In September I became an aunt to another niece and nephew. Heather & Frank Kelley welcomed another little girl into their family. Alyson Colleen was born on September 9th. She was 8 lb 14 oz. Garth & Carri Gnehm are the proud parents of Ty Jon, who was 8 lb 2 oz. He was born on September 10th. Ironically, September 10th is also my mom's birthday. It has been an amazing month with many emotions attached. We all went through excitement of wondering if these 2 new little ones would be born on the same day. Heather was planned to be induced on the 10th, but little Alyson had her own agenda and decided to come a day early. We all have a feeling that my dad had a great hand in sending 2 more spirits to the Gnehm family so close together. We all went through great relief when the waiting was finally over. And we have all shed many tears and have done much rejoicing at the progress that the babies have made in their short lives. Alyson was born with some heart conditions and because of this she had open heart surgery on Friday, October 3rd. It has only been 4 days since her surgery and she is doing fantastic. The doctors have said that she has recovered faster than they could have imagined. She has had several of her tubes taken out and is now off the breathing machine. She now needs to start eating and gaining back weight so that she can go home.
It is amazing still to me what precious gifts from God we receive when we get a child into our homes. Since these new little ones have arrived, I have been trying to keep things into perspective. When the boys are into mischief together or the girls are ignoring me altogether, I try to remember their sweet spirits when they were born. This has helped me to not sweat the small stuff with the kids as much. That is a lesson that I need over and over again!
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