Meet Reese….

Last night we got to meet a beautiful little princess named

Naomi Reese.

(She really is a princess to her three older brothers.)

She and her mom Monica were here visiting from Washington D.C.

That’s Monica on the left and Katie on the right.

They were laughing about the year they got matching pajamas from Grandma and Grandpa and had so much fun being goofy as they spent the week together.

Little Reese will soon be the youngest baby to ever

be fit with hearing aids.

She was born with profound hearing loss.

She inherited the hearing aids from her brother Alexander, who now has cochlear implants.

(Monica, I hope you don’t mind I copied this picture!)

While it is always heartbreaking to have a child with health problems, Alexander is one amazing little guy. 

He has perfect speech, wonderful understanding, and an amazing vocabulary.

His family has spent many hours working with him, taking him to therapy, and watching him undergo several operations. 

Now they get to do it again with Reese.

Here is a picture with some of the other cousins.

(Irene, Andrew, Joshua, Mindy, Cara, Monica, Bransley, Katie, Carley, and Michelle)

Robbie and Joshua

Here is Grandma holding the third little great granddaughter to be named after her. 

Sometimes life sends us on little detours,

but we gain strength and character as we plod along.

“I never said it would be easy.  I only promised it would be worth it.”   -unknown

♥

JoAnn