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Quoraline the Queen Bee


I asked God for a healthy baby. An answer arrived in my daughter. -Faith Salie


Quoraline is my little miracle baby and I say that with all seriousness because we could have easily lost her. Before her we had been pregnant before which turned out to be both an ectopic pregnancy and viable pregnancy that we had to terminate in order to save my wife’s life. 

She’s so extremely smart, happy, and just such a light in all our lives which is why we call her the “queen bee”. She’s always smiling and has been since day one which is just amazing because both Becky and my stress levels were so high during the pregnancy we worried she might feel like we didn’t want her. I don’t know what I did to deserve such beautiful girls in my life but I do know that I don’t truly deserve them.

So she will turn one here in December so she’s hitting the developmental stage where she’s starting to speak which is so exciting. She’s been saying “mama”, “dada”, “dad”, “baba” (bottle), “mon moe” (Monkey Moe one of our cats), and “la you” (love you). It’s funny because she’s the first one our children who I could read the non-verbal ques of and know what she wants or needs. One thing she does that’s adorable is to clap or wave which I mirror to her when she does so she knows that we are communicating and when she realizes that her eyes just light up. 

We also use symbols as a means to communicate with her like when I am getting her a bottle I normally tell her I am getting her one while pointing at the empty bottle in my hands which settles her right down. She’s so intelligent for her age and the happiest person I’ve ever known and I pray that this wicked world never takes either away from her.




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Pictures celebrating her first birthday!

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Day she was born. She smiled the first day!


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Adilyn and Quoraline in my bed.





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Queen Bee!



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Pictures to celebrate her first birthday!

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  1. BridgettepattersonNovember 19, 2018 at 3:06 PM

    The birthday pictures of Quoraline are so sweet! Sweet enough to make me cry!

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