It's a new day!

Andy will kill me, but this was too cute.
Olivia had her first shower today with Dadand she just loved it!
She loves the water, we had lots of giggles and managed to get clean too!

See she will sleep for other people--Olivia loves Susan, our pastor's wife!
Don't be jealous Granny White.

Olivia in her travel swing at the Christmas party.

"Baby's first Christmas" outfit--it does have a cute beret that goes with it,
but Dad preferred this silly hat for his youth Christmas party.
Who will notice the hat with that smile?

Beautiful outfit, before she spit-up all over it.

Olivia in her wintery outfit for Sunday morning.
She is wearing her very own ugg type boots!
It was cold here, in case you didn't guess.

Olivia loves her Auntie Susan!

For all of you children of the 80's--
isn't that the cutest pink argyle sweater ever?

Olivia loves her new walker, a present from Auntie Susan...

...even though her feet don't quite reach the ground yet.

What is that face?

Olivia aka "Cupcake" and Auntie "Tia"
or Susan, Riyan's Girlfriend!

Olivia loves her tia!

Well, we have had a busy couple of weeks. We are eating better, but still have our battles. We are moving around a lot more, talking a lot, and way more fun! I am still working on videos to upload.

There is not a lot more to report. Things are going well. We are getting through our first Holiday season here and having a good time. Andy's ministry continues to grow and things in that arena are really a blessing. He is finished with school (gratefully) for the fall semester and won't have class again until February. I don't know what we are going to do with him to keep him busy until then.

Hugs and kisses for everyone!

Monday, December 17

Last week was an interesting one. We had our monthly doctor's appointment on Monday to get our four month old shots and to have our adoption form completed (only one more month of supervision--yay!). Olivia had only gained about 8 oz. in the last month, had not doubled her weight by four months, and was barely hitting a 2 lbs gain over the last two months. For the two weeks before our appointment her eating had dropped off to about 16 oz a day. She should have been eating 24 oz a day.

After discussing all of this with Dr. Davis, she doubled Olivia's reflux medication dose and the eating began. It still took her a few days to get over the shots, but she did. We were supposed to take her back to the doctor on Thursday if her eating had not improved, but by Thursday afternoon she was on the road to her second day of eating a full 24 oz. YAY! There have been lots of prayers going up as I was really concerned about heading towards a failure to thrive diagnosis.

Anyway, we have changed bottles to Dr. Brown's bottles. I highly recommend these to anyone who uses bottles! And our medication is working. We have been eating 24 oz a day for almost a week now. Praise God! Keep praying that Olivia will keep eating!

She's just growing too fast!

Olivia loves to stand-up! She wants to be constantly on the move. I think she will be walking in four or five months--just in time for our 18 hour flight to New Zealand. She is still having trouble eating her daily requirements. We try not to worry, but if we don't make a strong effort to feed her every three hours and stay with it until she has had 4 or 5 ounces, she won't eat. Yesterday Dad was watching her and she ended up with only 15 ounces for the day. She should be up to 28 ounces a day for her weight. She also won't eat away from home--like at church or at the store. Since she had so little yesterday I had to stay home today so we could concentrate on eating. Otherwise she would have skipped her feeding while she and I were at church. Oh boy. Well, whatever she eats--it doesn't keep her from standing up!