Getting ready for my first Halloween!

Ella is going to be a little cow for her first Halloween! Her Auntie Carolyn (Greg's sister) sent her these Halloween PJs, which say

"Bat Club" on them! We miss Aunt Carolyn, and cousins Joshua, Devin, Katelyn and Jacob, who live in southern California.

These pictures are from the day Ella Marin was born, Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 at 5:55pm. She was born almost 4 weeks early, and weighed 5lbs 130z. Despite being early, she had no health problems which Greg and I were very grateful for. Ella was born at Littleton Adventist hospital in Littleton, CO. This is also the hospital where I work, in the ICU.
To our surprise, with no bags packed and no car seat in the car, my water broke at 2am on 7/23/08 and Greg and I went to the hospital . I labored until about noon and decided to take some Pitocin to speed things along (I also got an epidural at this time!). Ella was born a few hours later around 6pm. Lots of people were there with Greg and I to see Ella be born - my Mom Nancy, my Dad Doug and stepmom Melinda, Auntie Krissy (my sister), and Auntie Melanie (my best friend). There wasn't a dry eye in the room when she was born!

Hi, I'm Ella and I love hanging out with my Mommy and Daddy! We love to go on walks near our house. I wasn't too fond of the baby bjorn when I was smaller but now I like it!
My Mommy is a nurse and I'm lucky because I get to spend all week with her since she only works on the weekend. Daddy takes good care of me on Friday and Sunday nights while she is away. During the week, Daddy works hard running his own painting business and taking a class to get into radiology tech school!

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