Last year on my birthday, we received a text from the Dowlings saying they were on their way to the hospital to welcome Elizabeth Claire Dowling into the world a little more than a month early. Selfishly, my first thought was, "I already have to compete with Christmas and now a baby?? Christmas: 1, Baby: 1, Me: 0."
For anyone thinking God doesn't have a sense of humor, He does. He heard me throwing my pity party for one, and little Ella arrived at 1:26 a.m. on December 21. When I heard that she waited until the next day, I knew we would be best friends.
The day Ella turned one month old, Jarrod and I got to spend the better part of the morning documenting this sweet little girl and the joy she brings to our growing community group. I can't imagine how we got along before her!
