My Amazing Ella

Wow! It has been a long time since I posted.  I've posted frequently in my head... those posts just never make it to publish. Tomorrow...

I'm having blogging withdrawals.  I don't know what will come between the beginning and end of this post, but I need to post. I mi...

Childcare (Ugh!) I could have also titled this post "Thank God this week is OVER!". As I considered becoming a SMC I thoug...

About a month ago I saw the 'summer bucket list' blog posts crop up in various blogs I follow.  At first I dismissed it, thinking ...

A couple of weeks before Ella was discharged from NICU the Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) Coordinator met me at Ella's bedside to as...

Night & Day. Ella can distinguish night & day. Ella sleeps at night. She goes to bed around 7pm.  She generally sleeps until 7...

We did it!  We had our first road trip!  Years in the making and at 13 1/2 months old (actual). I had mixed feelings about travel for a lo...

It's not unusual for a micro preemie to follow-up with a Developmental Pediatrician, actually I'm surprised it's taken so long f...

Wednesday I took Ella for a second opinion at the other Pediatric Gastroentronolgy clinic in town.  I had asked around about the doctors at ...

I have a half written post about Ella's NEC terror on this day last year.  I started it several days ago and wrote the background but I ...