Another update...

Well, we just returned from another Boise trip. Ellie's hips are now stabilized. The orthopedist told us that he was very surprised because he expected the hips to not ever be stable. She just keeps showing us more strength than any of us expect from her. So, Ellie is now able to be out of the brace during the day. She grew a lot since the last appointment, so they also fitted her for a new hip harness for night time. She now wears a medium and it is so clean!!!!! I love it! Dr. Showalter asked me what I was going to do with her old one. He asked if I was going to burn it because he knows how much I despise the nasty thing. I told him..."Of Course. We are having a big old bonfire for it!" We all laughed. I am so grateful for amazing doctors. We have been so blessed. I am especially thankful for my little girl this week. Not everyone recieves the same results as we have with babies that have special problems at birth. I figure that Ellie must have something really important to teach us. Emma is loving her more and more every day except for when she is watching her Dora show and Ellie starts crying. I have to watch out for that one because the other day, Emma put a blanket over her to muffle the cry. When that didn't work, she went for the pillow and I had to quickly intervene and explain to Emma that she could not do that to her sister ever and that it could kill her. Emma was wide eyed not realizing this. It scared her enough that I don't think she'll do that ever again. And so the sibling rivalry begins! All is well. The blessing was amazing! So many came to support us. I stopped counting after 120 people. Thanks to everyone for all of your love and support. We still feel that we are only beginning this journey with Ellie. Much to learn and many unanswered questions. We learned our first 25-30 signs for Miss Ellie this week. Emma loves it. She is learning just as fast as us. It's amazing. I was scared to start this new journey, but now that we have started I am actually really excited! It is a lot of fun. Ellie will probably be fitted for her (first of many more to come) feet braces sooner than later. We will find out the details on that probably within the next month. Thanks again and again to Aunt Rachel for making Ellie's blessing dress and for teach Emma her sunbeam lessons during our long homebound state. Also, thank you Bethany Cook http://www.setintimephotography.blogspot.com/ for Ellie's pictures. We love them! You are incredibly generous, an amazing woman with so many talents! Thank you for thinking of us and calling us again! We will post more pics soon. Love you guys! Thanks for your continuous prayers, love, and support!