Ella 9/13

Ella had a pretty good day. She arrived home around 5 am. She has had a couple of "episodes" where it gets very difficult for her to catch her breath and then she locks up a little. I have seen Emily calm her down when this happens until she is breathing all right again. Emily is a beautiful mother and takes wonderful care of that precious baby. Christopher does his part as well. He is a strong husband and an excellent father.

Ella slept today, which gave her parents a chance to sleep a couple of hours as well. Ella's pain is being managed very well and she seems rather calm. She is definitely an "old soul".

I was able to see her today. She looks beautiful. Aiden gave her lots of kisses and that is saying a lot because he is pretty stingy with his kisses. She still has very kissable cheeks. I told her about all of your prayers for her. I let her know that she could leave Chris and Emily and Aiden with all of us and we would do our part to help take care of them.

Ella is a very tough, determined little girl. She has had several of these "episodes" and she pulls through them to give us all one more chance to tell her how wonderfully blessed we are to have her. She will not be with us much longer, but she sure has left her mark already.

She is two weeks old as of now. I love her very much and I know so many of you do too.

-maria
on behalf of Emily, Christopher, Aiden and Ella