Born at 23:45 on May 18th, 2007 and weighing in at a compact 7lbs, 8oz and 20 inches long.

Mom, Dad and Ella are home safe and sound, doing our best to get her used to her new surroundings.

Her latest images can be found here

Our dog Lucy, who's now 6 and a half years old was rescued from the Ottawa Humane Society. When it comes to food, Lucy doesn't mess around -- she finishes everything, eats anything and is done before you can look twice. If ever food kernels end up missing the bowl on the delivery, she makes sure she finds them all and takes care of them.

We're spending a couple of days in Sarnia, with both Lucy and Ella. At the dinner table tonight, Kelly and her folks were talking about their late dog Trixie, who Lucy apparently bears quite a resemblance to. Specifically, when it came to food, Trixie would always eat when the rest of the family ate, and she'd always leave two or three kernels of food in her bowl for a rainy day. Kelly and I were mentioning how funny it was that Trixie would do that, since Lucy would never leave a fallen kernel behind.

So we watched Lucy eat, with her water and food bowls situated in the same place Trixie's used to be -- and lo and behold, Lucy left two kernels of food behind in her bowl, then went and lay down.

Go figure.

A few months back, I put together a hard copy photo book which contained my favourite photos of both Kelly and Ella. Entitled "Ella Jade: Her First Two Years", it has the following on the inside cover:

Dedicated to the ladies in my life who always have a camera in their faces capturing the moments that pass.

This book is a compilation of my favourite pictures of Ella since she was born, and a tribute to my wife, the best mommy in the world.

Photos are great captures that tend to be biased towards the good moments people encounter in their lives. Though we've had our share of unfortunate circumstances and bad luck, we're grateful for having been blessed with such a wonderful daughter.

      Sometimes that mountain you've been climbing is just a grain of sand
      What you've been out there searching for forever is in your hands
      When you figure out love is all that matters after all
      It sure makes everything else seem so small.

It is often stated that experiencing unfortunate events in life forces you to appreciate the little things that surround you and be thankful for everything you have.

While we've always appreciated and considered ourselves lucky to have Ella, more recently we've been reminded of how precious life is and just how essential it is to seize the day.

Though this isn't the book, it's most of my favourite shots in one place. (fullscreen is possible by clicking the icon in the bottom right hand corner).

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At 11:45PM on August 14th, 2009 at Credit Valley Hospital a little boy entered this world after a long labour, born sleeping. Though Pierce Anthony Chung will never wake up, we take solace in being fortunate enough to have met him, spent time with him and peace in knowing that he is in a place where the sadness, grief and sorrow of this world will only touch his spirit and soul as happiness, joy and love.

Although we left the hospital after delivering a baby without a baby, we instead brought home memories that will last a lifetime, things that now belong to him, and the confidence that we made the best choices for him we possibly could.

That's all we have.

We miss him; we never even got the chance to know him.

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This One's For The Girls
Originally uploaded by adr!@n

This is for all you girls about thirteen
High school can be so rough, can be so mean
Hold on to, on to your innocence
Stand your ground when everybody's giving in

This one's for the girls

This is for all you girls about twenty five
In little apartments, just trying to get by
Living on, on dreams and spaghettio's
Wondering where your life is gonna go

This one's for the girls
Who've ever had a broken heart
Who've wished upon a shooting star
You're beautiful the way you are
This one's for the girls
Who love without holding back
Who dream with everything they have
All around the world
This one's for the girls

This is for all you girls about forty two
Tossing pennies into the Fountain of Youth
Every laugh, laugh line on your face
Made you who you are today

This one's for the girls
Who've ever had a broken heart
Who've wished upon a shooting star
You're beautiful the way you are
This one's for the girls
Who love without holding back
Who dream with everything they have
All around the world
This one's for the girls

Yeah, we're all the same inside (same inside)
From one to ninety nine

This one's for the girls
Who've ever had a broken heart
Who've wished upon a shooting star
You're beautiful the way you are
This one's for the girls
Who love without holding back
Who dream with everything they have
All around the world
This one's for the girls
Yeah, this one's for the girls