Emma was born on the 11th of February 2004 at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, UT. She was 7 lbs. 7 ozs. at birth. Emma was our little surprise. She was suppose to be a boy. When she was born the doctor didn't even notice at first that she was a girl. After about a minute or two, he looks at her and says "I think something is missing." Joe wasn't present at her birth because at the time he was stationed at Ft. Huachuca in Arizona and couldn't come home for her birth. I had to call him down there and leave a message for him at the desk. They put up a sign that said "It's a Girl!" and he couldn't believe it. I never wanted to have a little girl until Emma came along. She was also suppose to be named Sheryl Ann, that was the girl's name we always had picked out, but when I held her in my arms, I knew her name was Emma. We just took her original name and made it her middle names. Sheryl for Joe's mom who died when he was a boy and Ann for his Stepmother who raised him. We honor them both with her name. Plus we got the added bonus that my Mom's middle name is Ann.
Emma was the easiest baby. She started sucking her thumb almost immediately and slept through the night when she was only three weeks old. The only issue with her is that she absolutely refused to sleep unless she was laid on her stomach. It use to scare me to no end but if I didn't put her on her tummy she wouldn't sleep.
Hyrum loved his sister from the moment he saw her. He would always put out his arms and say "hold it." He wanted to hold and love her every minute. They've been best friends ever since.
Just a note on her slideshow: I would have pictures of her as a baby but unfortunately I didn't have a digital camara at the time and so I don't have any of her as a baby on the computer, they are all in my scrapbooks.
Emma is an amazing little girl. She's been a daddy's girl since the moment she met him at 6 weeks old. She's a bit high maintanance but we don't mind. She's our only curly headed little one too. Most of the time, her hair is totally out of control but even that can't take away from how beautiful she is. She is so smart. She plays school with her big brother and learns everything she can from him about what he is learning in Kindergarten. She loves to dance and play with Hyrum. She loves her two little brother as well and is a wonderful big sister. She loves to give Dan kisses and hold him. With Porter she colors all day long. She is quite the little artist. We all love her and are so blessed to have our little surprise with us every day. This February we celebrate her 4th birthday and so to her, her mom says, "I love you and Happy number 4!"
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Spotlight: Hyrum Wilhelm Merkley
Hyrum Wilhelm Merkley was born the 25 January 2002 in Provo, UT. He was 7 lbs. 15 ozs. at birth and took 30 hours of labor on his mother's part to come into this world. Hyrum started Kindergarten this year and is a literal sponge for knowledge. He surprises his parents every day with how smart he is.
Hyrum has always been independant. He's not the best sleeper and and never has been. He never slept as a baby, I use to think there was something wrong. When he was three, he had to have his tonsils and adenoids removed because of sleep apnea and his sleeping habits have vastly improved since then. That's his only major surgery so far, thankfully.
Hyrum LOVES being an older brother. He LOVES babies and if we did things his way around here all mom would do is pop out babies one right after another. Thankful we have paced them somewhat. He loves playing with his brothers and sister. They are all best friends which is so wonderful.
He's definitely an inquisitive child and has taken to asking about fifty questions a second. It can get quite annoying, I admit, but on the other hand I just love how much he loves to learn. He tends to get obsessive about things: first it was trains, then it's switched around: temples, calendars, birthdates (he knows the birthdates and ages of everyone in his immediate and immediate extended family by heart), geography (that's his big one right now-that includes: places and languages spoken there), and so on. . . He tries to soak up everything anyone knows about those things and then he memorizes everything and shares with everyone. He could read before he went to school, and is actually reading at a second or third grade level already. In fact, we are trying to get him into a charter school because his educational needs cannot be met at a public school. We are so proud of him.
Hyrum has been a wonderful addition to our family. He is an amazing boy, a spectacular son, and an extraordinary brother. This month we wish him a very Happy Birthday. Happy number 6.
Hyrum has always been independant. He's not the best sleeper and and never has been. He never slept as a baby, I use to think there was something wrong. When he was three, he had to have his tonsils and adenoids removed because of sleep apnea and his sleeping habits have vastly improved since then. That's his only major surgery so far, thankfully.
Hyrum LOVES being an older brother. He LOVES babies and if we did things his way around here all mom would do is pop out babies one right after another. Thankful we have paced them somewhat. He loves playing with his brothers and sister. They are all best friends which is so wonderful.
He's definitely an inquisitive child and has taken to asking about fifty questions a second. It can get quite annoying, I admit, but on the other hand I just love how much he loves to learn. He tends to get obsessive about things: first it was trains, then it's switched around: temples, calendars, birthdates (he knows the birthdates and ages of everyone in his immediate and immediate extended family by heart), geography (that's his big one right now-that includes: places and languages spoken there), and so on. . . He tries to soak up everything anyone knows about those things and then he memorizes everything and shares with everyone. He could read before he went to school, and is actually reading at a second or third grade level already. In fact, we are trying to get him into a charter school because his educational needs cannot be met at a public school. We are so proud of him.
Hyrum has been a wonderful addition to our family. He is an amazing boy, a spectacular son, and an extraordinary brother. This month we wish him a very Happy Birthday. Happy number 6.
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