Baby blessing and family

We decided to bless Quinnley at 3 weeks old, so that most of our family could come over their spring break.

The week before though I got a call from her pediatrician telling me one of her screens from the hospital had come back with an irregular result.  She  told me it was the screen test for SCIDs (Severe Combined Immuno-Defiency or Bubble boy syndrome) and she told me not to look it up on the internet.  Who can resist these days.  The things I read were more than a little shocking and scary.  Most baby's who are not tested and treated in the first six months die within the first year.  The treatment for it is usually a bone marrow transplant.  I sat there holding that baby and thinking how can someone so sick possibly look so healthy.    They sent us to National Jewish Hospital for more testing.  All the nurses looked at us like we were the ones who were sick and they expected us to pass out any minute.  The head Dr was nice and very straight forward with us.  He told us the chances of her having SCIDs were minimal and we would worry about it only if her results came back positive.  Then came the really fun part.  They needed to draw blood. . .. 4 vials of it.  How can they take that much out of a newborn???  They barely have that much.  It took them 4 pokes with lots of wiggling that needle around to get it all (5 different nurses had to try it).  Poor Quinnley screamed the whole time and I just cringed inside holding her.  They said it would take 3 weeks to get back all the results and that no news was good news for us.  However, the resident doctor called 2 days later to tell us she didn't have SCIDs.  I was so grateful and so relieved.  I had been willing to go through the challenge if that is what Our Heavenly Father wanted for us, but I was so grateful for Quinnley not to have to go through it.

The following weekend my family came for the blessing.  All of my brothers and sisters except one were able to make it.  The church was packed.  So was our house.  It was wonderful!

The girls had a spa party.  We put on face masks.  Most of them weren't too sure about that.  And we painted  nails.  They liked that part.

They spent plenty of time in the sandbox.  (Kadence and Seriah)

Uncle Tegan taught them all to play Baku-gan.

Cragun and Maizy watching the Baku-gan game.

Cute Mr. Treyson "Is it my turn?"

The cousins had a great time playing together.  The adults had a great time socializing.
 On Monday, those who stayed all trekked down to Colorado Springs for some site seeing.  We drove through Garden of the Gods and then headed for the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.  I have lived here in Colorado for eight years and had never been to either place.  Garden of the Gods is free and the zoo most definitely is not!  My dad got the military discount even though he hasn't been in the military for as long as I can remember.  That helped alot.  It is a remarkable zoo and you get a great workout as you have to climb up the side of the mountain (thus the name) to see all animals.  The highlight had to be the giraffes though.  The giraffe enclosure is surrounded on two sides by a platform so that patrons are on eye level with them.  And for a dollar you can feed the giraffes.  One of the best dollars we ever spent. We would go back just to do that again!