I know many of my faithful blog readers found me by searching for information about the Morrison Sextuplets. Brianna and Ryan are good friends of mine and I was documenting their journey with six babies. in the last year Brianna has come a long way and she’s at the point where she’s ready to write her story. I continue to be amazed at the strength and courage of my sweet friend. I read “part one” tonight and I had to tell you about it.
First of all, I totally follow Brianna’s blog cause her words are precious to me (especially since she moved to WI and I miss her). If you’ve just joined my blog I want to encourage you to read Brianna and Ryan’s story as she writes it. She’s an incredible writer…I mean really good. I’m more of a chatter and rambler but, that has it’s right place in the blogging world. Brianna is a story teller and reading her words makes you feel apart of their story. I was apart of the story. I remember her calling and saying that I needed to sit down…she then told me they were having six. I remember mumbling something like “I’m sorry, wow, congratulations, this is amazing, how did this happen, oh sweetheart, are you ok?” Anyways, we got over the shock quick and then got to relive it every time a new person found out about the babies.
I’m so proud of her and can’t wait to hear the story told by Brianna. Here’s the link to her blog: http://www.littlegreenpastures.com/
Enjoy! Tell her Noemi sent you…she’ll laugh!
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For those of you who don’t know who this is…I’ll do a little recap. My friends (Brianna and Ryan) got pregnant in 2006 with SIX babies. All 6 were born June 10th, 2007 at 22weeks and 6days. Sylas is our miracle baby! Well, more hers then mine but since we walked through it with her…I got to watch this miracle unfold right in front of me. If you want to see pictures and more posts look on the right side of this blog and click “Sextuplets”
For a long time Brianna and Ryan pulled back from the public eye so they could focus on Sylas and being parents but, just this morning she told me she started a blog. I’m very happy to be able to follow his life and her thoughts as she parents him…and I LOVE BLOGS! More then that, she wants to invite you to follow too!
Here’s the link: http://www.littlemanmorrison.blogspot.com/ Â
I hope she posts lots of pictures!
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I was just talking to Brianna yesterday (they were on their way home from a multi-generational family camping trip in Wisconsin) and wished Sylas a Happy Belated Birthday! June 10th, 2007 will forever be etched in my memory. Late that night, we got a call from Ryan and Brianna saying that the doctors would be delivering their sextuplets that night. I made a few calls and rushed to the hospital with a couple of friends. We waited and waited. I got to go in and see Brianna and Ryan before the cesarean and I took some precious last minute pictures of her belly. Then we waited some more. It wasn’t long before we saw the carts and medical teams rush past us on their way to the tunnel from Abbott to Children’s Hospital. Then we heard the news we waited so long to hear. Tryg, Lincoln, Bennet, Sylas, Lucia and Cadence were born and were stable. They were born at 22 weeks and 6 days…they made history…the first sextuplets ever to be born in Minnesota. I was so proud to have witnessed such a miracle. I knew the hand of God was on this family, and I was so privileged to witness their courage through it all.
Matt and I visited with Brianna and her family in the recovery room hours later. Relief, uncertainty, joy, awe, wonder…were just a few of the emotions we felt. Brianna was doing amazing and was ready to see her babies!
The next day Matt and I returned to Children’s and met all six of the miracles for the first time. I had never seen anything like it in my life. These perfect little bodies…each weighing around a pound…fighting for their lives. We prayed, whisper sweet nothings, and simply stared in awe. I had the amazing privilege of documenting those precious moments for Ryan and Brianna! I was so honored.
In the weeks that followed we made many trips to the hospital and said sad goodbyes to 5 of those precious babies. In the midst of that grief, we are so grateful to the Lord for Sylas Christopher Morrison – who is alive and well. And now one year old! Every time I see I’m reminded of the miracle I witnessed and miracle his life represents. He is a gift from God!
The Morrison are throwing a party for Sylas on Saturday to celebrate his life! (I have a wedding so I won’t be there but Sylas knows I love him!)
Please continue to pray for this family. They are very special and close to my heart.
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008
I was talking to Brianna today and she was telling me about all the pictures they have up on www.Flickr.com. They are available for anyone to see. Just search “Sylas Morrison” and click “see more photos”…there are like 100 images of him!
Remarkably, Sylas is now eight months old! He is so beautiful…and rolls from his tummy over to his side AND his first word was “HI!” but, he’s been saying that for a while. He is one of the most smiley kids I know and when he looks at me with those big beautiful eyes…I never stop smiling!
You’d think the miracle of his birth would get old but, it really doesn’t. Every time I look at him I know I’m looking at a living miracle. Keep praying for him and their family!
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by Noemi
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