Just pictures

Apparently you only get 1GB of storage free with Picasa....and apparently that is not enough for us...so we bought more. You get to enjoy the fruits of our...money. :)

Miss Indecisive...can't decide which toy to play with first!

The therapist told me to get Olivia to play on her side. So here she is.

Of all the stacking cups, this one is Olivia's favorite!

She is trying to eat the horn...and honks it every time she tries! It is hilarious!

Olivia visits a PT

Yesterday I took Olivia to see a physical therapist. She has been doing a few things (and not doing a few things) that make me think she is a little bit behind other babies her age. Our good friend Natalie is an occupational therapist, and she suggested that Olivia visit her clinic for an evaluation. The pt did several things with Olivia (she cried the entire time pretty much) and did say that she was a little behind. She gave me a few exercises to do with her every day, and wants to see her again in a month. Interestingly, she said that Olivia displays almost every behavior that other kids with reflux do. So, I am going to ask the dr. next week about that. I looked up symptoms and she seriously has about 80% of them, so we'll see.

I tried to put pictures on the blog, but it said I have exceeded my quota. Anyone know what to do about that?!?

Another fun play date

Olivia and Abby are starting to interact a little more each week. This week consisted of Abby taking most of Olivia's toys (they were Abby's to start with...) and Lupe coming to check up on the girls. :) We were playing in Olivia's room and I thought it would be fun to have a photo shoot. It didn't turn out as well as I had hoped, but I did get a couple of funny shots. Here they are, with captions below:

I am a chef! :) I make tasty food! Or maybe I eat tasty food!

Abby: "Ok, it's my turn to be the chef. Gimme the hat!"

Awww...look, they are holding hands! :) Sweet girls!

Abby is making sure Olivia doesn't fall off the chair. Abby kept rocking it.

Olivia is trying to push...I mean...Olivia is resting a hand on her friend's shoulder. :)

Olivia's new friend

I bet you thought this post was going to be about a person. Well you thought wrong. Olivia has always knows about her legs and feet, but she has recently rekindled the relationship. Her latest obsession is her feet! She loves to look at them, play with them, EAT THEM! She always manages to get the left one out from her high chair and up into the air. I really don't know how she does it because there is not that much room down there! :) Just check out the pictures!







Here are some other cute pictures from the past couple of days. Oh, no teeth yet, but we can barely see two little white things trying to poke through. She has been much better this week (thank goodness!) so maybe they will appear soon!

Same old same old

Nap time over. Time to play!

Let's have a staring contest Lupe!

Mommy, can I have a taste of that pretzel you're eating?

Wow, check out that full diaper in the first picture!! That was right after her morning nap. I love the third picture. You know how you can sort of feel when people are staring at you? Well, I had Olivia right next to me in her high chair because she had just finished eating lunch. I was munching on a pretzel while I was opening our mail. I felt like someone was staring at me, so I looked over at Olivia and this is what she was doing. She was giving me this puppy dog face as if she really really wanted what I was eating. It was precious. I had the camera sitting right there on the table, so I snapped a shot. What a ham! I let her lick it, but she wasn't too excited about it.

Our community had a garage sale on Saturday so we cleaned out our guest room closet and joined the sale. We didn't make too much, but we didn't care. All of it was going to Goodwill anyway. Toward the end of the sale we just started giving everything away for free. It was great. We made a little money and now I have a clean closet!

Could it be?

I love to chew on my arm!

This mirror is yummy!

Mmmm...fingers.

Fingers sure are tasty!

More finger action.

Olivia is teething! Yikes! It is AWFUL! She is moody, cranky, fussy, and just plain miserable! Poor little thing. You can totally tell her mouth hurts. Last night she had a fever of 101.7 and still had it this morning, so we made a trip to see good old Dr. Johnson (used to be Williams). She checked O's eyes, ears, nose, and mouth....all in excellent condition. Diagnosis: teething. I paid $20 for someone to tell me what I already suspected. However, it was great to hear that she was not sick and that everything else looked great. What I need to know is how do I make her feel better?

Frozen or refrigerated teethers? HATES THEM!
Cold wet washcloths? HATES THEM!
Orajel: LOVES IT!

I have come to realize that Olivia hates anything cold. She will NOT drink cold formula no matter how hungry she is. She won't even hold a cold washcloth. But it is all I can do to keep the washcloth out of her mouth during bath time. Hm....what a particular little girl. Thank goodness for Orajel. That is the ONLY thing that seems to be working. So, anyone have any other ideas? Just incase you were wondering, I have also been giving her Tylenol every 4 hours to make her comfortable. HATES IT!

Sitting pretty

Guess who is working on sitting up? That's right...Lupe! Just teasing, it is Olivia. :) Olivia has really been trying to sit up lately. She reaches out her cute little hands for us to pick her up, and as soon as you lean in to do so, she lifts her head up and does a little sit-up. It is so cute! Last night I put her on my lap and gave her a toy and she played with it for about 5 minutes while sitting. We really have to be careful to buckle her in to any seat (bouncer, swing...) because she continuously tries to sit up in them. So awesome!

On another note, she did roll over two weeks ago. She must have found it to be a little over-rated because she hasn't done it since then. Olivia is stubborn little thing.