Our Little Peanut

Aneyah....

is our little peanut!  She is 4 years old and wears 3T and sometimes 2T would probably even fit better.

She was born with a diaphragmatic hernia and a small hiatal hernia.  The first 3 to 4 weeks of her life, she had poor nutrition due to the fact that she could not keep anything down due to the diaphragmatic hernia.  She had surgery around 3 weeks old to place her stomach back into her stomach  area since it was up in her chest.  Then she had a second surgery to unwrap her intestines from her stomach and then a third as her incision was not healing.  So, before 3 months of age, this little one had 3 surgeries!

Aneyah is now attending the PreK 4 program at the same school her sisters go to.  This has done so much for her.  She was insecure, shy, very emotional and almost afraid of her own shadow.  Going to school has improved all these areas for her.  She has become more outgoing, more sure of herself and has come out of her shell.  We are so excited for her!  She is struggling with comprehension and remembering what she learned.  We will see how the rest of the year goes but we may have her repeat the PreK 4 to give her an extra boost.  We don't want to set her up for failure in later years by pushing her on too soon.  So we will see!  Fayth has done so much for her too.  Fayth is very outgoing and Aneyah's learned to be heard, she needs to speak up.  Fayth is also very athletic and Aneyah use to be a couch potato so to speak.  Now she runs all over with Fayth and is far more active.  She eats better too because she is more active.  She is still a little peanut but our very special little peanut! (I am not sure why part of this is white.  I may not figure out why so sorry about that.)