Chloe Noelle Merritt new arrival

Chloe Noelle Merritt

I WAS BORN: Aug. 16, 2011, in Essentia Health-St. Mary’s Medical Center in Duluth.

MY PARENTS ARE: Annette and Anthony Merritt of Her­man­town.

MY BROTHER IS: Simon, 3.

MY GRANDPARENTS ARE: Percy and Rose Johnson of Duluth and Kerbie and Regena Merritt of Cloquet.

MY GREAT-GRANDPARENTS ARE: Janette Johnson of Hal­lock, Minn.; Marie Kramer of Duluth; Sally Merritt of Littlefork; and the late Elmer Johnson, Ray Kramer, Wesley Merritt and Jim and Edith Iallonardo.

MY PARENTS CHOSE THIS NAME BECAUSE: Chloe means “bloom­ing woman” in Greek and is found in 1 Corinthians 1:11. Noelle means “Christmas” in French. We wanted beautiful Christian names for our precious little daughter.

PARENTS’ WISH OR ADVICE: We pray God’s flower grows with a strong faith like your spiritual namesake, St. Therese of Liseux, the Little Flower, who was an inspiration and helper to Mommy during pregnancy.

SOMETHING SPECIAL: We arrived at the hospital at 8:45 a.m. and Chloe was born at 10:03 a.m. She was born on her due date, one day before Daddy and Mom­my’s ninth anniversary. We love you!

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