyes.