The Beginning

At about 6 weeks of age, she started looking jaundice, which we thought was a little strange since that usually peaks at about 2 weeks.  People really started commenting about how yellow she looked as well.  We didn't worry too much about it because she was just about due for her 2 month checkup.

Her checkup was on March 21.  I did bring it up to the doctor that we were concerned about her color.  He didn't seem awful concerned, but did order some blood tests to check her bilirubin levels.  So immediately after her appointment, we headed up to the hospital to get the blood tests done.  Later that afternoon, the nurse called and said that the results did show that the levels were elevated. The wanted the tests done again a week later to see what the levels did.

On the 28th, we went to the hospital gain and got blood drawn again.  We then went in and met with the doctor again to get the results later that day.  We were met with a little more concern at this appointment.  The doctor came in and told me that they still were not sure what was going on and that we would need to see a specialist, which the closest one is at Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake.  He then asked me if we could head down either that evening or the next morning for an appointment.  I was in total shock, but told him we would do whatever we needed to do.  He then got on the phone with Dr. Guthrey at Primary Childrens.  He sceduled an appointment for the next morning at 10 am.

I was still in such shock about what he had just told me.  It scared me to death that we had to go to Primary's.  I was an emotional mess all afternoon.  Ryan got home shortly after I got home and we got busy making arrangements for the kids and everything.  Dr. Guthrey actually called me shortly after we got home just to touch base with me and kindof give me a game plan for the trip to the hospital.  He explained the we would do blood tests and an ultrasound for that first day. And we should plan on being there until Friday.

We started making a few phonecalls and gave her a blessing, got things arranged and we headed out that night for Salt Lake.

Alivia's story

So many of you are wondering what the story is with Alivia.  This blog is going to be about her story.

Alivia was born January 20, 2011. She was beautiful, healthy, and happy.  She had the biggest brown eyes that seemed to take up her whole face.  She was perfect.

She was a little bit of a stinker from the beginning because she decided she was going to remain breach so Mom ended up with an unexpected c-section.

She has been a great baby. She is an excellent eater and sleeper....once we figured her out.  She has grown and been such a joy in our lives.  She smiles easily, and also scowls easily. She is very expressive with her facial expressions.  We just know that one of these days her fun baby squeals are gonna turn into a big hearty laugh.  We can't wait for that day to come.