She Will Amaze You

Yesterday turned out to be a relatively nice day. I woke Jason up, and found out that he hurt himself at work (nothing too serious, just really bad bruising), and that he wasn't going in to work that night. So, we made a plan to spend the day with Jakob. The three of us went in to visit Ellie around lunch time. We spent an hour with her, fed her, cuddled her, and then put her down for a nap. She was coughing quite a bit, a lot more than the day before.

Trying to keep both kids entertained

Then, we went off to Stanley Park, and the park at Second Beach. It was cold. Jakob ran around like only a child can, when the wind off the water slaps you in the face, and makes your eyes water. We stayed for about an hour, until the adults were so windblown and frozen we could barely make it back to the car. Jakob said he wanted to play there forever.

A firetruck!!!!!

To warm up, we stopped at Starbucks, had warm drinks and a snack. Then, when we could feel our fingers again, and our ears had stopped aching, we headed back to our Ellie.

Who doesn't love hot chocolate?

 She was just waking up when we arrived, which made me happy that we hadn't missed her awake time. Jason fed her, Jakob played with toys on the play mat, and watched cartoons. I puttered around, changed her clothes, rearranged things. We were there for another two hours, then we headed home for the night.

Hanging out on the floor

Getting my fill of Baby Love

Ellie and her Babies

We watched Rango, had dinner, and went to bed early.

Today, my mom was going to go spend the morning with Ellie, so the three of us have a little more time to clean the house and get ready for tonight. We spent the afternoon with Ellie, the nurses were already excited about the evening with her, and gave her a cute little knit hat which looks so cute on!

Isn't she pretty with those big blue eyes?

<3

Last photo of 2011

We went out to dinner with my parents to celebrate NYE. We went to a nice Chinese restaurant by my their apartment. I took a fortune cookie, and announced that it was a cookie for Ellie. The fortune read "The longest journey starts with a single step. Take it". Deep.
:)