For our faithful blog followers, I am sure that I have let you all down because it has been several days since our last post. We have had a few bad nights but last night was MUCH better. Ellison is still doing good. We just had a few days where the colostomy bag wasn't cooperating with us. Hopefully, we are on the right track now. Ellison went for his first appointment with the pediatrician yesterday.(Parkside Peds is the best!) He is up to 9lbs and 11oz which is more than his birth weight. Everything checked out ok. We are still adjusting to the night shift which is very difficult for someone who has never done nights before. Maybe after this I'll be ready to go to nights at the hospital...just kidding! Well, we go next week to see the urologist and surgeon for check ups. Otherwise, we will be here hanging out with our little man. Thanks again to everyone who has stopped by, called, or brought food. We appreciate our friends and family very much and can't say thank you enough. We hope you all are doing well!

With love, Matthew, Nicole, and Ellison