New Pictures of Liv!! YAY!

Olivia Jane is almost 10 pounds!! Thank you Lord!

Liv sleeping like a BABY! Thank you God for this sweet angel! Oh, and the leg warmers are too cute Mommy!



Olivia Jane all tuckered out, how peaceful!




Hey Everyone! Look at me, I can sit up in my Bumbo!



Olivia Jane fell asleep while watching her sister and mommy in her Bumbo! Ha!

Praise God, some good news!

Thank you Lord; Olivia Jane's shunt looks great as well as her brain. Dr. Pickett saw Liv on Monday and he told Melissa that the blood from Liv's brain bleed has re-absorbed back into her brain and that her ventricles looked smaller. YAY! That is great news, and we thank God for that! Please continue to pray for Olivia and that she has no more health concerns.

We are so thankful to all of you for your sweet and thoughtful comments, and your prayers everyday! Please keep Liv, Melissa, Mason, and lil' Vannah in your prayers. I had Savannah Sunday night, and she was so excited to see her cousin, Kaylee. However, by Monday afternoon, she was telling me that she was ready to go home so that she could see her sister, Olivia. She told me that Olivia needed her and that she was probably crying for Savannah! So sweet!

Olivia Jane, stay strong sweetheart and I love you so very much! You are truly a 'Foster-fighter' and I thank God for you everyday!

~Aunt Jessie

Keep the prayers going up!

Tomorrow, Olivia Jane will go to Dr. Pickett to get an ultrasound of her shunt; please pray for a beautiful outcome! He wants to check and make sure that everything is working properly.

On February 2, my sister and I took Olivia Jane to see the audiologist for a final opinion on her hearing. Unfortunately, the audiologist confirmed what the ENT had already told Melissa; Liv is deaf. The audiologist told us that she can not hear any conversation tones at all, and the noises that she did hear were at such high volumes. Melissa is going to get her fitted for hearing aids very soon, and hopefully she will then soon hear her mommy's voice say "I love you"...

Please, please pray that the hearing aids work, and that Olivia will not need to have another surgery for the cochlear implants! Melissa is supposed to take Liv to get a MRI soon as well, and that will tell us more about her hearing loss....like whether it is her cochlea or if it is from the brain bleed. I just want the hearing aids to work and Liv be a bouncing baby girl! Please don't forget that we still have other obstacles to face down the road. There is still a chance that Liv could face cerebral palsy, so please pray that she is going to be a healthy, running, jumping, dancing baby girl.

Thank you all for your prayers! Please continue to pray, pray, pray! Pray for this little angel's strength, health, and hearing! Also, please pray too that Liv's eyesight continues to do well; it is great right now and I hope that it stays that way! I love you so much Olivia Jane and I am so proud how much you have grown! By the way, Liv weighs almost 7 pounds now!! Go Liv!!

~Aunt Jessie