It's Alyssa!

Alyssa (Mei?), working on that whole breathing thing in the NICU. 

Alyssa was born to Alan and Shannon on March 1st at 9:22 PM. She was 20 days premature -- but still weighed 6 lbs 7 oz -- and has had difficulty breathing on her own. She's currently in the NICU at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center, and will likely be there for two weeks or more. Shannon will be discharged from Orem Community Hospital on March 3rd and will finish recuperating at home. Alan and Shannon are deeply grateful for everyone's prayers and offers of help.

We're not completely settled on her middle name yet, though 'Mei' is still the frontrunner. If Derek and Kiyomi know of any reasons we should not give her that name, now is the time to let us know.

Update (March 3): Forget 'Mei'. We decided on the spot to give her the middle name 'Linette' (same pronunciation as Lynette), which is a combination of her grandmothers' names, Linda and Annette.