Life goes on and we have fallen back into routine since returning from Chicago except for this week Ella has no therapies, no play group because everything was cancelled in anticipation of the surgery. Ella is pretty much over that disastrous cold which thankfully never developed into anything more than just a bad cold/cough. Ella’s walking is getting stronger and sometimes when she’s going somewhere she wants to go, she can really push ahead with force (of course she has to be helped with two hands which is pretty hard on our backs). Ella seems to be making some progress with verbalizing some sounds and words although it is very inconsistent. One day she’ll say the perfect “Aba” or “all done” at the perfectly appropriate time and then she won’t repeat that for awhile. The surgery is still scheduled for June 29th and we arranged our plane tickets yesterday. We are keeping our fingers crossed that this time it will happen!