I was adopted at two weeks old because my birth mother was 18 years old and already had a two year old boy. She didn’t have any family support from her mother because she kept it a secret from her as she lived with her grandmother. She relayed the information to my mother that she was not financially ready to support another baby as she was only 18 at the time and that is why I was placed for adoption.

I was given the name Gabriella Pauline Merschel because of many different reasons. My My parents first wanted to give me a name that corresponded with the Bible so keep yours but they picked and Ella comes from my great grandmother‘s first name on my dad side. Pauline was taken from my father‘s middle name Paul and from the German princess is Pauline. And Merschel has been passed down from generation to generation as the name is from German roots. My parents did not come up with any guy names they liked before I was born however my mom really wanted me to be named Natalie but my dad hated that name and wanted Ella and that’s another reason how i was stuck with Ella in my name.  

My birth mother was in labor for 5 hours but got to the hospital three hours before she gave birth.

My birth weight was six pounds four ounces and i was nineteen inches in length.

When my first baby tooth came in i was 7 month old.

I was eleven months old when i had taken my first step.

I was officially potty trained at two and a half years

When i lost my first tooth i was 5 years old after i had come back from pre school.

The averages for birth rate are 5-8 pounds and for babies taking their first step is 9-12 weeks and I fell between both of those.

My current vision i would say is 20/20 but i’m a little far sighted but don’t need glasses till i'm older.

Puberty is when a young teen or child begins to experience changes to their body that begins the process of their bodies maturing into an adults.

One of my friends was an early bloomer and i noticed it was hard because being a young child like i was to being going through puberty was difficult. Because at that age you don’t try and think as much about trying to be the same as everyone else, but when your body begins to change and you no longer have the same body type as the other girls that was difficult. My other friend was a late bloomer at at elementary years  it wasn’t that hard at all for her till junior high came around and most girls began to go through puberty and  she still had not.

My first word when i was a toddler was night night or momma my parents cant recall which was first.

I was ten months old when i said my first word.

The reasons in said this word before even saying mom or dad was because my dad would work at night, so i would always say night night. For mom she was always the one to be with me during the day and so i grew a close attachment to her faster than my dad and that why i said momma first.  

Their were not any funny words or sayings i would continuously say as a little kid and i had no language barriers.

I was most attached to my mom Because she was always home and she would always pick me up from school my dad wouldn’t come home till really late when I was going to sleep so I didn’t see him as much. However on the weekends I did spend a lot of time with my dad but we did not have the same attachment as I do with my mom.



Imprinting is a young animal that has come to recognize another animal, person, or thing as a parent for other object of habit your trust. However humans cannot imprint on another object or human so I would only say for my mom it was an attachment and not an imprint.

When I was born to when I was around six years old I had a bear that was pink that I named Spike and pink blanket that I was super attached to. Also since I have another sister anything that she had her own and I also attached with it because I would always take it.

I feel it is a young child has not been able to you for minute something or someone there almost lost and have the feeling that no one is really there for them. But they do not have someone I can rely on as safety or for Trust. Went out that young age is very important for them to feel connected with something so they can start to form bonds as they grow older.