There are so many things I do every day that I had simply taken for granted.  When I wake up in the morning I swing my legs and feet to the floor and stand up.  When I leave the house and forget something, I quickly run back inside, retrieve the forgotten item, and go on my way.  If I need something from a cupboard or shelf, I simply reach for the object, grasp it, and bring it toward myself.  The list of what I took for granted can go on and on. Ever since Ella's diagnosis of SMA I have had the rare opportunity to help someone who cannot take the "everyday things" for granted.  In fact, many of those things elude her.  We find a way though. Through perseverance, creativity, and the selfless acts of others, we bring the world to her.  In that bringing comes the experience of providing for another the things most of us take for granted.  In that bringing comes the sharing of skills and talents.  In that bringing we have found that there are...

A peek at how much Ella has grown  over the past few months...

People often say that Spring and Fall skip by too quickly.  They say it feels like those two seasons are getting shorter. Maybe it is about actually taking time to notice the subtle changes that occur during these two seasons.  One seems to produce life while another slips away with it.  Spring offers sights and smells that wake the dulled winter senses and Fall creeps away beautifully with the greens of summer. On our wedding day Lindsay and I made it a point to actually take in the moments, recognize them, and place them in a special place that day.  It was told to us that the day "will whiz by" and "it will all seem so surreal".  We took that information and made every attempt to make the day last.  In doing so we still have incredible memories...it doesn't feel as though it whizzed by because there are so many moments we carved into our hearts that day. As Ella grows it once again seems as though things are moving so fast.  She is surp...