Ella Grace Meyers
I WAS BORN: April 2, 2010, in Essentia Health St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth.
MY PARENTS ARE: Angela and Stephen Meyers of Duluth.
MY GRANDPARENTS ARE: Julie Saatoff and Jody Saatoff, both of Fargo, N.D.; Mark Carlson of Proctor; and Marsha and Pete Durden of Montgomery, Ala.
MY GREAT-GRANDPARENTS ARE: James and Betty Merling and Jerald and Shirley Carlson, all of Proctor, and Margaret Lindsey of Montgomery.
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MY PARENTS CHOSE THIS NAME BECAUSE: Great-grandma Betty knows a very nice little girl, Ella; Mommy and Daddy liked the way it sounded with Grace, after Daddy's great-great-grandma. So they named me Ella Grace.
PARENTS' WISH OR ADVICE: Our wish for Ella is that she knows every day how much she is loved. She is our special gift from God.
SOMETHING SPECIAL: Ella was born at 33 weeks, weighing 3 pounds, 3 ounces. She was tiny and perfect at the same time. She was healthy and nicknamed spider-monkey, as she moved around her incubator with ease. She hasn't stopped since.