Life outside the NICU...

Home? What is home? To Ella it was the four walls for the NICU for 4 1/2 months. She has adapted so well to her new surroundings. When she got home, for the first few weeks she always wanted to be held. I blame that on the many nurses that loved her so much. :-) We were so blessed to have so many nurses love her like their own. It sure made me feel comforted knowing that she was in good hands. I cant help laugh every time i see pictures of Ella right when we came home...she was so FAT!! Thanks Joan(nutritionists) :-)

Going Home!!!

I thought this day would never come. It was the best day. She was finally healthy and strong enough to go home. Tears of joy fell all day.

Look How Much I've Grown!!

Rand & Ella

Rand will always protect his little sister. From day one he has always wanted to be right there with her. Even when she was so small and so sick. Size for him didn't matter all he knew was that she was his sister and he was there to protect her for the rest of her life!

Ryan & Ella

Yesterday was Ryan's first time holding Ella. He has always been so scared to hold her in the past. But yesterday we all went in to see her and I haven't asked Ryan if he wanted to hold her, I figure that when he was ready he would tell me. So yesterday Randon was feeding her and out of the blue Ryan said "mom it is time for me to hold Ella". He was so excited and so cute. He didn't want to let her go. He held her for about 20min then Rand wanted to hold. Ryan wasn't ready to hand her over so they started fighting. O WOW!! I better get my snuggles in before we leave, because between 3 boys in the house she won't be available for long.