Bananas. . . .and carrots

Hello everyone! Well there has been a LOT going on around here this last week. We have been having some issues with Olivia drinking her bottles for a while now and we thought it may have something to do with having a sensitive stomach. So we put her on sensitive formula (lactose free) and that seemed to help a little, but she still would fight her bottles and not want to eat. She'd get pretty upset sometimes. Well, it got pretty bad so we called the doc and he told us to try soy formula . . . it seemed good for the first couple days, then back to fighting the bottle again. We called him again and had to make an appointment for Saturday afternoon. He said she may have silent reflux, which is reflux without any obvious outward signs (basically no spitting up). So . . . he put her on reflux medicine. She has only been on it for a little bit now and we have already seen a major change in her. She is no longer fighting her bottles and has been doing sooo much better. So it isn't a formula issue afterall! Thank goodness we got that figured out. We hate to have to give her medicine (especially since this stuff is pretty yucky!), but it is doing so well for her, that we are thankful for it. He said she should outgrow it by 9-12 months.

Other than that, Grant's parents came up on Sunday afternoon to see the little one and we went to the big Raleigh flea market for the afternoon. It was a nice day and it was good to get Olivia out to see all the cool stuff and people out there. She also got to ride in her stroller without the car seat part for the first time! She got to be a *big* girl! Here's a picture of her all bundled up at the flea market:


We also stopped over at Carter Finley Stadium (Go Wolfpack!) to show them the stadium. We took a couple pictures with Olivia out in front of the howling wolves:

Go Pack!

On a MUCH more fun note, Olivia has been enjoying eating her solids so much! I told you all that we started with applesauce - she liked that ok, but was still confused about the whole spoon feeding thing. Next we tried bananas. She really liked them a lot. This week, we've been doing carrots and my goodness, she is a carrot piggy! She absolutely loves them. When we bring the spoon near her, she leans in and goes after it like a little piranha!! Here are some pictures and a video of her eating her carrots. Keep in mind that Daddy was feeding her and, . . . well . . . he does his best, but let's just take a look at all the fun places we wound up having carrots . . .

Can you recognise her under all those carrots?? :)

Notice the carrots over by her ear . . . and up her nose!

Watch her go after that spoon! It's a good thing she doesn't have teeth yet!!!

Here are some more pictures of her taking a bath this week.

Yummy butterfly!

Here are a couple pictures of her hanging out and playing! We love this baby blanket that Aunt Sue got her. It is so adorable and we get lots of compliments on it.

Olivia has also taken to log rolling . . . a lot! She moves all over the place now. She can spin in place and she is starting to scoot a bit and has been trying to get her knees under her! She likes to log roll all the way across the room and if you leave her for a minute now, there's no telling where you'll find her!! Guess we need to get moving on that whole baby-proofing thing!

Here's a video of her log rolling across the floor. She'll often roll until she gets stuck against something to where she can't go any further. It's pretty funny because she'll keep trying to roll, even with something in her way!

Aside from all of that, we are both working a lot and going about the daily grind. My project has ramped up to full speed and I am burning the candle at both ends! But it's always fun to come home and see that smiling face - makes it all worth it! :)