“hello_world.”

For most computer programmers, the first computer programs they write are simple. The goal is for the programs to simple display the phase “hello_world”. I am sure you are thinking “where the heck is he going with this” or “oh no Jason has found the blog…please bring back Amy..”, but yesterday evening around 8 o’clock Ella said “hello world”. Ok, so she didn’t actually say it, but in an instant something clicked inside her and it was obvious she had a new realization of things that were going on around her. Amy and I happened to be sitting watching her (ok, we didn’t just happen to be watching her, that is what we do with most of our time these days and we love every minute of it) and it happened. We both looked up and said “whoa, what just happened?” She was obviously looking at herself in a mirror and then at a mobile dangling above her and obviously processing “what is this, that’s interesting…” or as much as a 1 month old can. You could just tell her world was growing around her and she was screaming “hello world” from the expressions on her face!!! It was just crazy!!! Amy and I were speechless.

Other things continue to improve. Sleep is a little more plentiful and the cries are a little less constant. But we are very cautions to not think we are “over the hump”, but instead that this is just a break. If we are entering a new phase where she will sleep for 5 hrs at a time and not cry the majority of her waking hours we will take it as a happy surprise. That way it won’t be hard if doesn’t stick. Our philosophy is “Pray to be over the hump, but live like it is going to get worse…” Call us pessimistic, but we call it survival…

Even with a pessimistic view on the next few weeks, we can not say how much we love our little Ella!! It is more than either of us could have ever imagined! Holding her tight in the middle of the night still melts both of our hearts!

With Love,

The Lacey’s

PS...Here are a few more pics!