4 weeks Biotin Deficiency

Cambree is 4 weeks now! I still love being her mother and I enjoy every second I have with her. She has grown so much she is almost out of her newborn clothes, she has about 1 pound left to go then we will have to switch to the next size up.

Cambree loves hanging out with her cousin's and can't wait to play with the big kids one day!
She is almost as big as her bear!!! This is her 4 week picture.

For Jeremy's graduation we went to Layton Surf and Swim with my family it was way fun and Cambree looked super cute in her swim suite attire!

What a fun family! She is for sure the cutest one!

Cambree is now 7 lbs .5 oz and is 20 inches long.

We had to take Cambree to a specialist this week because her newborn screening test came back abnormal. She has what is called Biotin Deficiency. This basically means that her body does not take the vitamins out of the food she eats. Because we were able to catch it so early, she won't have any side affects from this illness. So she has to a supplement (vitamin H) twice a day for the first year of her life and then once a week for the rest of her life. . We are okay with that considering the other scenarios that could have occurred. This deficiency occurs on average to 1 in every 60,000 people. After running some numbers this would mean that only 17 people in Salt Lake have what she has, 46 in Utah, 5,116 in the United States, and 111,620 in the world.

We are grateful that this was probably the best case scenario in her situation and for what she has. She has been so awesome and we just love her to death.

Cambree's first 2 weeks

We absolutely LOVE having Cambree as part of our family! She is such a joy and the perfect Baby. I look at here all day long and I still can't get enough of her. I love to watch her face when she sleeps, she makes such silly faces that just crack me up. We also love to listen to her she makes little noises that are so sweet and her whimpers just kill us. She is so stinkin' cute!! Jeremy and I can't believe the love you can have for something so tiny. She is a great sleeper at night, but I just don't have the courage to put her into her crib in her own room. Cambree is so patient with us, she is so clam when we change her clothes and outfits, when we give her a bath, and when we are putting her in her car seat. I appreciate how great Cambree has made the transition into parenthood. Thanks Cam we love you so much and we couldn't have asked for a better Baby! This is Cambree's 1st week photo, but the 2nd week one is sideways and I can't seem to figure out how to turn it to put it on the blog. So sorry you don't get to see it today.

Cambree's first bath at home in her very own tub.

Daddy and Cambree sleeping! I love to watch Jeremy be a father. He is so great with her and Cambree loves to see her Dad when he comes home from work, loves to take naps with him, and she LOVES when he changes her diapers!!

Cambree's first 5K for Charlie!

We Love you Cam, you are a rock star! Thanks for making our family amazing!!

Cambree is here!

Cambree is here!

Cambree Ann Whitney came last Wednesday morning at 3:26am. She weighed 6.8 oz and was 19 1/2 inches long. She is an absolute doll. She is very calm and and mild. She just makes little peeps every once in a while and that is about it as far as fussiness goes. She is so sweet and we love her very much.

I've posted a ton of pictures below of her, the birth, and the family. Also, our really good friend Tiffany Anderson documented the whole thing in a photo journal. She was awesome to work with and we recommend her to anyone who may be interested. Check out Cambree's birth story on Tiff's website too. Her website is http://www.tiffanyandersonblog.com/.

Now to our story.

Kelli started feeling some contractions on Monday night and they were very sparatic. Tuesday night came and she started getting worried because I was going to go to school that night and she was nervous being alone. She called her mom and dad and asked if they would come over to keep her company and help her out if she needed anything. Well, I didn't end going to school that night because Kelli's contractions started getting really consistent and really close. They went from 10 minutes apart to 5 minutes apart in about an hour and by the time we left home they were anywhere from 3 to 5 minutes apart. Below is Kelli and her parents waiting to go to the hospital. Her dad helped keep track on length of each of her contractions, he knew how long the contraction lasted because him and Kelli set up a plan, that she would stick her finger in her nose for the whole time the contraction lasted. They're pretty funny!

Here is Kelli checking in to the hospital.

Our nurse made Kelli delicious slushees while was in labor. Kelli didn't know it but she was having a huge contraction at this time.

Mom and Todd waiting with Kell.


Here she is.

Here's Tiff with Cambree. Tiff is so awesome. She's just like family and we're so happy she was able to be there with us.

Look at this knock out!I'm not going to lie, she is really cute.

This is the outfit she came home in.

I love her eyes.

First car ride in the blanket Annalisa made for us. Thanks Annalisa.

I just like the picture below. Squishy cheeks!

Another squishy cheeks pic.

She had to sit under lights for 3 days. She did so well! Fortunately, that's over now.

The two of us hanging out with Cam.

She would stick her legs and hands out while she was in there. It was pretty funny.

She already has Papa Scott wrapped around her fingers.

We've really loved having Cambree as part of our family and look forward to the great times we're going to have with her. It will be fun to see how she does with all of her boy cousins and rest of the family.

Here is Tiff's blog again. http://www.tiffanyandersonblog.com/.