Our little baby is four years old now? I can't believe it. Where did the time go? How can she be 4 already? It seems like yesterday that you were in the NICU with so many lines and tubes and wires connected to you and even though you were the biggest baby and seemed more healthy than the other babies, we just couldn't take you home. Daddy and I waited anxiously to bring you home. I remember having such a hard time going in pregnant and leaving without my baby. We were so blessed then that you were able to finally come home and we are still so blessed today that you are here and healthy and bring so much joy to our lives. Makayla just loves her little sister and will do anything for you to make sure you are safe and protected. She has always watched out for you and continues to do so. So you are now 4 and it is amazing the things you have been through in those short 4 years. You started life out in a bubble, and your sense of humor came true when you would keep us up at night, and would grin just knowing we were so exhausted, your little pranks and teasers you do with daddy get funnier and funnier as you get older and develop your personality. You are headstrong and independant to the extreme but I know that will make you a confident, strong woman some day. You have had broken bones, sprained elbows, bumps, bruises, skinned knees, these injuries never slow you down, they make you more determined to try try again, and I just love that spirit about you! Well Ellie belly, we all love you very much and are excited to see what the next year holds for you or what other surprises you have in store for us. Happy Birthday big girl!
Makayla 22 months, Gabriella 3 weeks old
Gabriella eating cookies or the decorations for them Easter, age 1 1/2
Gabriella age 2
Ellie wanting to go to school with big sis to, age 3
Gabriella Belle Call in preschool age 3 1/2
